Varsity University Texas Coaches Conference May 12-13, 2017 Marriott Quorum Dallas Galleria Preconference Information

Varsity University Texas Coaches Conference

             May 12-13, 2017

     Marriott Quorum Dallas Galleria

        Preconference Information

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Hotel                                                        3

Schedule of Events                                           4
     Friday, May 12, 2017
     Saturday, May 13, 2017

Miscellaneous                                                7
      Recommended attire
      Video
      Dallas Info

Directions to Marriott Quorum Dallas Galleria                8

Credentialing Information                                    9
     Judges Credential
     Coaches Credential

SPEAKER BIOS                                                 10

Sessions Descriptions                                        15
      Conference Sessions Offered

Maps
        Marriott Quorum Dallas Galleria Break-out Room Map   22

HOTEL INFORMATION
Location
The conference will be held at the Dallas/Addison Marriott Quorum by the Galleria.

       Dallas/Addison Marriott Quorum by the Galleria
       14901 Dallas Parkway
       Dallas, Texas 75254

Parking
Self-parking for the Varsity University is a discounted rate of $5.00 per day (Garage / Parking
Lot). We will provide the vouchers for the discounted parking at registration. You will need a
voucher for each day you are attending the meeting.

Incidentals
Incidental charges such as room service, phone calls, movies, etc. will not be available in your
room unless a credit card or cash deposit is provided at the front desk to guarantee such
charges.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Friday, May 12, 2017

If staying at the hotel, you will need to check-in to your room and proceed to the Varsity
University registration desk for conference check-in. If you are commuting, you simply need to
proceed to Varsity University registration located in the Grand Ballroom Foyer on the 1st floor
beginning at 7:30 AM. Optional Cheer Judges’ Certification will take place from 8:00-11:30 AM
in the Preston Trail 1-2 room. The Dance Judges’ Certification will take place in the Bent Tree 3
room during the same timeframe. Conference registration for judges’ certification participants
will take place from 7:30-8:00 AM. *Lunch will not be provided on registration day. Please be
sure to eat prior to Opening Session @ 12:00 PM!

Conference registration for those not taking part in Judges’ Certification will take place from
8:00 AM-12:00 PM in the Grand Ballroom Foyer area on the 1st floor. The conference opening
session will be at 12:00 PM in the Grand Ballroom E room (please refer to diagram), and
sessions will begin at 12:30 PM. Five of the eleven sessions will be offered and will finish at
approximately 6:05 PM (see-enclosed schedule). A reception will be held from 6:15 to 7:30 PM
following session 5 in Grand Ballroom F. AACCA training (Bent Tree 1-2) will take place from
7:00 – 10:00 PM. If you are unable to go through the registration process at the above listed
time, please check-in at the Varsity University Registration Table upon your arrival to pick up
your binder, badge and conference materials.

Saturday, May 13, 2017

Conference registration for those only attending the conference on Saturday, will be from 8:00
AM-9:00 AM in the Grand Ballroom Foyer area on the 1st floor.

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
Conference Dress
Many of the sessions are lecture sessions, but some will involve participation from the
coaches/directors in attendance. It is suggested that you dress comfortably for the duration of
the sessions. Warm-ups, shorts, tennis shoes, etc. are appropriate clothing for all sessions and
meals. NOTE: It is advisable to dress in layers, as the temperature in the different rooms can
vary

Video
Please feel free to video any of the sessions during the conference for your reference when you
return home.

Dallas Information
Want to do and see things in Dallas while you are here? Visit the below website link to find out
what you can do during your free time!

http://www.visitdallas.com/things‐to‐ do/sights‐ and‐ attractions/

DIRECTIONS TO HOTEL
From DFW:

Use North Exit and follow onto I-635 East to Dallas Tollway North. Exit at Beltline Road and make U-turn.
Hotel is on the right.

