It can be a wonderful experience coaching youth cheerleaders, but you need to make sure you know how to do it successfully. As a coach, you are also a role model. In addition to teaching children the fundamentals of cheer, you are also teaching them team spirit, cohesion, and kindness. A cheerleader should be someone others want to be around. They should make you smile and want to cheer you up. A grumpy cheerleading coach won’t even be able to instill that in her own team, let alone the visitors and spectators.

Here are some tips for beginners to train the joy of the young:

Learn the basics yourself

Use the Internet to find programs that will help you learn what you need to know to be a great youth cheer coach and learn to cheer yourself. You can use videos to help you learn how to do the movements correctly. Mastering the moves yourself will make it easier to teach them to your squad.

Before allowing your cheer team to exercise, warm up your arms and legs. Push-ups are good for working your arms, and exercises like squats, crunches, straddle-ups, and lunges are great for your legs. When doing jump drills, music can help the team stay in sync. Counting out loud and saying the movements can also help.

Make sure everyone on the team has the proper training. They need to know what position to be in, what moves to do, and how to do them correctly. All spotters must also receive proper training to reduce the risk of injury.

Complete Certification Programs

Everyone must be certified before coaching youth cheerleading, and different states may have a different set of requirements. There are certification programs available to help you get the training you need to become certified. However, the state may still require additional training before you can become certified, depending on which state you live in.

It is also a good idea and may be required by your state to receive first aid training before becoming a youth cheerleading coach.

These tips will get you started with the basics, but to be a great cheerleading coach, you must always learn and grow, along with your team. So don’t stop here; continue studying, learning and growing as a coach.