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Recommended
Reading

  •  Developing a Successful Cheerleading Program, Pam Headridge, Nancy Garr
    Coaches Choice, 2004

  • 101 Exciting New Tips to Energize Your Cheerleaders, Gwen Holtsclaw
    Old Mountain Press, Inc 1998

  • Championship Team Building, Jeff Janssen,
    Winning the Mental Game Press, 1999

  • The Seven Secrets of Successful Coaches, Jeff Janssen, Winning the Mental Game Press, 2002

  • The Team Captain’s Leadership Manual, Jeff Janssen,Winning the Mental Game Press, 2004

  • Winning with Teamwork, Katherine Karvelas, Career Press, 1998

  • Positive Coaching, Jim Thompson, Warde Publishers, Inc, 1995

  • Coaching and Motivation, William Warren, Prentice Hall, 1983

  • Coaching the Mental Game, H.A. Dorfman, Taylor Trade Publishing, 2003

  • Catching Them Being Good, Dicicco, Hacker, Penguin Books, 2003

  • Double Goal Coach, Jim Thompson, HarperCollins, 2003

  • Shooting in the Dark: Tales of Coaching and Leadership, Jim Thompson

  • Raising a Team Player: Teaching Kids Lasting Values on the Field, on the Court and on the Bench Harry Sheehy, Danny Peary and Joe Torre

  • Character Development and Physical Activity, Brenda Bredemeier and David Shields

  • They Call Me Coach, John Wooden

  • Building a Champion , Bill Walsh

  • The Ultimate Athlete, George Leonard

  • Way to Go, Coach: A Scientifically-Proven Approach to Coaching EffectivenessRonald Smith, Frank Small

  • Creative Coaching, Jerry Lynch, Human Kinetics

  • Conquering Tryouts, James Connor, Jeanne Conner
    cheerleadingsafety.com


  • GameSkills, Stephanie Hanrahan & Teresa B. Carlson, Versa Press, 2000
  • Stretching, Bob Anderson & Jean Anderson Shelter Publications, Inc. Bolinas, CA

  • Team Building Activities for Every Group, Alanna Jones, Rec Room Publishing, 1999 & Edward Scannell, McGraw Hill, 1998

  • Energizer and Ice Breakers, Book I, Elizabeth Sabrinsky Foster, Educational Media Corp, 1998

  • Big Book of Team Building Games, John Newstrom

  • The Big Book of Motivational Games, Robert Epstein, McGraw Hill, 2001

  • 1001 Motivational Messages and Quotes for Athletes and Coaches,

  • Another 1001 Motivational Messages & Quotes,
    Teaching Character Through Sports Bruce Eamon Brown, Coaches Choice, www.coacheschoice.com

Brittany Geragotelis, Assistant Editor, American Cheerleader magazine says

"
Developing a Successful Cheerleading Program is a must-have for every high school cheer coach. It's a wonderful and insightful book that will prepare any first-time coach for the intricacies of cheerleading. Pam Headridge and Nancy Garr do an awesome job of both organizing the modern cheer coach's life and keeping up spirit, like a true cheerleader!"

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Sharing the Spirit -- for and by cheerleaders, dancers, and coaches is the first compilation ever of stories and poems for the spirit athlete. The book is comprised of 276 pages chockfull of motivation and inspiration.