From Dallas Love Field:

Take Mockingbird Lane East to Dallas Tollway North. Exit Beltline Road. Make a U-turn and the hotel is
on the right.

Maps and Directions:

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/maps/travel/dalqc-dallas-addison-marriott-quorum-by-the-
galleria/

JUDGES CERTIFICATION
This course that is based on the NCA Scoring System will help prepare you to become a better judge at
local tryouts and competitions. The speakers will discuss professionalism, judging techniques, and
helpful hints for making the best decisions. You will have the opportunity to look at score sheets, noting
differences that can affect your scoring process, and practice judge from a video.

This course will also be beneficial to the coach that wants to learn more about the judging process, to be
able to explain it to your team and parents. Those passing the course will receive a certificate of
completion.

Coaches will be required to take and pass the Judges Certification Test. This “online, open note” test is
designed to demonstrate knowledge acquired through the judge’s course. A certificate will be awarded
to those receiving a score of at least 80%. Coaches must complete the test online by May 19, 2017.
More information on the online test will be provided during the course.

Judges Certification Course will take place from 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM on Friday, May 12th. You may
register on site, but please make sure to arrive by 7:30 AM on the morning of the 12th.

COACHES CREDENTIAL
Varsity University offers all coaches an optional Comprehensive Credentialing Course during the
Coaches’ Conference, May 12-13, 2017!

This Credential will cover eight topics, which will benefit you as a coach. If you have not already paid for
this certification you can sign up and pay the $49 fee at registration on Friday, May 12th.

All eight classes will be covered on the certification exam. Study materials will include personal notes
and course outlines (included in course folder). Coaches will be given the log in information and online
instructions for the certification exam upon check-in at the conference. You may take the test while in
Dallas, or take the test at home to demonstrate knowledge acquired through the Comprehensive
Credentialing Course. The online course must be completed by May 19, 2017. A certificate will be
awarded to those receiving a score of at least 80%. Coaches will complete the test online and once
complete and a score of 80% or better is earned, your certificate will be emailed to you. If you are
planning on attending NCA & NDA camp this summer, you can take both certifications, as they will be
different. You will only be able to receive the liability coverage one time.

Speaker Bios

2017 VARSITY UNIVERSITY
    PRESENTER BIOS
   Bill Boggs is currently the Senior Vice-President for Varsity Spirit
   Corporation. He oversees the NCA/NDA college programs and is the
   Director of College STUNT, the fastest growing sport amongst college
   athletics. Bill is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and has
   been involved with all facets of spirit programs since 1983. He has
   coached at several different institutions, and served as an Assistant
   Athletic Director at the University of South Carolina. Bill has a
   tremendous passion for improving school spirit and promoting
   cheerleading and dance at colleges and universities

   Justin Carrier has been with NCA and Varsity Brands in various
   capacities since 1995. He's coached and choreographed more
   than 20 NCA High School All-Star and Collegiate National
   Champion routines. Justin co-authored and published Complete
   Cheerleading, available through Human Kinetics. Currently, Justin
   serves as Vice President of Varsity All Star and NCA, focusing on
   the competition market.
   Rachel Domangue is the Director of the National Dance Alliance.
   Rachel is also involved with the USASF Dance Rules Committee,
   the Judges’ Education Committee, the Dance National Advisory
   Board. Rachel holds a BFA in Performing Arts - Dance from the
   University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and she has worked as a
   teacher, coach, choreographer, and performer in various dance
   industries across the country over the last 15 years. Rachel is
   originally from New Orleans and currently resides in Dallas,
   Texas.

Mark Fang is a native of New York, and Graduating from Stony Brook
University, we are happy to have Mark Fang, ATC joining the KORT team as
the athletic trainer at Anderson Co. HS. He is a nationally certified athletic
trainer through the BOC and becoming a Kentucky licensed athletic trainer
through the KY Board of Medical Licensure. While at Stony Brook University
Mark worked with numerous college sports as well as being the Athletic
Trainer at Oyster Bay High School.

