Team Schedule

TEAM SCHEDULE

Please find the adjusted schedule for the fall. We will begin to follow this schedule starting the Monday August 24th. We needed to adjust slightly to make sure the teams will be ready their new season. The Sunday practices will still be tumbling days however if we are in a crunch the Jr/Sr team will be there together to work routine if needed. It is best to always be prepared! Thanks for your understanding in the schedule adjustment.

** changes are Sunday practice times and Monday xtra tumbling times.

SUNDAY:
200-400 Fierce
200-330 Ferocious Team
330-500 Fabulous, Ferocious, Fury
500-630 Fabulous Team
430-630 Y workout group A (Wobbles, Buzz, RJ, Gretch, Eva, Sabrina, Em, KB, Alex)
500-700 Y workout group B (Carlee, Diana, Kali, Lbug, Jenny, Ciera, Filly, TBeck, Tessa)

MONDAY:
600-700Fabulous/ Ferocious xtra mile
700-800 Fury xtra mile
700-900 Fierce 700-900

TUESDAY
Fury 700-800
Fierce xtra mile

WEDNESDAY
530-730 Fabulous
700-900 Fury

THURSDAY
530-700 Ferocious
700-900 Fierce 700-800
Fabulous/ Ferocious xtra mile
800-900 Fury xtra mile

DANCE

Ladies this is a super hard dance but you need it to max out on the scoresheet. HOWEVER it will not do us any good unless you look tight and sharp at it. Practice practice! The dance is broken up into three parts below.

Uniform Fitting

UNIFORM FITTING:
Attention all Panthers! Uniform fittings will be August 19th 6-8. If you are on youth or juniors we will still have normal practice. You will go in small groups to be sized while the team is working routine. Seniors and Minis you will need to come in on this day for a fitting. Make sure you come between hours of 6-8. Fittings will take place in the cheer gym or upstairs. See you there!

End of Summer Picnic!

Dear Panthers and Parents,

It’s that time of year again! Can you believe that the summer is almost over? Well, here we are…so let’s get the show on the road.

Annual End-of-the-Summer Picnic – Sunday, August 23, 2009

Practice times:
12-3:00 Fierce practice at Midwest (no YMCA this day)
1-3:00 Ferocious, Fabulous and Fury practice at Midwest

Party time!
3:30-6:30 at Eva’s house

3942 Overdale Drive
Columbus, Ohio

Eva has an in-ground swimming pool along with all sorts of fun games.
Bring your own drinks (Note: Parents, do not bring alcohol.)
Bring a side dish to share. Please avoid bringing junk food such as chips, cookies and etc.

Other suggestions:
Bring a swimsuit and towel.
Bring a lawn chair.

Problems in the Bathroom!

Fabulous and Ferocious Panther Parents,
I am asking you all for some help with a small situation that has come up. There seems to be some silliness going on in the bathrooms. Please remind your child that the bathrooms are for doing your business and washing hands and nothing else. There are several different things that are going on in the bathroom.

1. There is a candy club. The kids are bringing candy and trading in the bathroom. Not really a big deal except for they are doing it during practice when they should not be eating candy. The snack machines should really be used for special occasions and not for every practice treats. The kids complain about belly aches during practice. I am sure it is too much candy intake. You are talking to the queen of candy herself but there is a time and place for candy. Mid practice is the not the time and the bathroom is not the place. :) Also this club has not included everyone nor has it accepted everyones candy choices. So I think it is best to save this club for outside of the gym.
2. There are some light switch flippers in the group! Let's be sure to keep the light switches on. We do turn them off at night when we leave. During the week the lights have been turned off on little gymnastics kiddos. Can you imagine how scary that can be for a little one? Sometimes it may be a habit for some and good them but we must keep the light on for everyone to do their business in the bathroom. :)
3. We have some young ladies sharing stalls and using toilets to stand on. Let's be sure that one person per stall and toilets are not for standing on. I would not want to wear a cheer shoe all season long that has been in the public toilet. Yuck! Those are pretty expensive shoes to put in a toilet!
4. Lastly some of the kids are sharing their opinion of other athletes while in the bathroom. This has made some of the Panthers very sad to hear their teammates talk negative about them. The coaches will correct and help every Panther become they best they can be. Everyone brings something to the team and without each and every player we could not do the routine we have, put up the stunts, and make great big Fabulous mounts! Please remind each Panther to only use kind words. All opinions should be kept themselves. A high five, pat on the back and kind words will go a long way.
   
   If everyone will go over this with their Panther that would be great. We as coaches will also discuss with the kids as well. A coach will accompany the team on rest room breaks as well. I know things like this come up when working with this age. Let's be sure that the Panthers and going to the bathroom are a positive experience for everyone! Thanks all for your help!
   Cheers,
   Heather

Choreography Camp Reminder

Just a reminder that this Saturday August 15th is Choreography camp for Ferocious 9-1130 am and Fabulous 12-3 pm. We will learn the next section of the routine. Please make sure your Panther has been checking the blog for reviewing the routines. All Panthers should know the routine up until the cheer so we can move on this Saturday. Practice last Sunday was pretty sparse so I hope everyone has been practicing.

If you are a crossover make sure you bring a lunch. You will need some brain power and energy to learn the next routine! See you all on Saturday!

Tumbling vids from Sunday 2nd

Here are some of the tumbling greatness we saw on Sunday. Really watch yourself and even press pause in the middle of your tumbling passes to look at arms, legs and heads. Are your arms in the right spot? Are your leg strait? Is your head going back or is it staying put? Watch them carefully! If you do not have video never fear you will! Either you were not there on Sunday OR you were in a different group. We will try to keep taking videos and posting them on the site for you to view.

Alison

Brice

Cieanna

Gwen

Hayley

Jazzy

Kaitlin

Kalie

Kendell

Madison

Nicole

Peyton

Regan

Sarah

Ladies are you practicing those routines? Make sure you can do the cheer up to tempo. On sunday the cheer looked crazy but good for you being able to put the first half to music. Still pretty crazy looking but it will only get better and better. On August 15th you will start learning the rest of the routine. You still have the running tumbling section, dance and mount left. Great job so far!


Here are some of the lib clips and routine clip. Watch it and find some great stuff that happens and some things that need some improvement.