National Cheerleading Safety Month
Ensuring spirited routines sparkle with confidence while avoiding unnecessary risks keeps the pep in cheer, making every performance a triumph.
Position safety-certified gear, training programs, and coaching resources to parents and athletic directors during peak cheerleading recruitment season in August.
- Back-to-Cheer Safety Checklist: Essential gear & injury prevention tips for new squad members
- Coach's Guide to Safe Stunting: Training resources for August tryout season
- Parent's Peace of Mind: How to evaluate cheerleading program safety standards
- Injury Prevention Spotlight: Partner with athletic trainers and orthopedic brands during National Cheer Safety Month
As the basketball season winds down to a close, cheerleading tryout season often starts, and a bunch of intrepid new group comes to pick up the pom-pom and start down the demanding path of becoming a cheerleader. With the Administrators, Coaches, the Cheerleaders Parents, and Cheerleaders all working together, an education on how to perform at their very best while being safe in their efforts can be passed on and absorbed.
Cheerleading has been around for a long time, since the late 1800’s in fact, and believe it or not back then it was an all-male sport. From 1877-1923, it was the men that led the cheers, that helped to support their team, and in 1898 the idea of organized teams entered the scene. It wasn’t until 1923 that there women actually entered the field of cheerleading, and it took until 1940 for them to actually be recognized in things like student pamphlets and newspapers.
In 1987 the American Association of Cheerleading Coaches & Administrators was formed, and it wasn’t long after that that the important of safety education among Cheerleaders and those who trained them became obvious. This was the first seeds of National Cheerleading Safety Month coming to pass.