Posts filed under: Motivational

Motivational

Consistency Beats Creativity

YouTube: https://youtu.be/l7_FKnUdu_0 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3spE4cK6CocGdUmCIhnfi8?si=sF0TCrOyRfOAZisqPLtaIw Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cheer-biz-podcast/id1596523298?i=1000774464449 Stop Chasing New and Start Mastering What Already Works In this solo episode, host Dan Cotton delivers a candid wake-up call to cheer gym owners about the hidden dangers of entrepreneurial distraction—and why... Read More

How Gym Owners Create Toxic Parents

YouTube: https://youtu.be/V17PpTN9vtc Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1U4Pu3UEO99RIiTvN8U4Iu?si=803Th58ET_K5Oap7KKKBJg Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fullout-cheer-podcast/id1763244914?i=1000774176562 Episode 100: How Coaches and Owners Can Prevent and Mitigate Toxic Cheer Parents To mark 100 episodes, Danielle Johnston takes on one of the most challenging dynamics in competitive cheer — toxic parenting... Read More

The Hidden Value of Summer Camps

YouTube: https://youtu.be/xpTk7jTjVE8 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1XvDYhTd5qWHoCkkD1K2A8?si=5xeTpHE6TUmvTxu-G40Xgg Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cheer-biz-podcast/id1596523298?i=1000773873210 Why Every Gym Should Have a Summer Camp Dan Cotton shares why summer camps have been a cornerstone of his program for decades — and why they should be a cornerstone of yours... Read More

Toxic Parents: How They Start (And How to Stop Them)

YouTube: https://youtu.be/1jZDW8Z5Jg8 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6VO0ARTjuweH1KPqiZtO6t?si=99o0cGmfSgiVhv9GmsA2LQ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fullout-cheer-podcast/id1763244914?i=1000773257357 Toxic Parents in the Gym: A Conversation with Kristen Wheeler of the Cheer Mom Podcast On a recent episode, Dan and Danielle talked about toxic coaching, but they are not the only ones... Read More

Your Gym Lost Its Edge

YouTube: https://youtu.be/eNyuLquaNow Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1nQ58uBI22fYcvVIzMoxtP?si=ZC1Z21QsSaa-9ZolLTap4Q Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fullout-cheer-podcast/id1763244914?i=1000772198615 Getting Back to Your Roots: Why Small, Personal Moments Still Matter I am all about growth, but sometimes we have to get back to the basics and start doing the things that made... Read More

The Dangerous Assumption Coaches Make

YouTube: https://youtu.be/q5kUnE3xi6c Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1GaYkTzvaEjF1d6Uh3Z2rB?si=enB9ZUr6ShGP2uQJAAVbeQ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cheer-biz-podcast/id1596523298?i=1000771442373 Dangerous Assumptions: Stop Putting Your Athletes in a Box The Cheer Biz Podcast | Hosted by Dan Cotton   I’ve been coaching for 23 years. And one of the things that I have learned is that... Read More

The Hard Truth About Accountability

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fullout-cheer-podcast/id1763244914?i=1000771122031 https://open.spotify.com/episode/5UBVj00nFi0wrN8DxYQXTW?si=QXrETaI6Ttya30hrkvtUHQ https://youtu.be/_aUS9mVdz3w The Hard Truth About Accountability Parents want gym owners and coaches to keep athletes and their parents accountable. Everybody wants kids who are gonna show up to practice in their practice wear on time. But what happens... Read More

Parents Aren’t Ruining Cheer. Your Systems Are.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/t8CEPPOu9P4 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3HjROEk2P2IlSbeI9YIM22?si=aJVgLHqzRHmGAXVEkT-Fnw Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fullout-cheer-podcast/id1763244914?i=1000769991555 Parents Aren’t Ruining Cheer. Your Systems Are. Every gym owner and coach has thought it at least at one point. Hey guys and welcome to this episode of the full out cheer podcast. I’m Danielle and... Read More

If They’re Not Sick, They’re Injured: Part 2

If you need a reminder that cheer seasons do not care about your plans for the season… hi. Welcome. 🙃 This year has felt like what I called the “absence trifecta”: injury, illness, and weather. And if you’re a coach... Read More

If They’re Not Sick, They’re Injured: The Absence Trifecta and How to Coach Through It Anyway (Part 1)

There’s something I’ve started calling the absence trifecta: injury, illness and weather. And if you haven’t dealt with one (or all three) this season … congratulations. You are a unicorn in all star cheer. For the rest of us, this... Read More