Ages 5-16 · Book 3, Confidence · 4,299 places
Cheer and Tumbling
Skills that only exist after hundreds of failed attempts, performed in front of an audience that sees none of them.
Built on Ellis Abel and the Magic Triangle — “Turn fear into confidence, one step at a time.” A character series, not a curriculum with a worldview attached.
The five sessions
- Session 1
Name the one skill, small enough to practise this week
- Session 2
Read the story and connect the wall to their own thing
- Session 3
Set the rep count, write it down, keep it boring
- Session 4
Miss, fail, and log it as a rep rather than a verdict
- Session 5
Show the count at the end and let them read it themselves
Questions leaders ask
Is cheer and tumbling in your area a religious program?
No. Ellis Abel is a character series. Each volume carries one named core value — this one is confidence — and the story does the teaching. There is no doctrine in it, nothing to opt out of, and it is used in public schools, libraries and secular programs as readily as anywhere else.
What ages does this work for?
Ages 5-16. The story is read aloud, so a child who cannot read yet is fully in it, and the discussion prompts are written in two bands so one adult can hold a mixed-age room.
When in a your area season does this fit?
Preseason for the first three sessions, then one mid-season and one at the end. Ten minutes before practice, sitting on the floor, is the whole footprint.
Our coaches are volunteers with no time. Is that a problem?
No. The script is one page per session and assumes the coach read it in the car park. The point is the athletes talking, not the coach presenting.
The rules that make it work
Confidence is earned, in that order, every time
Commitment, then competency, then confidence. Almost every adult teaches it backwards by trying to install the feeling first, and children can tell.
Ugly reps are the work, not a warning sign
A child promised that practice feels good quits on the third attempt. Say in advance that it will look bad, and the bad-looking part stops meaning anything.
Praise the count, never the talent
"You're a natural" is a compliment a child cannot use and cannot rebuild from. Sixty reps is a fact they own and can do again.
Nobody is compared to anybody
The count is against last week's count. A room where children are ranked teaches the ones at the bottom to stop starting.
Adults commit out loud too
A coach or a parent naming a thing they are bad at and are practising anyway is worth more than any session on effort.
This is a character story, not a performance program
Technique belongs to the coach and the teacher. This handles the part that has nothing to do with technique, and never scores a child on either.
Cheer and Tumbling by metro area
Northeast
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- Cheer and Tumbling — Pittsburgh, PA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Providence, RI
- Cheer and Tumbling — Hartford, CT
- Cheer and Tumbling — Buffalo, NY
- Cheer and Tumbling — Rochester, NY
- Cheer and Tumbling — Bridgeport, CT
- Cheer and Tumbling — Albany, NY
- Cheer and Tumbling — Worcester, MA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Allentown, PA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Poughkeepsie metro area, NY
- Cheer and Tumbling — Syracuse, NY
- Cheer and Tumbling — Harrisburg, PA
- Cheer and Tumbling — New Haven, CT
- Cheer and Tumbling — Portland, ME
- Cheer and Tumbling — Scranton, PA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Lancaster, PA
- Cheer and Tumbling — York, PA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Springfield, MA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Waterbury, CT
- Cheer and Tumbling — Reading, PA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Manchester, NH
- Cheer and Tumbling — Trenton, NJ
- Cheer and Tumbling — Atlantic City, NJ
- Cheer and Tumbling — Utica, NY
- Cheer and Tumbling — Norwich, CT
- Cheer and Tumbling — Erie, PA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Binghamton, NY
- Cheer and Tumbling — Barnstable, MA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Burlington, VT
- Cheer and Tumbling — Kingston, NY
- Cheer and Tumbling — Amherst, MA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Chambersburg, PA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Bangor, ME
- Cheer and Tumbling — State College, PA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Vineland, NJ
- Cheer and Tumbling — Lebanon, PA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Johnstown, PA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Pittsfield, MA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Glens Falls, NY
- Cheer and Tumbling — Altoona, PA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Lewiston, ME
- Cheer and Tumbling — Williamsport, PA
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Midwest
- Cheer and Tumbling — Chicago, IL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Detroit, MI
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- Cheer and Tumbling — Kansas City, MO
