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Coach
-we are not 5 and we should be spoken to like we are young adults not kids
-if you tell us something over and over again and nothing changes try and explain it different

Squad
-respect each other
-be nice
-when someone is taking to you pay attention
-when some one is helping you.Listen

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Squad Rules:
-Always come to practice ready to work, leave everything else at the door & think about hitting personal goals such as stunts/tumbling.
-Keep talking to a minimum for it is usually a distraction and will lead to many injuries; there is a time for fun on breaks, then a time to be serious.
-If you are spotting a girl in the air, or you are a base under the stunt, do everything in your power tocatch  the girl if she begins to fall.
-Although we all have a specific best friends, we need to try to unify as a team and everyone should attempt talk to someone who they usually would not. The way we get stronger is to all be on the same page & like being around one another.
-When someone gives you critism do not take it personally, as if they are attacking you, be appreciative and try your hardest to fix it so you can grow as an athlete/cheerleader.
Coach: Rules:
-Try to keep us on task, so we get more done each practice/when someone is slacking off tell them.
-Host more bonding events so we grow closer and hopefully can become friends outside of cheer.
-When their is varsity & Jv practice at the same time, work with us so we can improve, otherwise we feel like no one cares if we goof around/do nothing.
-Plan small activities for us to decompress, so we don’t grow super aggravated and look forward to every upcoming practice.
-Give attention and one on one criticism/help to all the girls, try not to single out your favorites and let them lead everything.

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- No one should be afraid to ask for help. If you have no idea what you’re doing wrong just ask gibby, lyndsey, or even someone on varsity. Have them watch it, they all normally see what is going on. But if any of them tell you what is going on then fix it!!

- Be respectful towards everyone. If you don’t like someone or having drama with someone drop it as soon as cheer starts. We are a team, we are going to have to get along with everyone even if you don’t like them. Also, everyone likes getting hyped up so if you see someone hit or land tumbling tell them good job, give them a high five. It’ll boost your confidence and honestly not a lot of people on the team have confidence, that’s why we aren’t hitting things.

- stop being soooooo freakin lazy!!! You do realize you are going to be doing cheers and dances in front of a bunch of people right. Like you look like you have no idea what you’re doing or don’t care. I’m sorry but I don’t want our JV team to look miserable or careless in front of a bunch of parents, teachers, and students.

- stop stop stop blaming other people for your mistakes. you made a mistake don’t blame it on the flyer, just be honest and say sorry i didn’t do something right.

- stop half butting things
- get a drink and come straight back during breaks. i understand you’re hungry or want to see who texted you but you’re at practice.
Ladies honestly just have fun!! Yes we are tired i understand but if you keep working hard and seeing past the negatives we will look so much better as a team. You are all stronger than you think but your mindset is keeping you from showing it. You are all amazing, even on our bad days. Don’t give up please, you will eventually hit a stunt, you will hit that stunt and you will be so excited. you won’t hit it if you are thinking negative. Next practice i want everyone to come in and put all the drama, stress, and negative thoughts outside. i want everyone to work hard and hit stunts they’ve been wanting to hit! You girls can do it, i know for a fact you can! We have a game very soon and i’m going to have my mom watch you girls and tell me how you did, if she says you looked sloppy, looked like you would rather be doing something else i’m going to be hurt. Gibby literally does everything she can to help. She does everything she can to make you guys better. You do realize not only does it make you look bad but it also makes gibby look bad because parents will think gibby doesn’t care. We all know she cares, that’s why she gets so upset and stressed at the end of practice because you guys don’t. stop being lazy and just have fun!
ALSO!!!! just because varsity is sitting down when they’re supposed to be tumbling DOES NOT mean you can do the same.
RULES FOR COACHES
- even though you may have a had a bad day leave it at the door and don’t take it out on us
- always have a positive outlook on things
- have a good time
- don’t give up on us
- call us out when we aren’t listening or doing soemthing wrong!

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HOW THE TEAM SHOULD ACT

:: respond well to constructive criticism. don’t take it personally because we are all just trying to improve ourselves and the team.

:: have a good attitude. even if something is happening at school or home, leave it once you walk through the door. especially when you can’t get land a skill or hit a stunt, don’t get frustrated because it just effects the whole atmosphere. stay positive even when it’s frustrating.

:: stay focused when we practice. don’t fool around and waste time especially when we practice at VIP because we are basically paying to be there. when other people are practicing hard and couple of people are wasting time, it sets the whole team back because stunts aren’t going and skills aren’t being worked on. it won’t improve the team as a whole.

:: follow rules and directions. when girls don’t follow directions it could lead up to someone being seriously hurt. when a coach tells you to fix something, fix it. they wouldn’t tell us to do something if it didn’t benefit the team or help it improve. for example if they tell us to stretch at home, do it.