Eric Gibson After stumbling upon college cheerleading in 2000, I developed
a craving to learn more about this activity. This led me the following year on
9 hour trip to Honesdale, PA for my very first formal training with the
National Cheerleaders Association. I continued my “career” working many
events all around the world for Varsity Brands. These experiences have
commanded me to research and develop my own vision for cheerleading. I
take the perceptual knowledge that most are familiar with and translate it
into my own personal conceptual vision. During my presentations I present
this knowledge using a more scientific approach. I encourage you to join me
on my journey with Varsity University and spread this message to your
athletes so we can continue to create a safer experience.

Stefanie Irick has been with NCA for 17 years and is a former NCA Head
Instructor. She is an IFBB Professional fitness competitor – specializing in
nutrition and training. Stefanie has been a personal trainer for over 17
years. Stefanie majored in Kinesiology at Texas Woman’s University. She
been a NCA State Director for the past 7 years and currently manages South
Texas. Stefanie has been married for 12 years and has 2 daughters, 5 years &
10 months.

Cameron Larsen is a 4-time Power Tumbling and Trampoline National
Champion. In 2005 he was on the USA World Team and competed the Power
Tumbling World Championships and placed 10th. He is a 2009 NCA College
National Champion with Weber State University and served as a captain of
the cheer team for BYU. He has worked for Varsity Spirit since 2007 as part
of UCA staff, head instructor, choreographer, and judge. He currently is
working as the UCA and NCA State Director for Utah and Idaho and a V!ROC
Choreography Director. His choreography has won multiple national and
state titles across the US. Cameron resides in Utah and has a bachelor’s
degree from Brigham Young University.

Jim Lord is the Executive Director for the American Association of Cheerleading
Coaches and Administrators, and is a former captain for the nationally ranked
University of Kentucky cheer squad. He has been involved in cheerleading since 1984
as a cheerleader, coach, and administrator. He works with the NFHS Spirit Rules
Committee and is a recipient of the NFHS Outstanding Service Award. He has spoken
at over 30 different state coaches’ conference as well as national and international
conferences. When not working on cheerleading safety, Jim volunteers at his son's
elementary school where he is the president of the PTO.

Phil O'Neill arrived at the University of Oklahoma after a 21 year stint at Villanova
University where he served as the Cheerleading Coordinator and Head Coach for 13
years. While at Villanova, Phil gained valuable student life experience as the Assistant
Director of Student Development for Fraternity and Sorority Life. In addition to these
two roles, Phil also served as an adjunct faculty member in the Leadership Learning
and Service Learning Communities. In addition to serving as a UCA Staff Member, he
has been teaching with Varsity University, the professional development arm of
Varsity Spirit Corp and has been a safety certifier for the American Association of
Cheerleading Coaches and Administrators for the past seven years. Phil has all of his
degrees from Villanova including a dual major BA in Political Science and
Communication Arts as well as an MBA. He has coached competitively at the
collegiate and high school level and for 11 years in the all-star realm as owner and
partner in Liberty Cheer Institute.

Valerie Stead Potsos is entering her 12th season as the head coach of the nationally
ranked University of Michigan dance team and is the Director/Owner of Dancer's Edge
in Dexter, MI Dancer’s Edge was recently named as one of the “Top Studios on the
Move” in Dance Spirit Magazine. She is a Seminar presenter, and consultant for AACCA
(American Association of Cheer Coaches and Administrators) and for Universal Cheer
and Dance Association on topics such as Motivation, Leadership, Teambuilding and
many more! Furthermore, she earned the "2004 Coaches Leadership Award" at
Universal Dance Association. She is a guest choreographer for studios and for
professional corporate sponsors including Ford Motor Company and much more. Her
articles on coaching and dance have appeared in Dance Spirit, American Cheerleader
and in Motion Magazines. Along with judging local. state and national competitions,
she has judged Studio, High School and College Dance Nationals as well for various
organizations. As an instructor in the Kinesiology department, “U-Move” at The
University of Michigan. She has been dancing since age three and teaching dance since
age fourteen and was a member and captain of The University of Michigan Dance
Team. Valerie graduated with a B.A. from the University of Michigan and has
additional graduate studies in Secondary Education from Michigan State University.
Valerie resides in Dexter, MI with her husband and two sons and daughter.