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- Cheer and Tumbling — Indianapolis, IN
- Cheer and Tumbling — Cleveland, OH
- Cheer and Tumbling — Milwaukee, WI
- Cheer and Tumbling — Grand Rapids, MI
- Cheer and Tumbling — Omaha, NE
- Cheer and Tumbling — Dayton, OH
- Cheer and Tumbling — Des Moines, IA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Madison, WI
- Cheer and Tumbling — Akron, OH
- Cheer and Tumbling — Wichita, KS
- Cheer and Tumbling — Toledo, OH
- Cheer and Tumbling — Springfield, MO
- Cheer and Tumbling — Lansing, MI
- Cheer and Tumbling — Fort Wayne, IN
- Cheer and Tumbling — Youngstown, OH
- Cheer and Tumbling — Flint, MI
- Cheer and Tumbling — Canton, OH
- Cheer and Tumbling — Davenport, IA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Ann Arbor, MI
- Cheer and Tumbling — Peoria, IL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Lincoln, NE
- Cheer and Tumbling — Rockford, IL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Green Bay, WI
- Cheer and Tumbling — South Bend, IN
- Cheer and Tumbling — Sioux Falls, SD
- Cheer and Tumbling — Duluth, MN
- Cheer and Tumbling — Cedar Rapids, IA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Evansville, IN
- Cheer and Tumbling — Fargo, ND
- Cheer and Tumbling — Kalamazoo, MI
- Cheer and Tumbling — Appleton, WI
- Cheer and Tumbling — Champaign, IL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Topeka, KS
- Cheer and Tumbling — Rochester, MN
- Cheer and Tumbling — Lafayette, IN
- Cheer and Tumbling — Columbia, MO
- Cheer and Tumbling — Joplin, MO
- Cheer and Tumbling — Elkhart, IN
- Cheer and Tumbling — Springfield, IL
- Cheer and Tumbling — St. Cloud, MN
- Cheer and Tumbling — Racine, WI
- Cheer and Tumbling — Saginaw, MI
- Cheer and Tumbling — Iowa City, IA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Muskegon, MI
- Cheer and Tumbling — Eau Claire, WI
- Cheer and Tumbling — Oshkosh, WI
- Cheer and Tumbling — Bloomington, IL
- Cheer and Tumbling — La Crosse, WI
- Cheer and Tumbling — Terre Haute, IN
- Cheer and Tumbling — Waterloo, IA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Kenosha, WI
- Cheer and Tumbling — Janesville, WI
- Cheer and Tumbling — Bloomington, IN
- Cheer and Tumbling — Jackson, MI
- Cheer and Tumbling — Traverse City, MI
- Cheer and Tumbling — Rapid City, SD
- Cheer and Tumbling — Monroe, MI
- Cheer and Tumbling — Jefferson City, MO
- Cheer and Tumbling — Niles, MI
- Cheer and Tumbling — Sioux City, IA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Bismarck, ND
- Cheer and Tumbling — Wausau, WI
- Cheer and Tumbling — Manhattan, KS
- Cheer and Tumbling — Springfield, OH
- Cheer and Tumbling — Battle Creek, MI
- Cheer and Tumbling — Ames, IA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Mansfield, OH
- Cheer and Tumbling — Lawrence, KS
- Cheer and Tumbling — St. Joseph, MO
- Cheer and Tumbling — Sheboygan, WI
- Cheer and Tumbling — Muncie, IN
- Cheer and Tumbling — Sandusky, OH
- Cheer and Tumbling — Michigan City, IN
- Cheer and Tumbling — Kankakee, IL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Grand Forks, ND
- Cheer and Tumbling — Mankato, MN
- Cheer and Tumbling — Fond du Lac, WI
- Cheer and Tumbling — Bay City, MI
- Cheer and Tumbling — Lima, OH
- Cheer and Tumbling — Dubuque, IA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Decatur, IL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Cape Girardeau, MO
- Cheer and Tumbling — Columbus, IN
- Cheer and Tumbling — Kokomo, IN
- Cheer and Tumbling — Midland, MI
- Cheer and Tumbling — Grand Island, NE
- Cheer and Tumbling — Minot, ND
South
- Cheer and Tumbling — Dallas, TX
- Cheer and Tumbling — Houston, TX
- Cheer and Tumbling — Atlanta, GA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Washington, DC
- Cheer and Tumbling — Miami, FL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Tampa, FL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Orlando, FL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Charlotte, NC
- Cheer and Tumbling — Baltimore, MD
- Cheer and Tumbling — San Antonio, TX
- Cheer and Tumbling — Austin, TX
- Cheer and Tumbling — Nashville, TN
- Cheer and Tumbling — Virginia Beach, VA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Jacksonville, FL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Raleigh, NC
- Cheer and Tumbling — Oklahoma City, OK
- Cheer and Tumbling — Louisville, KY
- Cheer and Tumbling — Richmond, VA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Memphis, TN
- Cheer and Tumbling — Birmingham, AL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Tulsa, OK
- Cheer and Tumbling — Greenville, SC
- Cheer and Tumbling — New Orleans, LA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Knoxville, TN
- Cheer and Tumbling — Sarasota metro area, FL
- Cheer and Tumbling — McAllen, TX
- Cheer and Tumbling — Charleston, SC
- Cheer and Tumbling — Baton Rouge, LA
- Cheer and Tumbling — El Paso, TX
- Cheer and Tumbling — Columbia, SC
- Cheer and Tumbling — Cape Coral, FL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Lakeland, FL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Greensboro, NC
- Cheer and Tumbling — Little Rock, AR
