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“Daytona Pt. 1 – Don’t be that Guy” – Netflix CHEER! Season 2 Episode 8 Recap

Posted on by Annemarie Arthurs
22
Feb
Annemarie Arthurs Cheer Coach blog

Annemarie Arthurs Cheer Coach blog

By Annemarie Arthurs

Published February 22, 2022

Navarro is hard at work throwing multiple full outs on their “bandshell” while TVCC is working on choreography runs and fixing every single motion and transition in their routine. Coaches are definitely starting to feel the pressure! The athletes are packing up, getting their itineraries, and ready to head to Daytona! At this point in the season, both coaches cannot do anything else for them. It is all on the athletes now! Navarro has boarded their flight, TVCC has boarded their bus, and both teams are off!

It’s been two years since Daytona Nationals has occurred due to the pandemic and majority of both teams has never experienced this! Practices by the beach have started for TVCC and Navarro and they are READY! They are outside checking the sun, seeing what it’s going to be like at the exact time they are scheduled to compete, looking to see where the judges are sitting and doing the walk from warmups to the floor! 

Day one is about to begin, and all the athletes are getting ready! Prelims is 25% of their score and finals is 75%. Day one is always filled with lots of nerves, but Monica knows once that’s under their belt, they will be good! Trinity and Navarro have headed to warmups and are patiently waiting out back to perform. 

Navarro is up first! Toe full, hit. Standing tumbling, hit. Stunts, hit. Baskets, hit. Running tumbling, hit. Pyramid, hit. Most importantly, the dance, THEY BROUGHT IT. What more could you ask for on day one?! 

Now Trinity. Dee got his sleeves up and everything! Standing fulls, hit. Jumps, hit. Stunts, hit. Baskets, hit. Unfortunately, one tumble bust and a pyramid fall, as defeated as they look and feel, they know that day one does not define them and tomorrow can change everything.

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Mining for Tenths – Netflix CHEER! Season 2 Episode 7 Recap

Posted on by Annemarie Arthurs
17
Feb
Annemarie Arthurs Cheer Coach blog

Annemarie Arthurs Cheer Coach blog

By Annemarie Arthurs

Published February 17, 2022

He lives with his college friend and old teammate along with his wife and their child! They are very supportive of Khris and welcomed him into their home as family. While everyone has a 3, 4, 5-year plan of meeting someone and starting a family…. Khris said his plan is Daytona. 

Navarro is hard at work trying to hit as many clean and strong full outs as possible. Monica seems very frustrated because she feels the team keeps giving up. They have been practicing outside to try to get the feel of Daytona and be ready for wind, sun, and heat. 

Maddy said “when you cheer every single day, you’re not going to have a good day every day, and when I go out and make a mistake I’m so hard on myself, like I hate myself for it, because I feel like I didn’t just let myself down, I let my entire team down, you never want to be the person to say I messed up on the bandshell, you’re goal is to always be great”. 

This year’s Navarro routine is very dynamic and very in your face. The team feels that they are not fully there yet and not showing the routines full potential. There is a lot of tension and a lack of confidence because they don’t feel as close as a team as they did before. Every athlete is here for the same reason, and they need to come together as a family because when you cheer for Navarro, nobody competes to lose. 

Coach Monica has finally received the stage she ordered so they can practice on it to get a similar feel to what Daytona is on the bandshell! 

TVCC is focusing very hard on how to get the maximum score. Coach Franklin is being very particular in everything they have in their routine because he knows it can come down to a tenth of a point at Daytona. One of the main problems they are having is just overall performance. Dee is struggling with just smiling. Coach Vontae needs to test him and see how he is going to respond so he had an alternate learn his part because if Dee continues to not perform, he will not compete. 

Coach Vontae brought in a guest choreographer, Brandon Hale. He is here to change some things up and bring a different vibe to the routine and their dance. 

With Navarro slowly getting back on the same page, they are getting their uniforms, doing the iconic “poof” and preparing as much as possible for Daytona. This program makes them feel a part of something bigger than them. They are practicing on their own “bandshell” and making sure they are ready, mentally, and physically. They know their bodies need to be ready for whatever Daytona throws at them. 

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Netflix CHEER Season 2: Episode 1

Posted on by Annemarie Arthurs
Netflix Cheer Season 2 review
20
Jan
Annemarie Arthurs Cheer Coach blog

Annemarie Arthurs Cheer Coach blog

By Annemarie Arthurs

Published January 20, 2022

It’s like we never left Daytona!

Netflix really said, “Let’s start 2022 off with a bang” and released season 2 at the perfect time! Recapping last season definitely pulled at my heart strings! After following this program, it’s exciting to see all the interviews, events, and signings they went through after season 1 aired.

Starting off with episode one of Netflix’s series CHEER, we were made aware of some mature and adult things we would learn more about, but we also got a sneak peak of some exciting things! Number one, being introduced more to TVCC!!

For Coach Monica & Coach Vontae, the competition seems to be more intense than ever!

Navarro’s newest rookies are amazing and as Monica said, “the talent is ridiculous”. Watching Maddy, Gill, Cassadee and Payton…..their technique and skill is unbeatable. 40 are on the team….and 20 will make mat! Ladarius said “do better” if you want to make mat!

Netflix CHEER Season 2 review

Navarro’s newest rookies are amazing and as Monica said, “the talent is ridiculous”. Watching Maddy, Gill, Cassadee and Payton…..their technique and skill is unbeatable. 40 are on the team….and 20 will make mat! Ladarius said “do better” if you want to make mat!

A lot of these athletes are extremely anxious with the upcoming mat tryouts. The coaches need to make decisions that are best for the team and there’s no guarantee that people who have made mat before, will make mat again. Maddy made a very good point when she said “cheerleading, it’s all a mind game, if you don’t believe that you’re going to be the best, then you’re not going to be the best”

Back at TVCC. Their team is still feeling angry and defeated about their last performance at Daytona. Their main complaint…. they went once, and Navarro got to go twice. Their teammate Jada will always be out there making sure she is proving everyone wrong! She is the strongest female tumbler and flyer on the team and she’s ready to lead TVCC to victory at Daytona!

The coaching style differences between Monica and Vontae are crazy but they both work!! The athletes they coach know exactly what to expect. 

What works for Navarro works and what works for TVCC also works! Tough love is Coach Vontaes approach whereas Coach Monica is the opposite. 

So, with episode one coming to an end…lets end this like TVCC ends practice!

“Here’s to you, here’s to me, national champs, where soon to be, and if the judges’ disagree, f*** them, here’s to we”

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