Ben Schreiber is entering his fourth season as the head coach and head of
the spirit program at The Ohio State University. Schreiber, who cheered for
the Buckeyes from 2004-07, comes to Ohio State after spending five years as
head cheerleading coach at the University of Delaware, where he led the
Blue Hens to the 2014 UCA Division I Large Coed National Championship,
along with second-place finishes in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. In addition,
Schreiber added an all-girl team in the fall of 2011, expanding the
cheerleading program to two teams.

Jenny Durbin Smith is a nationally recognized and award-winning
choreographer. She is a former member of the UNC-Chapel Hill cheer and
dance teams and a former captain for the NBA Dallas Mavericks Dancers.
Jenny has been a principle dancer for many national projects and her
choreography has been featured on national television commercials,
industrials, films, reality television shows, NFL fields and NBA courts. In
addition to being the proud director of the Dallas Cowboys Rhythm and Blue,
the only co-ed hip hop dance crew in the NFL, she is a choreographer for the
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, and travels the country choreographing and
master instructing for numerous teams and studios

John White, a former cheerleader and graduate of the University of
Mississippi, has worked for over 20 years with Varsity Brands. His diverse
career has included being the director of apparel sales for Varsity Spirit
Fashions as well as directing the annual business of Universal Cheerleaders
Association in the West Region. Helping develop and manage strategic
relationships with various high school activities associations throughout the
Western US, John has been a guest speaker at various coaches conferences.
For the past 15 years, John has been the Director of College Programs for
Universal Cheerleaders Association helping manage UCA/UDA College Spirit
Camps, which has grown into the largest annual training program for college
spirit teams and their coaches. He’s consulted with numerous college
athletic departments regarding coaching placements, strategic camp
partnerships and the develop of Spirit Programs in today’s dynamic college
sports landscape. He’s helped place coaches at various SEC, ACC, Big 10, Big
12, PAC 12, Mountain West and Big East schools, as well as consult with the
NAIA, the NCAA and the Big 10 Conference on spirit program safety issues.
He was a contributing member to the creative team behind STUNT, is a
member of NACMA, and was instrumental in developing the coach’s
curriculum program that evolved into Varsity University.

Tucker Hunter is an experienced instructor, athlete and
speaker. He was a member of the Oklahoma State
University Large Coed Team from 2010-2014 and served
as the captain during the 2013-2014 academic year. He
won the NCA Collegiate National Champion in Division 1A
from 2012 to 2014. He is a four-time medalist as a
member of the USA National Coed Team. He currently
serves as a member and staffing director of the NCA
Speed Staff.

Joan Noble-Pruett is in her third year as an assistant
coach with the Michigan dance team. She brings a wealth
of experience gathered through her years working with
color guard ensembles across the country. She is
currently serving her 19th season with Michigan
Marching Band as the flag instructor. She also directs the
Michigan Winter Ensemble competition color guard of
the Michigan Marching Band. With the dance team, she
lends her expertise in formations, transitions and precise
execution.

Noble-Pruett continues to work with numerous high
school programs throughout the country and is a sought-
after judge around the United States for competitions.
Each summer she is a featured instructor at Central
Michigan University's drum major and color guard clinics.

Session Descriptions

AACCA Safety Guidelines & Rules | Jim Lord (Cheer)
An overview of current and updated high school cheerleading rules. Both the AACCA
and NFHS rules will be covered. Feel free to bring videos if you have questions about
specific skills. For rules questions, Jim Lord can be reached at rules@aacca.org

Advanced Stunts | Tucker Hunter (Cheer)
This class will focus on teaching techniques and tips for advanced group stunts. You
will also get some insight into tricks that are legal for 2017-2018.