- Cheer and Tumbling — Deltona, FL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Winston-Salem, NC
- Cheer and Tumbling — Palm Bay, FL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Augusta, GA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Durham, NC
- Cheer and Tumbling — Fayetteville, AR
- Cheer and Tumbling — Jackson, MS
- Cheer and Tumbling — Chattanooga, TN
- Cheer and Tumbling — Port St. Lucie, FL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Huntsville, AL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Pensacola, FL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Lexington, KY
- Cheer and Tumbling — Killeen, TX
- Cheer and Tumbling — Wilmington, NC
- Cheer and Tumbling — Corpus Christi, TX
- Cheer and Tumbling — Ocala, FL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Savannah, GA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Brownsville, TX
- Cheer and Tumbling — Gulfport, MS
- Cheer and Tumbling — Myrtle Beach, SC
- Cheer and Tumbling — Lafayette, LA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Asheville, NC
- Cheer and Tumbling — Naples, FL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Mobile, AL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Spartanburg, SC
- Cheer and Tumbling — Beaumont, TX
- Cheer and Tumbling — Tallahassee, FL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Fayetteville, NC
- Cheer and Tumbling — Montgomery, AL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Shreveport, LA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Hickory, NC
- Cheer and Tumbling — Lubbock, TX
- Cheer and Tumbling — Huntington, WV
- Cheer and Tumbling — Gainesville, FL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Clarksville, TN
- Cheer and Tumbling — Columbus, GA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Roanoke, VA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Hagerstown, MD
- Cheer and Tumbling — Fort Walton Beach metro area, FL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Kingsport, TN
- Cheer and Tumbling — Waco, TX
- Cheer and Tumbling — Longview, TX
- Cheer and Tumbling — College Station, TX
- Cheer and Tumbling — Tuscaloosa, AL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Laredo, TX
- Cheer and Tumbling — Slidell, LA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Amarillo, TX
- Cheer and Tumbling — Lynchburg, VA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Daphne, AL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Tyler, TX
- Cheer and Tumbling — Lake Charles, LA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Hilton Head Island, SC
- Cheer and Tumbling — Macon, GA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Fort Smith, AR
- Cheer and Tumbling — Panama City, FL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Charlottesville, VA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Gainesville, GA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Athens, GA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Monroe, LA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Punta Gorda, FL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Jacksonville, NC
- Cheer and Tumbling — Johnson City, TN
- Cheer and Tumbling — Lexington Park, MD
- Cheer and Tumbling — Warner Robins, GA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Auburn, AL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Florence, SC
- Cheer and Tumbling — Charleston, WV
- Cheer and Tumbling — Houma, LA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Bowling Green, KY
- Cheer and Tumbling — Dover, DE
- Cheer and Tumbling — Midland, TX
- Cheer and Tumbling — Burlington, NC
- Cheer and Tumbling — Abilene, TX
- Cheer and Tumbling — Jackson, TN
- Cheer and Tumbling — Greenville, NC
- Cheer and Tumbling — Blacksburg, VA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Odessa, TX
- Cheer and Tumbling — Vero Beach metro area, FL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Homosassa Springs, FL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Decatur, AL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Hattiesburg, MS
- Cheer and Tumbling — The Villages metro area, FL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Florence, AL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Dothan, AL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Sherman, TX
- Cheer and Tumbling — Valdosta, GA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Winchester, VA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Wichita Falls, TX
- Cheer and Tumbling — Rocky Mount, NC
- Cheer and Tumbling — Alexandria, LA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Dalton, GA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Texarkana, TX
- Cheer and Tumbling — Albany, GA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Morgantown, WV
- Cheer and Tumbling — Hammond, LA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Harrisonburg, VA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Jonesboro, AR
- Cheer and Tumbling — Wheeling, WV
- Cheer and Tumbling — Cleveland, TN
- Cheer and Tumbling — Salisbury, MD
