NCP Girls battle back to take 2nd at CMPW Cheer Competition.
I have had a few people, not from the Gardner area, ask to see the article I submitted for NCP to the Gardner News. Since I wrote it, I can also put it here for you to see if you live out of state.
They made a few small changes, to change the narrative it was written in, but that’s all.
Read below:
In the same year that it was debated whether cheerleading is a sport or an activity, the North County Panthers Cheerleading squads take to the mats with their 2010 program and answer yes, we are athletes! With first year Cheer Director Jill Markley at the helm, the groups had a chance to “Bring It On”?last weekend at the Central Mass Pop Warner Cheer Competition held at the Mass Mutual Center in Springfield, Ma. Teams from NCP competed in two different divisions, grabbing a stunning second place in each division. There is an old cheer quote that says, “What does it take to be a champion? Give me 2 minutes and 30 seconds and I will show you!” Do you have 5 minutes? That is what you will need, because the NCP girls have done it twice!
Both the NCP Jr. Pee Wee Cheer Squad and the NCP Jr. Midget Cheer Squad came back after weeks of hard work, many set backs, and enormous obstacles to place 2nd and win their bid to the Pop Warner Regional Qualifiers. The experience was a new one for the cheerleaders, who had a more technical and difficult routine this year after transitioning to a more competitive, year round cheer program. The coaching staff worked tirelessly to bring these teams together and make the girls believe in themselves. After taking second place, one of the veteran cheerleaders exclaimed, “This is what it feels like to win!”, after many seasons of finishing at the bottom. The squads performed a two and a half minute routine comprised of significant tumbling, stunting, dance and cheer. The teams could not have been more nervous going into the competition on Sunday, but the girls handled it with grace. The coaching staff for both teams could not have been prouder or happier for the girls. Championships are won at practice, and these girls gave it all!
All of our NCP cheer teams worked hard and showed great improvement this year. Going into the season, that was the goal of the entire NCP cheer coaching staff – have the girls show improvement and HAVE FUN! All of our teams achieved that goal, and made us very proud as coaches.
Our next step? Regional Qualifiers on November 7th at the Mass Mutual Center in Springfield, Massachusetts. Both teams will need to qualify to compete in Regionals later in the season. Good luck to both teams! Win or lose, this season was a huge success, with achievements made for both the cheer program and the cheerleaders. We will be rooting for you!!
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Wordless Wednesday
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Kymber Veautour Featured on Kids Sports Psychology Radio
Borrowed from Kidssportspsychology.com:
For a number of reasons, many sports kids don’t believe in
themselves–and that’s bad news for them, their teams and their
coaches.
Here are just a few causes:
–> They doubt their abilities
–> They’re perfectionists and expect too much
–> Their parents pressure them too much
When kids don’t believe in themselves, they hurt their
performance and enjoyment of sports.
Kymber Veautour, 
a Pop Warner cheer coach who has garnered two national wins, says this is the main problem that hurts her team members’ mental game. But she has lots of ideas for overcoming this challenge.
“I continuously have to be an advocate for the children on my
teams. For some reason they have blocks that lead them to
failure. I tell them the only thing that’s stopping themselves is
themselves.”
One of the problems, says Veautour, is parents. They have a hard
time striking that fine balance between pushing kids too hard and
simply supporting them, she says. It’s a hard balance to achieve,
she adds.
“Strong involvement from parents can be detrimental,” she says.
At the same time, parents need to be supportive. They can’t back
off entirely.
“You can see the effects on kids. They try so hard to please
their parents. It affects everything they do.”
Here at Kids’ Sports Psychology, we agree with Veautour and
believe that a number of other factors affect whether kids
believe in themselves…
Often, for whatever reason, kids embrace beliefs that cause them
to doubt themselves. For example, they give themselves negative
labels. “I’m not a good tumbler,” they say. Sometimes, external
factors are the influence. One example is coaches who only focus
on the negative.
Here’s the good news. Veautour–who after all, has garnered a few
national championships–has some strategies for helping these kids.
First of all, she tells kids to take it step by step. If they can
conquer one step in cheering, they’re ready for the next. And the
next…
We call this focusing on the moment—not on outcomes like wins.
Kids need to focus on what they need to do right now to get the
job done.
Second, Veautour uncovers labels. She tells kids they’re all
cheerleaders—not bad tumblers or bad jumpers. She reminds them
that they’re all good at something.
