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- Set a time and place to meet to warm-up and discuss game plan.
- Know what is included in your warm-up.
- Have game plan sheet with a list of all chants, cheers, dances, stunts.
- The team needs to know how they line up and where. Will it change at quarters or half-time?
- Set aside time to meet and greet visiting cheerleaders. Assign a couple of cheerleaders to do this.
- Assign who will call the chants.
- Who will coordinate with the band for the next song played?
- Will there be a performance at half-time? Who coordinates the music if needed. Who coordinates with announcer?
- Assign someone to be in charge of the signs and spirit items.
- Do you have a run-through for halftime? Assign someone to be in charge of it. When do you unroll it for the players to run through?
- Where are the administrators or security if needed?
- What do the cheerleaders do if the crowd boos, becomes unruly, etc?
- Have an "Opponent Information" form that lists the names of the school you play, address, phone, cheer coach's name, mascot, and school colors.
- During the game do "cheerleader evaluations". Form below.
- Will you have post-game meeting to evaluate performance? If not do it at the beginning of next practice.
- Be prepared for problems. Do not be afraid to gather the cheerleaders together and huddle during the game to tell them how to solve a problem. It is like a "time-out" and it is appropriate for a coach to call a time out.
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