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At NCA, we know the vital role coaches play in the lives of their team members. Armed with this knowledge, we take great strides to ensure that we provide you with important resources and information to successfully lead your team throughout the year.
Coaches Resources
Coaches Conference
Coaches Resources
NCA was the first spirit organization to train coaches, and we continue to provide the most up-to-date information to coaches at every level, from youth to collegiate.
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Coaches Conference

May 15-17, 2009
The Westin Galleria-Dallas
Dallas, Texas
We've moved our Conference to the great state of Texas -- the only place large enough to accommodate all our sessions and many topics!
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Our annual Coaches / Directors Conference has something for everyone. Whether you have coached for twenty years or this is your rookie season, NCA and NDA has you covered.
This is an incredible opportunity to network with the brightest minds in the industry and build and maintain friendships with your colleagues around the country. If you are a novice to cheer or dance coaching, we have everything you need to successfully coordinate and position your team to build the foundation for a flourishing program. Likewise, if you have been coaching for many years, we have ideas that can catapult your team to the next level.
The conference will feature speakers who are in the forefront of the Cheer and Dance Industry. There will be hands-on classes that encompass all experience levels. Every coach and director can benefit from this conference - recreational, junior high, high school, and college! There will be valuable classes for everyone.
Bring all your coaches and directors and receive multiple coach discounts! There are powerful topics presented that can benefit all cheer coaches and dance directors!
And if you don’t have the entire weekend to dedicate to the conference, there will be one day/Saturday only sessions as well.
Topics Include:
- Coaching Better Game Day Cheerleaders
- Effective Tryout Ideas
- Running an Effective Cheer Practice
- Successful Pep Rally Ideas
- Fundraising Ideas
- Great Drills for your Team
- Hands on Cheers and Chants
- Improving Motion Technique
- Intermediate / Advanced Jumps
- Understanding the All Star Grid
- Beginning / Intermediate Stunts
- How to Teach Stunt Timing
- Tosses
- Advanced / Elite Stunts
- Planning your Schedule / Practices for Success
- Beginning / Intermediate Jumps
- Developing Leadership Skills
- Three P's to Team Bonding and Motivation
- Intermediate / Advanced Jumps
- Camp Preparation
- Making Coaching Fun for You
- Organization for New Coaches
- Working with Parents and Administration
- Conditioning Throughout the Season
- Dismounts
- Tumbling
- Advanced / Elite Stunts
- Creating Routines for every Occasion
- Reducing Coaching Risk and Liability
- National Federation Rules Update
- Critiquing your Team
- Cheer Competition from a Judge's Perspective
- Coed Single Based Stunts
- Dealing with Difficult Situations
- Managing an All Star Gym
- Mental Preparation
- Preparing for College Tryouts
- Cheer Routine Choreography
- Fueling the Body for Success
- Strength and Conditioning
- Creative Formations and Transitions
- Hands on Cheer Dance
- Hands on Hip Hop
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