8 Tips to Help Young Athletes Perform in Extreme Environments
If your high school team is from Florida where you train at sea level year-round, you might be feeling intimidated when you hear that the National Championships will be held high in [...]
When Can Young Athletes Return to Sport After Illness?
Returning to sport from illness of any kind can be tricky, and with the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s only gotten more difficult. But even a simple cold or stomach bug can leave an [...]
USA Cheer announces hosts for 2022 STUNT NCAA and NAIA National Championships
Events to be held on campuses in Texas, California, and Ohio DALLAS (December 22, 2021) – USA Cheer announced today the host universities for their 2022 STUNT National Championships. The events for NCAA DI, [...]
6 Ways to Reduce Anxiety During Tough Transitions
Kevin Chapman, PhD Young athletes face tough transitions on a regular basis. Whether it's something big, like a move to a new school, or just the start of a season [...]
3 Signs that It’s Time to Pivot and Set New Goals
As parents and as coaches, we often understand that there's value in pursuing a goal, even when it seems unattainable. Every hero's journey encounters some moment of adversity, some chance that they [...]
3 Easy and Healthy Instant Pot Recipes
If you bought an Instant Pot (or any type of pressure cooker) in the hope that it would simplify your life and cooking, but now it rarely gets used, then this is [...]
How to Align Team Goals and Set Individual Goals
Setting team goals for the season or the entire year should be a group effort—not a coach-driven spreadsheet or list. Each athlete on your team will come into the season with different [...]
USA Cheer launches fundraising effort to support key programs
Resources will be targeted to USA Cheer’s adaptive programs, National Teams, and scholarship initiative [...]
TrueSport Ambassadors on the Life-Changing Power of Sport
Even from a young age, the sports children play and the teams they join can shape them into the adults that they will become. Here, three TrueSport Ambassadors are sharing how sport [...]
When to Say Yes to Your Kid Quitting the Team
This last Games cycle has taught many athletes and coaches the importance of prioritizing mental health as much as we prioritize physical health in sport. And for some athletes, that may mean [...]