YouTube: https://youtu.be/0EX33N9vdog Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5JK1oz0gcmQI1DUj4IcWN2?si=lMEZ1GslSSqaabHvFt9L-w Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fullout-cheer-podcast/id1763244914?i=1000775161671 The Emotional Stoplight: What Every Cheer Coach and Cheer Parent Needs to Know What does it actually mean to coach or parent with emotional intelligence in competitive cheer? This week I sat down... Read More

YouTube: https://youtu.be/lKydZ4KwKzA Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Y2mHzX0jNdenCuY79yDjo?si=qjl2NNZISSSi5uT7NrYpLA Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fullout-cheer-podcast/id1763244914?i=1000776108568 Redefining “Toxic”: What Cheer Parents and Coaches Really Owe Each Other A while back on the podcast, I sat down with Jeff Benson of Mind Body Cheer, a sports performance consultant who spends... Read More

YouTube: https://youtu.be/I3ltzq76uJQ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/37C7xepbAaEN7ekOzVzrYM?si=L7bPM_RGTbOYaomT5ljdbA Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cheer-biz-podcast/id1596523298?i=1000775783211 Why Hit Zero Is Quietly Hurting Cheerleading In this solo episode of the Cheer Biz Podcast, host Dan Cotton makes the case that the sport’s obsession with hitting zero deductions is doing more... Read More

YouTube: https://youtu.be/BvBLe5N5Vww Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1MVLkVHg5Rx2m1N024f9Y8?si=48-BGOgwT-GN2-DquxDdwA Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cheer-biz-podcast/id1596523298?i=1000775436800 Five Ways Cheer Gym Owners Accidentally Drive Staff Away In this solo episode of the Cheer Biz Podcast, host Dan Cotton flips the usual advice on its head, walking through five management habits... Read More

YouTube: https://youtu.be/DwmXyvU0HIg Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6A2Pa7KxrTLnIAS7HDQ9mt?si=OoDEyeROQc6GcaEKkU_oHA Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cheer-biz-podcast/id1596523298?i=1000771852645 Why Do We Keep Making the Same Mistakes as an Industry? Cheer Biz Podcast | Host: Dan Cotton   Introduction I’ve been in the cheerleading industry for over 26 years. And I’m here to ask: why... Read More

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

YouTube: https://youtu.be/-gScJ0XCHDU Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4e7zutNYmMVxVVHu360GkE?si=7rz9OR5tRaODaLYyLyi8VA Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cheer-biz-podcast/id1596523298?i=1000770756982 I am super fired up right now because I have been talking to gym owners almost non-stop and there are some consistent issues that keep coming up. So we are going to dive into three things... Read More

YouTube: https://youtu.be/9pd1AttqCoU Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5meockkVLq2dcw06qbhJel?si=OTgkn-C9RMCWDkPbDOY4pA Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cheer-biz-podcast/id1596523298?i=1000770318194 As your gym grows and you start to have more teams and more classes, the reality is that you can’t coach everything. And that’s why it becomes so important to build your coaching team. And these... Read More

If you’ve been in the cheer industry for more than five minutes, you already know: we are obsessed with feedback. We film routines from 47 angles like it’s a Netflix documentary on penguins, send stunts in for legality reviews, and... Read More

Have you ever heard the fable about the goose that laid the golden egg? A man and his wife had a goose that laid one golden egg daily. Despite their good fortune, they became impatient. They assumed the goose must... Read More