When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

When I got home last night I was so tired! I have been going cheer strong for many many days. Kalahari was a blast but it sure was tiresome! I literally went inside and put my luggage right in the way of the door with full intentions of not touching it till morning. :) All I wanted to do was sit down and relax. I got Madison off to bed and then slipped into dormant state of mind. Of course instead of going to bed I turned on the TV and flipped through the channels. Low and behold my favorite movie was on... RUDY. I love it! If you have never seen it you should watch it. That movie just gets me going! He is such the underdog and yet comes out on top. No one stands in his way, not even himself. I hope there is a little Rudy in side all of us!

Just thought I would put out some quotes that I found for all of us to keep in mind. Share with your team you favorite quote so we can all be inspired!
Coach Heather

Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.

I have always admired the ability to bite off more than one can chew and then chew it.

If you want the rainbow, you've got to put up with the rain.

The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary.

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. Give your dreams all you've got and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.

When you are thirsty, it's too late to dig a well.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

Attention All Panthers:

This weekend the Glitter team will be attending their big competition at Kalahari. The schedule has just been release and they will performing at 10 am both Saturday and Sunday. Awards are scheduled for 12:30 pm for Sunday. There has been a lot of glitz/glamour that have said you may be traveling to cheer on our Glitter gals this weekend. We just love how you are supportive of all the Panther families! We will be adjusting the Sunday practice so those of you that want to cheer on the Glitter team can do so and make it back to practice in time as well. Not to mention the coaches will need time to return to the gym to be there for practice as well. The following schedule will be the times for this Sunday:

Glamour 4:30-6:30
Glitz 6:30-9:00

Thank you in advance for making this change. We understand that it is less than a weeks notice of the change but the schedule was just released on Monday and updates are still possible. I will send out the final schedule to everyone for this weekends performance times in case you are planning a trip to cheer them on!

PS> Don't forget to send your Glitter buddy a good luck note for this weekend!

What about Love?

Hee hee...Coach Heather's hair used to be this big...I promise, I'm telling the truth. Anyhow, watch the video and get inspired about your routine!

Great job working these new stunts the last two nights! The double downs are coming along. We will continue to do some every practice. I think we should really try this level 4.2 but we have to have the stunts to back it up. The following needs to happen to go level 4 stunts:
LIBS:

• single full down from single leg (Diana and Sabrina have done this before but are out of practice. Micala will try it when she returns.)
• Double down from two legs (half or extension- prefer extension) (Sabrina has it! two more to go! Diana and Alexis you are close to trying it. Micala we will work yours when you get back)

BASKETS:

• kick single baskets OR double twist baskets ( we are going to need fliers to RIDE the baskets to get these skills)

MOUNT

• some sort of flip up to a mount. (many folks tried it the other night so it looks like we have all kinds of gals that can do it.)

Glitz we will work on these little at a time. I am hoping we can go 4.2 after Dayton weekend. We will have to see where we are at with the above stunts.

This Sunday we need to focus focus focus and make sure that we do not have the little mistakes in our routine like we had in INDY. You performed better than you ever have so now our skills will just need to match up with our performance. No hands down on any tumbling (standing or running), no mistakes in stunts, no mistakes in mounts and baskets that fly high. I know you can do it! Clean and tight is what we need to place high.

Let's not forget the good things that happened as well.

• Best performance to date!
• Sabrina's lib had been struggling and the group nailed it both days!
• Great ball star baskets!
• New lib series was timed up and looking great!
• Opening stunts stayed in the air (couldn't tell we changed them a million times over the last week!)
• We had a great time performing!

Come on Sunday ready to work hard for Dayton Jamfest. Let's show'em what Glitz was really suppose to look like!

Coach H

No practice tonight due to bad roads. We will reschedule for Thursday at 5:30-7:15. Sorry this is the best I could do with times on short notice. See you tomorrow!
Heather

SNOW and practice!

We will wait till 5:00 this evening to decide on what to do for practice tonight. If road and snow conditions improve we will have practice. If not then we will cancel. Be prepared to reschedule practice to tomorrow evening at 5:30. More to come!

Tell us how you're doing....

Glitz,

Tell us what you feel confident about and what you feel concerned about for Indy. This will help the coaches coordinate practice for Tuesday and Wed.

If they know what worries you...they can help you work on it so you feel confident.

Don't forget about the Animal Parade in Indy. We'll do it on Saturday night. Bring your zebras, cheetahs and etc. It'll be fun!

Cheers,
Coach E