:: work hard during practice. try to improve yourself, you will never get better if you don’t work hard. give it your all, 110%.

HOW THE COACH SHOULD ACT

:: know how to balance work with fun. we are expected to work hard but we should get water breaks and team bonding times too.

:: respect us too. it feels kind of degrading when you talk to us like we’re two years old.

:: help us set realistic goals for the team. don’t lie to us about what we can do and what we can’t.

:: be more attentive to what’s going on during practice. sometimes coaches miss important parts of practice. i understand that you can’t watch us all the time but just try to be actively involved.

:: leave your problems when you walk through the door just like the rest of the team. If the coach is in a bad mood it effects the squad as well. for example if the coach is in a bad mood, most likely it will rub off on the whole team.

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Squad Rules
1. Push yourself to do better and better every day or we can't get better.
2. Communicate with each other if something goes wrong so we can make it right the next time. Along with the coach if you don't understand something.
3.  Have good attitude towards the team, because practices would be alot better.
4. Take cheer seriously, we are here to cheer, not to mess around there is valuable time that we can be doing something to make us or our team better.
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Rules for squad
- always have a positive attitude. tumbling and stunts won’t happen with a negative attitude.

-when you get critisism don’t take it personally. we are just trying to make the team better.

- it’s okay to make mistakes. it happens to all of us so don’t yell at others for making mistakes. instead help them if they need it.

- be honest and communicate. if you have a problem with your stunt group, stunts, tumbling, or sidelines talk to someone. things aren’t going to get better if you keep it to yourself.

- walk into cheer practice ready to work hard. we are all tired and have other things to do so that is not an excuse to work less hard. it is only 2  out of the 24 hours you have in a day so make it count.

Rules for coaches
- coaches should try and praise as much as they criticize. we shouldn’t be praised if we don’t deserve it, but if you only tell us what we are doing wrong it is easy to get discouraged. another thing coaches could do is end practice saying one positive thing that happened at practice that day.

- when coaches criticize only give one piece of criticism at a time. more than that can be over whelming.

- coaches should always have a positive attitude. it is hard to have a positive attitude when others around you have a negative attitude, especially when the leader or the coach is the one with the negative attitude.

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1. Teammates should only lift eachother  up and give positive criticism and remind each other of what coaches said.
2. Teammates should listen and be attentive in talks and always respond verbally when asked a question. If they do not understand, they should speak up and politely ask a question and not become frustrated.
3. When taking criticism and corrections, the whole team should be respectful and not talk back or get mad when a coach or teammate is trying to help.
4. Always be honest. If you were asked a question and you don’t understand, be honest and speak up for yourself so you can keep yourself and your teammates safe.
5. Teammates should always be positive and respectful of everyone. Kind words only. Do not be rude, have an attitude, or be negative. It brings the whole team down when one or two people have bad attitudes towards coaches or other teammates.

1. Coaches should always speak to us as if we are intelligent young individuals.
2. Don’t speak down to us and be kind, as you expect the same from us.
3. Follow the same rules you expect us to follow. When you are breaking the rules you put in place for us, you make us upset.
4. Be positive and talk to us in a respectful way when things aren’t going right. If we are expected to be positive and keep our composure when we are angry or frustrated, you should too.
5. Make practices fun. We should have to work, but we should be given breaks and fun activities to work on as well. It will make everyone excited for practices and make everyone a little happier to be there.

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Rules for squad
-come to practice with a good attitude(everyone has bad days at school but by having a good practice we can have a better day)
-always give an extra five percent (if you’re giving 100% give 105%, in the end we will get better and see results)
-be respectful to others ( when giving constructive criticism or just feedback be sure your not coming off rude)
-set personal goal for yourself (strive to be better, If you want a tuck get it and work hard for it)
- stay focused ( just like in school the only way you’re going to get good grades is if your focused so at cheer you have to be focused so that we achieve high level skills and become a winning team.)

Rules for coaches
- keep practice productive ( this has part to do with us girls too but staying productive will help us achieve our goals of full up and possibly double ups)
-  don’t let anyone goof around ( if someone is goofing off when not appropriate give some type of punishment)
- this is more of a idea than a rule but a specific warm up like the stunting one that we did the other day will create routine and help us build up our skills
- when we start to get frustrated make us do something else then come back to the skill
- push us!!!!!!!!!( I want this group to be amazing and I know you want that too so we need to be pushed beyond all boundaries)

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Write the rules you believe we should follow during our time together

5 Rules how the girls should act
5 Rules how coach Gibson should act.

My rule is: Don’t call out specific people.