The Ultimate Guide to Cheerleading: For Cheerleaders and Coaches

by Leslie Wilson

Book Overview

Designed for cheerleaders and coaches alike, this comprehensive, illustrated handbook offers a step-by-step introduction to the principles and techniques of cheerleading, with step-by-step instruction in cheers, techniques, and skill-building exercises, as well as tips on safety, creating routines, competitive cheerleading, and more. Original. 15,0

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761516328
• ISBN13: 9780761516323
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.6" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

It sure pleased my 13 year old cheerleader

My daughter has been cheering since 3rd grade in the town cheerleading squad. She does not do competition cheerleading. She also now cheers for the Junior High she attends. I picked up the book as a present for Christmas and she loves it. I don't know how it would be for anyone else, but she thinks it's great. There are a lot of illustrations in it and she is looking forward to maybe incorporating some of the ideas in her High School squad next year. It was reasonable priced compared to some of the cheerleading products out there like the CD's and video sets. Hope this helps.

Love this book!!!

This book is a great resource for learning all there is to know about cheerleading. I come from a town that has never had cheerleaders until my squad was formed a year ago. Our captain saw the book and picked it up thinking it might help us. It was excellent in learning all the basics and then on to more advanced stunts and jumps. It also helped us figure out how to run try-outs and things. The instructions were fabulous on teaching us everything properly. I now own a copy of the book and urge anyone in cheerleading or interested in it to buy a copy. It is the best resource to learn more that I have found.

WELL WORTH THE MONEY...GREAT FOR COACHES

I've cheered most of my life, and was recently asked to coach a new All Stars team...this book was a HUGE help in getting everything organized for parent meeting & try-outs. I love the fact that it is directed towards both cheerleaders & coaches. The tips through out the book are great! I have recommending to all my cheerleaders that they pick up a copy of this book...it's great!

A Fabulous Resource!

This is a great book! I found all sections well laid out and written and particularly enjoyed the graphic interface of "hint and tip" type text boxes found throughout the book. The author is very knowledegable and demonstrates, in photographs, many items in the motion and jump sections. It is indeed the perfect resource for coaches and cheerleaders.The stunt section for all-girl and co-ed alone is enough reason to buy it! They are very detailed and cover all the basic (including drills) through advance stunts for both all-girl and co-ed. Short of video, this is one of the best instructional stunt resources I've ever had. I find myself recommending it often to other coaches and have refered to it many time due to questions I receive as founder and president of PennACCA (Pennsylvania Association of Cheerleading Coaches and Advisors).It is one of the most up-to-date books on the market, so it is definately number one in my cheer resource library. My only personal drawback was a lack of choreography description, but I have yet to find a book that can adequately describe this!It is a good instructional book, especially for new coaches, but I think even veteran coaches would benefit from what is offered. It covers every aspect for cheer programs (starting a squad, fundraising, tryouts, technique, stunts, even competition). I would recommend it for coaches and cheerleaders of all types of cheer (all star owners would probably still want a book on the business side of owning an all star) because this book covers all you need to know. I would definately say make it part of your library!

Great book!

This is a great all-inclusive book! There are so many out-of- date cheerleading books on the market that I jumped on this one. So many books cover basic motions, jumps etc, that I was hoping this would offer a little more. It does! This book went beyond the basics to include info about organizing tryouts, starting your own squad etc. Even though I am a cheerleading coach, I think this book would definitely be helpful for aspiring or current cheerleaders. I was most impressed with the stunts. That is the distinguishing factor of this book. I know of no other book that contains so many partner stunts with step by step, how-to details. From elevators to scales and scorpions this covers all the major stunts. Many of them are collegiate level/one base-one flyer style, even though they teach the standard, all-girl stunt groups(1st,2nd 3rd base and flyer)also.