Advancing Team Technique | Valerie Potsos (Dance)
Technique requires strength, power, precision, and uniformity within your team. Coaches will
learn exercises to take home to their team to improve the strength and power behind motions,
improve speed and precision of the movements, and even how to help your team perform.

Basic / Intermediate Stunts | Tucker Hunter and Ben Schreiber (Cheer)
Tucker will teach you some basic and intermediate stunts that will wow your crowd and
excite your team. Everything from the hand grips, drills and progressions for your team
to safely learn and perfect each stunt as you teach it to them. Bring your video cameras!

Basket Toss Basics | Tucker Hunter (Cheer)
This class will teach you how to do basket tosses safety, drills to make your tosses
successful, and tips on how to make them reach the sky!

Biomechanics Behind Core Stunts | Eric Gibson (Cheer)
Most elite stunts are not efficient because of the incorrect anatomical positions used in
the core stunts. This presentation will explain in vast detail how to do the most
rudimentary core stunts and correlate them to why your elite stunts are not hitting
efficiently. This is not a core stunt class! This is a push your brain to the limit,
conceptual understanding of what must happen biomechanically in order for your stunts
to not exert more energy than necessary.

Branding Yourself: Using Social Media to your Advantage | Valerie Potsos
(Combo)
This session is designed to help you understand proper use of Social Media in today’s
world. This course will help attendees understand how their digital footprint can either
help them or harm them in the work place. From security to what to post, this course will
help Social Media work for not against you.

Building a Successful Program: Where do you Start? | Ben Schreiber (College)
Cheer and dance are more than just standing on the sidelines at a football game or
basketball game. Cheer or dance is a full experience for everyone involved (coaches,
athletes, fans and administrators). Whether you are just starting your coaching career or
you are taking over a new program, this session will give helpful tips on how to build a
program from all aspects!

Choreography is More Than Skills | Cameron Larsen (Cheer)
Here you will learn everything it takes to create that perfect routine. Skills are not the
only thing that makes a routine great!

Collegiate Roundtable: Game Day | Bill Boggs and John White (Cheer/Dance)
Exciting ideas and effective crowd-leading and spirit-raising techniques will be
discussed. Sideline skills, game day situations, and incorporating school traditions will
be the focus of this session. This will be an interactive session for sharing ideas with
other collegiate coaches.

Collegiate Roundtable: Competitions and Camps | Bill Boggs and John White
(Cheer/Dance)
How do you determine where and if you will compete? What camp is best for your
program’s needs? This will be an interactive session for sharing ideas with other
collegiate coaches.

Collegiate Partner Stunts | Ben Schreiber (Cheer)
In this class, you will learn proper partner stunt technique, spotting and innovative ways
to get in and out of college level stunts.

Creating and Implementing New Sidelines | Joan Noble-Pruett (Dance)
Coaches will be taught pom and hip hop sideline choreography that they can take home
with them for use at football and basketball games.

Creating Raving Fans | Phil O’Neill (Combo)
How can you turn your program into one that people are raving about? This session will
critically exam all of the key players to making your team a success and creating a
culture where people are raving about you and your athletes.

Creating an Effective Emergency Action Plan | Mark Fang (Combo)
Being prepared in an emergency is extremely important. This session will help you
create an effective emergency plan and define your role as the coach in an emergency.

Creative Choreography Tips and Ideas | Joan Noble-Pruett (Dance)
Here you will learn everything it takes to create that perfect routine. Ideas for creative
choreography will be shared and demonstrated.

Dance Swap Shop l Jenny Durbin Smith (Dance)
Be a part of this creative environment to share ideas, techniques, and dances with other
coaches.