- Cheer and Tumbling — Staunton, VA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Morristown, TN
- Cheer and Tumbling — Elizabethtown, KY
- Cheer and Tumbling — Lawton, OK
- Cheer and Tumbling — Goldsboro, NC
- Cheer and Tumbling — San Angelo, TX
- Cheer and Tumbling — Brunswick, GA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Anniston, AL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Owensboro, KY
- Cheer and Tumbling — Steubenville, WV
- Cheer and Tumbling — Sebring, FL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Pinehurst, NC
- Cheer and Tumbling — Beckley, WV
- Cheer and Tumbling — Sumter, SC
- Cheer and Tumbling — Gadsden, AL
- Cheer and Tumbling — Paducah, KY
- Cheer and Tumbling — Rome, GA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Victoria, TX
- Cheer and Tumbling — Hot Springs, AR
- Cheer and Tumbling — Hinesville, GA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Parkersburg, WV
- Cheer and Tumbling — Enid, OK
- Cheer and Tumbling — Eagle Pass, TX
West
- Cheer and Tumbling — Los Angeles, CA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Phoenix, AZ
- Cheer and Tumbling — Riverside, CA
- Cheer and Tumbling — San Francisco, CA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Seattle, WA
- Cheer and Tumbling — San Diego, CA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Denver, CO
- Cheer and Tumbling — Portland, OR
- Cheer and Tumbling — Sacramento, CA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Las Vegas, NV
- Cheer and Tumbling — San Jose, CA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Salt Lake City, UT
- Cheer and Tumbling — Fresno, CA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Tucson, AZ
- Cheer and Tumbling — Honolulu, HI
- Cheer and Tumbling — Bakersfield, CA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Albuquerque, NM
- Cheer and Tumbling — Boise, ID
- Cheer and Tumbling — Oxnard, CA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Stockton, CA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Colorado Springs, CO
- Cheer and Tumbling — Provo, UT
- Cheer and Tumbling — Ogden, UT
- Cheer and Tumbling — Spokane, WA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Reno, NV
- Cheer and Tumbling — Modesto, CA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Santa Rosa, CA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Visalia, CA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Vallejo, CA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Salem, OR
- Cheer and Tumbling — Santa Maria, CA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Salinas, CA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Anchorage, AK
- Cheer and Tumbling — Eugene, OR
- Cheer and Tumbling — Greeley, CO
- Cheer and Tumbling — Fort Collins, CO
- Cheer and Tumbling — Boulder, CO
- Cheer and Tumbling — Kennewick, WA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Olympia, WA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Merced, CA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Bremerton, WA
- Cheer and Tumbling — San Luis Obispo, CA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Bend, OR
- Cheer and Tumbling — Yakima, WA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Santa Cruz, CA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Prescott metro area, AZ
- Cheer and Tumbling — Bellingham, WA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Las Cruces, NM
- Cheer and Tumbling — Lake Havasu City, AZ
- Cheer and Tumbling — Yuma, AZ
- Cheer and Tumbling — Medford, OR
- Cheer and Tumbling — St. George, UT
- Cheer and Tumbling — Chico, CA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Billings, MT
- Cheer and Tumbling — Coeur d'Alene, ID
- Cheer and Tumbling — Yuba City, CA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Redding, CA
- Cheer and Tumbling — El Centro, CA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Idaho Falls, ID
- Cheer and Tumbling — Pueblo, CO
- Cheer and Tumbling — Grand Junction, CO
- Cheer and Tumbling — Logan, UT
- Cheer and Tumbling — Maui, HI
- Cheer and Tumbling — Santa Fe, NM
- Cheer and Tumbling — Hanford, CA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Flagstaff, AZ
- Cheer and Tumbling — Mount Vernon, WA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Napa, CA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Albany, OR
- Cheer and Tumbling — Bozeman, MT
- Cheer and Tumbling — Missoula, MT
- Cheer and Tumbling — Wenatchee, WA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Sierra Vista, AZ
- Cheer and Tumbling — Twin Falls, ID
- Cheer and Tumbling — Farmington, NM
- Cheer and Tumbling — Longview, WA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Cheyenne, WY
- Cheer and Tumbling — Corvallis, OR
- Cheer and Tumbling — Helena, MT
- Cheer and Tumbling — Fairbanks, AK
- Cheer and Tumbling — Pocatello, ID
- Cheer and Tumbling — Grants Pass, OR
- Cheer and Tumbling — Great Falls, MT
- Cheer and Tumbling — Casper, WY
- Cheer and Tumbling — Lewiston, ID
- Cheer and Tumbling — Walla Walla, WA
- Cheer and Tumbling — Carson City, NV
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