Third, Veautour works one-on-one with kids who have had bad days.
She doesn’t focus on the negatives, but reminds them that
tomorrow is another day. “I tell them to go home, take a shower,
relax and think about what they did. Take it one step at a time.”
And fourth, we’d like to remind parents that kids need to
understand they can’t be perfect every day. It’s okay for sports
kids to have a bad day as long as they grow and learn from their
mistakes—instead of beating themselves up.
Want to learn more about how to be Ultimate Sports Parents and
help your sports kids make the most of their physical talent?
Here at Kids’ Sports Psychology, we can help you do just that.
Our resources include e-books, articles, audios interviews like
the one we did with Veautour, and videos.
For example, these resources are available to exclusive Kids’
Sports Psychology members:
–> Kick Fear of Failure and Perfectionism, an e-book
specifically for sports kids.
–> Building Self-Esteem with Equal Playing Time, an interview
with expert Brian Sanders.
–> When Tennis Kids Pressure Themselves to Be Perfect, an
interview with Jane, a tennis pro and sports mom.
Help your kids cope with perfectionism and develop confidence
faster at Kids’ Sports Psychology!
http://www.kidssportspsychology.com
Sincerely,
Dr. Patrick Cohn and Lisa Cohn
P.S. If you’re an exclusive Kids’ Sports Psychology member, you
can listen to our interview with Veautour–which covers how she
deals with Facebook use, why heavy cheerleaders inspire others
and other issues–go here:
http://www.kidssportspsychology.com/members/463.cfm
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Ultimate Blog Party 2010
Welcome! Have we met before?? If not, welcome to Kymberstyle! My name is Kymber and I started Kymberstyle a few years ago after many people said to me, everything you do has a flair and style… like a Kymberstyle! I have many interests, but my passions are my children. If you look up beautiful in the dictionary, it has pictures of my little babies.
I say little, Laugh, well my oldest is turning 15 next week and my youngest is 10. Each have their own flair. My oldest is a National Champion Cheerleader. We will be traveling soon to watch her compete in the US Finals. I am sure I will be racking up the blogging points with pictures and videos. My youngest, who I feel is to young to put pictures of her on my blog, is a budding basketball player who recently received the coaches award for excellence. Both are honor roll students, and are very active in their schools and communities. The oldest will also be coaching younger cheerleaders for Pop Warner this year.
As you can see I can not stop bragging!
I also have an amazing wife. Yes, I said wife. Now stop staring! We are the lesbian couple in our town. Little, quiet, out in the middle of nowhere Massachusetts has never been the same. No, we didn’t move here because gay marriage was legal….. my wife already lived here. We are both professionals, and I like to say I am a spoiled engineers wife. Yay me!
I run a few websites, some I own… some I own for other organizations and donate them. My main website is of course Kymber style, I am currently designing and working on Cheeritude.com ( When you have attitude in cheering, because your the best, show it! It’s not attitude it’s cheeritude!), I maintain Oakmont Pop Warner and donate my time and the website for Youth Football and Cheerleading. I am also a coach for Oakmont Pop Warner. As you can see youth sports has become very important to me. It teaches discipline, skills on team work, skills to learn how to deal with responsibility and stress, skills to learn how to handle authority figures, health and fitness…. and so much more.
Other website I donate my time to:
Waters Works, AL Waters has issued a challenge. He will ride a bike, not a motorcycle 192 miles in 2 days to raise money for the Pan Mass Challenge, he just needs you to donate!
Juliasavesdogs.com, Julia is a dedicated animal activist. She donates all of her time saving animals from kill shelters and finding them wonderful homes. I owe both of my babies to her!
Chestnut Street Cafe, Located in Downtown Providence, RI the Chestnut Street Cafe is a wonderful place to grab a bite and relax.
Dog Blessed, Brenda was also a Fairy Dog Mother for my babies and works hard to support animal relocation. An avid activist against animal abuse, Brenda donates all of her time housing and transporting animals across the US.
And finally Gay Online News, a one stop online news source for the gay community. this website is actually going through a revamping, and going in a new direction. Come back to see where it goes!
5 Minutes for Mom has asked us to list the prizes we’d like to win, so here’s my list.
- I’d L O V E to win this new laptop.
- Target – need I say more?
- $20 visa gift card
- Stay free at Hilton!!
- Amazon!
Well that is Kymber and Kymberstyle in a nutshell. Come back soon, there is always something happening!
Kymber Veautour
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