Decision Making: The Role of the Coach in College Programs | Bill Boggs and
John White (College)
As a coach of a college or university team, decision making is something you are faced
with daily. The struggles of making the best decision is an ongoing process. This
session will discuss strategies for decision making.

Dealing with Parents & Administration | Joan Noble-Pruett and Valerie Potsos
(Cheer & Dance)
Take home some great ideas and communication techniques to make each parent
happy and have the administration eating out of your hand.

Dismounts: Ending on a Positive Note | Eric Gibson (Cheer)
How much focus do coaches put on dismounts? A lot or NOT ENOUGH? The whole
year comes to a culmination and we work diligently on hitting those elite stunts but the
dismount is sometimes an afterthought. Was the dismount performed in such a way that
we never have to worry about it? Learn how using slow-motion video reveals what
happens in those quick two counts. This is a mind-blowing class that will inspire you to
adjust your focus for next season.

Game Day: Putting the LEADER Back in Cheerleader l Phil O’Neill (Cheer)
Exciting and effective crowd-leading and spirit-raising techniques will be discussed.
Sideline skills, game day situations, and competition opportunities will be the focus of
this session. This session will include ideas for building traditions including using signs
and school specific cheers and chants.

Hip Hop Master Class | Jenny Durbin Smith (Dance)
A fun, intermediate hip hop class…everyone is guaranteed to have a blast!

Hip Hop and Tricks | Jenny Durbin Smith (Dance)
A fun hip hop class… Come learn a few new tricks and hip hop dance ideas.

How to Build Your College Program with a Mission | Phil O’Neill (Cheer & Dance)
College cheerleading is more than just standing on the sidelines at a football game or
basketball game. College cheerleading is a full experience for everyone involved
(coaches, athletes, fans and administrators). Whether you are just starting your college
coaching career or you are taking over a new program, this session will give helpful tips
on how to build a college program from all aspects!

Improving Dance Leaps and Jumps | Joan Noble-Pruett (Dance)
Learn some new strategies to improve explosion, height, and technique of your teams’
jumps along with some concrete exercises and strategies to take home to your team
and improve their leaps and jumps this season.

Inversions | Cameron Larsen (Cheer)
Because of the relatively new addition of inversions at the high school level, and due to
the constantly changing wording of their rules, inversions commonly cause confusion.
This class is going to teach you a safe and creative way to include inversions in your
routine.

Jump School | Cameron Larson and Eric Gibson (Cheer)
Come learn the basics to jump technique. Learn how to break down each part of the
jump and exercises to improve your team’s jumps.

Motion Technique - Cheers and Chants: How to Be Creative| Eric Gibson and Ben
Schreiber (Cheer)
Are your motions blah? Come learn the basics of motion technique and how to turn
regular sideline material into impressive game day routines or competition
choreography.

Preparing for Competition/Performance: The Mental Process l Valerie Potsos
(Dance)
Leadership & Motivation – It Starts with YOU! There are lots of ways to lead your team!
Sometimes you lead by being in front; other times you more effectively lead by
supporting your team, being an example and staying out of the spotlight. Learn sport
psychology strategies you can include in your team’s preparation.

Pushing Your Team Over the Plateau l Phil O’Neill (Combo)
Your team is a bit stagnant and needing a bit of a push. How far can you push your
team? How do they respond? Know when to and when not to push. You will leave
with new ways and ideas to push your team.

Pyramids | Cameron Larsen (Cheer)
Here you will learn everything it takes to create a pyramid. Pyramid inclusion into
routines will be discussed. From small to large pyramids, you will learn everything you
want to know.

Reducing Coaching Risks and Liability | Jim Lord (Cheer & Dance)
Coaching cheer and dance brings with it specific responsibilities. This session will
cover those responsibilities and help you protect your athletes, your institution, and
yourself.

