YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts What Happens When You Lose a Key Employee: 5 Lessons Every Gym Owner Needs to Know In the last couple of months, I’ve worked with four different Next Gen Academy gym owners who lost... Read More

YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts Why Cheer Gym Owners Are Burning Out Right Now In this solo episode of the Cheer Biz Podcast, host Dan Cotton breaks down why gym owner burnout is on the rise across the cheer industry,... Read More

YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts 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 doubling... Read More

YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts Why I Hate Tryout and Team Placement Season Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the Cheer Biz Podcast. I’m your host, Dan Cotton, and today we are talking about why I hate... 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/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

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

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

This is a follow up from the Cheer Biz Podcast, “Hiring a Director Won’t Solve Your Problems” published on Spotify and Apple podcasts, Dec. 17, 2024.   Last week on “The Cheer Biz Podcast,” Dan Cotton told you that a... Read More

If you’ve coached for any length of time, you likely can think back to athletes who impacted you as a coach. I can name them in my head easily: Sammie, Audrey, Alayna (all are either in college or have graduated... Read More