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Cheerleading Instruction / Directions

130 Hiawatha Place
Syracuse, NY
(Close to I-81 and Thruway Exit #36)
(315) 866-0225
cnycheer@hotmail.com

Cheerleading Classes

Monthly Cheerleading Classes:
A different topic each month; coed stunting, flyer flexibility, twisting, tosses, tumbling, and more.Check our sister website, www.cnystorm.com for monthly listings. Cost is $10 per session, please register at least one week before each class.

Tumbling Classes:
Cheerleading tumbling classes are held Tuesdays. Cheerleaders are welcome to start anytime.

Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30pm Basic: perfect for the beginner tumbler! Cheerleaders will work on forward roll, backward roll, cartwheels, roundoffs, walkovers, and other basic tumbling skills and drills and begin working their backhandsprings.

Tuesdays, 6:30-7:30pm Intermediate: this class will help those cheerleaders continue to work on their backhandsprings and connecting backhandsprings, tucks, and other skills, as well as working tumbling drills. Cheerleaders must be able to demonstrate basic tumbling skills before beginning the intermediate class. The backhandspring can still be spotted in this class.

Tuesdays, 7:30-8:30pm Advanced: in addition to tumbling drill work, cheerleaders will work on backhandspring and tuck variations, front tucks, layouts, fulls, and variations. Cheerleaders must execute the backhandspring on their own for this class.

Cost for each scheduled class is $45/month if paid at the beginning of the month or $15 per class if you want to pay as you go. All classes and private instruction sessions require an annual registration fee of $30, which is due at your first class/private and covers all the classes/privates you take throughout the year. Parents must sign a registration and release form for their cheerleader.

We can also do a class for your whole team, contact Kathy for availability and pricing.

Tumbling Clinic:
Next clinic to be announced.

One Day Clinic:
Join us Saturday, 11/17, in Syracuse or Saturday, 12/15, in Albany 10am-3pm for a fun filled day of stunts, tumbling, jumps, hip hop dance, and more! Ages 10 and up welcome. Please bring your own lunch and water bottle. Cost is just $25 per person.

Click on the gym CNY release forms link to download the class/clinic release form. Please send registration form and payment by 11/9/07 for the Syracuse clinic and 12/7/07 for the Albany clinic, to CNY Cheer Company, Inc., PO Box 655, Herkimer, NY 13350.

Open gyms:
Everyone is welcome to come in and train at our scheduled Open Gyms! Cheerleaders will have free time to work on tumbling, stunts, jumps, and more. The CNY Staff is there to supervise, critique, and spot, it is not a structured class and it is non instructional.

Cost for Open Gyms is $10 per session and cheerleaders must bring a completed CNY Cheer Company, Inc. release form to their first session.
Saturday 10/6, 10am-noon
Saturday 12/15, 10am-noon

Team training:
Get your whole team in the gym! We can help with tumbling, game material, competition routine critique, or whatever else you need. Our experienced staff will help you and your whole team while you work out on our full size competition floor; either spring floor or regular competition floor. Have your teams work with our tumbling instructors and take advantage of our 40' tumble trak, 42' tumble strip, and professional grade trampoline.

Team training is $7/cheerleader, per hour. Please contact the Program Director, Kathy Penree, at (315) 866-0225 or cnycheer@hotmail.com to schedule team training.

Need practice space?:
Don’t wait for competition day to run through your routine on the competition floor for the first time! You can rent practice space at our gym throughout the year. Whether you’re in need of a safe, cheerleading environment for your regular practices, or need to come in once in a while to work on spacing, formations, tumbling, etc., we have the facility for you! Our gym is equipped with two full cheerleading floors; 42'x54' spring floor and 42'x54' regular competition floor.

Who can practice at CNY? Teams from CYO, Elementary schools, High Schools, Recreation, Pop Warner, and College, everyone’s welcome! Practice space rental is $50/hour, per floor.

(Looking for long term practice space rental? Contact Kathy for a discounted rate!)

Just for Coaches!:
Watch our sister website for updates all year long. www.cnystorm.com

Monthly coaches clinics, different topic each month; stunts, tosses, stretching, conditioning, jumps, what do judges look for, running an effective practice, and more. Attend one or all of the classes! Class cost is $10 each session, please register at least one week before each clinic. (cnycheer@hotmail.com)
AACCA certification, TBA contact Michele Ziegler at coachz0714@adelphia.net
USASF credentialing for all star coaches, TBA, visit www.usasf.net for more info
Coaches Clinic, Saturday, August 18th, 9am-4pm
Let us help you start your season out strong! Join us and our speakers for the latest techniques and trends.

Topics to be covered:
- Tumbling
- Stunts
- A Judges perspective
- Conditioning/Strengthening
- Jumps
- Round table discussions for School, Youth Football/Recreation, and All Star coaches
Scheduled Speakers:

Debbie Love, tumbling coach for University of Kentucky, Dunbar HS, and Pep Club All Stars in Lexington, KY. Debbie travels the country working with premier programs and speaking at numerous coaches conferences.

Dave Marquez, from Santa Ana, California, nationally recognized judge and choreographer. His teams have won numerous UCA and NCA High School National Championships.

Please register by 8/10/07, by completing the registration form and sending it along with payment to CNY Cheer Company, Inc., PO Box 655, Herkimer, NY 13350.

Summer Camps:

2007 Summer Camp Page

Storm teams:
CNY Cheer Company, Inc. is also the home of the CNY Storm All Stars. This year our All Star program is celebrating it’s 11th season and currently has 8 teams. The all star teams do not cheer for games, instead they focus their training on competition skills, traveling and competing on the local, regional, and national level. Our teams are open to anyone in the Central NY area who is willing to work hard, learn new skills, and loves cheerleading as much as we do!

Tryouts for our year round teams are held in May each year. Missed our tryouts, give us a call, we usually have some openings on our teams and we’d love to have you in our program! Tryouts for our ½ year team(s) is held in November each year, check our website for updates in the fall. Please visit our Storm website for information about our program all year long: www.cnystorm.com

Directions

From the East:
Thruway West to Exit #36 (I-81). Take 81 South to the 7th North St. exit, #25. Turn left, follow 7th North St. to the 4th stop light, take a right onto Hiawatha Blvd. After the first street on the left there will be a
large brick building with an iron fence on the street side. Hiawatha Place is a left turn through the gate. CNY Cheer Company is located between Rexal Electric Supply and Woodwise Case.

From the West:
Thruway East to Exit #36 (I-81), Take 81 South to 7th North St.,exit #25. then follow directions above.

From the South:
I-81 North to 7th North St., Exit #25. Turn left onto 7th North St., follow 7th North St. to the third stop light, take a right onto Hiawatha Blvd. After the first street on the left there will be a large brick
building with an iron fence on the street side. Hiawatha Place is the left turn through the gate. CNY Cheer Company is located between Rexal Electric Supply and Woodwise Case.

From the North:
I-81 South to 7th North St. Exit. Turn left onto 7th North St, follow 7th North to the fourth stop light, take a right onto Hiawatha Blav., follow directions above.