Relationship Building: Working with your Administration | John White (Cheer &
Dance)
Focusing on various means to better define your many roles in this ever changing
aspect of college athletics, this presentation will focus on a variety of useful practices
designed to help you better understand aspects of you and your team’s roles, as well as
how to better develop your position and value within your department. The
presentation’s format will be fast and engaging, utilizing gathered advice from veteran
athletic administrators and cheer and dance coaches, as well encouraging group
discussion on some of these topics.

Running Effective Practices for a Successful Team | Eric Gibson (Cheer)
Receive the chronological and idealistic calendar based understanding of what will lead
your team to a successful competition season. This presentation covers pre-season
preparation through breaking the monotony of “repetitious end of year practices.” Do we
need mental preparation for coaches before the first practice? How can we get into
the wondrous minds of a young adult? Find some answers in this in-depth presentation.

Spirit Squads: Working Together as One | Phil O’Neill (College)
Have you tried over and over to work with the band and other spirit groups? This
session will help you create ways to work together as one and create a sense of
cohesion amongst all spirit squads.

Strength & Conditioning | Mark Fang (Combo)
Bored with wall sits and crunches? Come to this session with sneakers on and ready to
learn! You will get discussion and demonstration of specific exercises to improve the
strength, power, flexibility, and core strength of your athletes.

Stretching Out Your Season and Warming Up for Success l Eric Gibson (Combo)
Do you ever run during practice? When during a game or competition do you just run?
You may run on the field or onto the mat. Stop wasting time using the wrong muscles.
This presentation will go over muscle health and dynamic stretching that will help
protect your athletes. We will go over exercises and stretches that most have never
seen before. This presentation could go on for hours because of all the possibilities. The
latest concepts designed by Eric Gibson using anatomically correct movements,
increasing white muscle fiber health and saving precious time.

Successful Recruiting for College Spirit Squads l Phil O’Neill (Combo)
Recruiting can be a difficult process and even more difficult when faced with university
and administrative constraints. This session will discuss creative and successful
recruiting strategies. Hear what Phil has to share about recruiting, but also discuss the
topic with all attendees.
STUNT l Bill Boggs (Cheer)
STUNT removes the crowd-leading element and focuses on the technical and athletic
components of cheer, including partner stunts, pyramids, basket tosses, group jumps
and tumbling. This session will teach you about STUNT and ways to incorporate
STUNT into your school.

Talent: Recruiting, Assessing, Teaching l Valerie Potsos (Dance)
The world of dance is a competitive one. This class will help you understand how to
identify, evaluate and utilize the talent you have on your team. Working with what you
have or recruiting for what you want can be tricky. This session will discuss all aspects
of talent related to dance. .

The Coaches Eye l Eric Gibson (Combo)
This presentation will help you understand how athletes process information, identify
learning styles of coaches and athletes, and understand the basics of the Coach's Eye
app.

Transitional Stunts | Ben Schreiber (Cheer)
Learn how to make your stunts fun and interesting to watch. Fun entrances, innovative
exits and creative transitions from one stunt to another.

Transitions: Bringing your Routine to the Next Level l Valerie Potsos (Dance)
Learn a variety of ways to make you routines fun, exiting, interesting and challenging.
Strategic placement of transitions will be shared.

Tumbling Techniques: The Basics and Beyond l Cameron Larsen (Cheer)
In this session, you will review and learn all of the elements of tumbling and proper
technique. A focus will be placed on training methods and improving tumbling.

What’s New in Nutrition for Cheerleaders & Dancers | Mark Fang (Combo)
 With all the hype and false information out there, it is important for coaches to
understand the truth about proper nutrition for athletes. This session will address
balanced nutrition, the importance of carbohydrates and hydration, and practical
suggestions for coaches.

UIL State Championship Updates | Stefanie Irick (Cheer)
The UIL has instituted policies and procedures providing direction in the education and
health and safety of cheerleaders. Increased interest and support of the activity has
prompted the organization to provide a UIL Spirit State Championship. Texas coaches,
Attend this session to learn more!