03 - Mental Blocks - When your cheerleader stops flipping
Release Date: 06/26/2019
Blood, Sweat & Cheer
July 11, 2019- In the podcast of Blood, Sweat & Cheer, Stephanie Britt, founder of all-star cheer gym, Cheer Savannah, had the opportunity to sit down with varsity cheer coach of Calvary Day School, Ms. Cheryl Bland, who is also a fellow cheer mom! "Coach Cheryl and I had the chance to talk to my daughter Southern Britt; who is currently a cheerleader for the University of Georgia," Stephanie describes.
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July 3, 2019- Faith, music, flowers, animals, prayer, positive words, self-care, help others; these and so many more are ways in which people can keep a fun positive spirit throughout their lives. It is important to find things that help you to survive the difficult things in life. Most of them can seem a little bit better with a continuous positive attitude!
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July 3, 2019- Faith, music, flowers, animals, prayer, positive words, self-care, help others; these and so many more are ways in which people can keep a fun positive spirit throughout their lives. It is important to find things that help you to survive the difficult things in life. Most of them can seem a little bit better with a continuous positive attitude!
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June 26th, 2019- In this episode, Stephanie Britt talks about her own daughter experienced and kicked a mental block in her cheering years. Stephanie has helped her own child and hundreds of athletes who all of a sudden- would not go backward. In the world of all-star cheerleading, mental blocks are more common, due to the higher amounts of pressure on these athletes. It is important that athletes are physically trained but also mental as well. Listen to the Blood, Sweat and Cheer Podcast for details.
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In this episode of Blood Sweat & Cheer, on June 18th, 2019 Stephanie Britt gives the recipe for giving your athlete opportunities in life and in cheerleading.
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Welcome to the Blood Sweat & Cheer Podcast! In the very first episode, Stephanie Britt, owner of Cheer Savannah Allstars, one of the best competitive cheer programs in the world, shares how she started her cheer gym that grew into an Empire! In seventh grade, Stephanie missed her shot at tryouts out for her middle school cheer team, so she spent the year perfecting her skills. Then, Stephanie made the team as an 8th grader and was one of the best tumblers and cheerleaders in Middle Georgia. By the time her junior year rolled around, she was team captain and left her part-time job as a...
info_outlineStephanie Britt's own daughter experienced and kicked a mental block in her cheering years. Stephanie has helped her own child and hundreds of athletes who all the sudden- would not go backward. Here's what she wants you to know:
The athlete wants to flip and doesn't know why she can't tumble. As a cheerleader, this is extremely important. The child becomes filled with anxiety, guilt and stress; which often times causes depression and frustration that will lead her to quit.
5 Things that Cause Mental Block:
1. Advancing too quickly
2. Accident or Injury
3. Self-critical athlete
4. Pressure from a coach or the parent
5. A child who suffers from anxiety
In the world of all-star cheerleading, mental blocks are more common due to the higher amounts of pressure athletes have to overcome. It is important that athletes are training themselves physically but mentally as well.
Listen to Stephanie Britt's podcast to help your child avoid mental blocks, while also ways to help them overcome it!
For more information about mental blocks, please read "Unblocked" by Jeff Benson.
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