Sidelines Sports Academy

High Fly is proud to present its "Showcase Teams" to the Birmingham area.

Showcase teams are not all star cheerleading teams, but not metro cheerleading teams either. They are a hybrid team that begins to bridge the skill sets between the two, preparing an athlete for upcoming middle or junior high school tryouts or all star tryouts.

The goals for the High Fly Showcase teams are:

*Assist the local metro cheerleading squads with additional skills and routines for their athletes

*Provide an economical option to get involved with a cheerleading program that pushes all athletic and spirit fundamentals of cheerleading

*Promote the advancement of local athletes into cheerleading with a stronger skill set of athletic and spirit leading skills

The New High Fly showcase teams will provide an opportunity to learn athletic based routines including a team cheer, motions, jumps, tumbling and stunting. These routines will be performed at an end of season showcase as well as other opportunities such as at half times of the local metro football/basketball games.

The showcase teams will provide an opportunity for those who are not yet ready to get involved with the time or financial commitment of all star cheerleading, but want to continue building skills for both game day activities and competition cheerleading.

The High Fly showcase teams will have a season that lasts for four months. At the end of the month, a team showcase will be held, much like a recital, giving the athletes an opportunity to show off the skills that they have learned. The showcase teams will train inside a Sidelines Sports Academy/High Fly All Stars facility to improve the opportunity of safely learning tumbling, stunts, motions, jumps, dance and more.

All coaches of these teams will be trained and certified to ensure your athletes safety and proper technical education. The teams will practice one time each week for 1.5 hours. The practice times vary per team, but will either be at 4:00 or 5:30, Monday, Tuesday or Thursday.

The cost to participate on a High Fly Showcase team is $350.00 for the entire season. This includes tuition, routine choroegraphy, routine music, High Fly uniform and tshirt. The first practice of the season begins on September 6. You can register online on our website, www.sidelinessportsacademy.com or www.highflycheer.com or come in person and register during August 23-26. Come be a part of the first High Fly Showcase teams and help us support our local youth athletes in the advancement of their athletic and spirit leading skills. We hope to see you soon!

We recently shared some news with you related to Jeff Webb’s testimony in a trial involving the cheerleading team at Quinnipiac University. As you know, Varsity has always supported all types of cheerleading, and Jeff felt it was important to speak up in this landmark case to ensure clear differences between traditional school cheerleading squads and new, collegiate “competition-only” teams so that both can exist and prosper.
The judge decided the competition-only cheerleading team at Quinnipiac did not meet Title IX requirements. Varsity does believe there is a way to evolve aspects of cheerleading into an officially recognized intercollegiate sport, and thinks the cheerleading community will get there soon.
In fact, USA Cheer, the national governing body for cheerleading, has been making great strides in developing a new format they believe will not only allow it to be recognized as an intercollegiate sport, but will also help differentiate it from traditional cheerleading. For example, their new format would involve a new name and a clear difference from the current 2.5 minute competition structure, to help make the necessary distinctions between traditional school cheerleading squads and new competition-only teams.
We believe it’s beneficial for athletes, schools and everyone to continue offering traditional cheerleading as well as introducing an emerging sport that further evolves current aspects of competition-only cheer. We look forward to working with you and the rest of the cheerleading community to further define and support an emerging sport that provides even more opportunities for young athletes.
We thank you for your continued support, and should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at snoone@varsityspirit.com.
Sincerely,

Sheila Noone
Vice President, Varsity Brands


 

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Thats right.  We have created a coffee shop in both locations to provide a better service for our parents.  We invite you to sit back, enjoy a cup of freshly brewed coffee and get to know the other parents with athletes participating in our program.  The coffee shop is not for athletes, but family members of the athletes only.

You may hang out in the coffee shops at any time during team practices and classes, and the coffee shoppes are strategically placed so that you can see the action inside the gym.  Come check it out soon!

We are excited to announce the arrival of Cole Ahlgren to the Sidelines Sports Academy/High Fly All Stars team.  Cole brings a wealth of knowledge to the table for our program.  Cole currently serves as the gym manager/all star director for ACX All Stars in South Carolina.  Cole has cheered in college at several national powers including stops at Columbus State University, Troy University and Faulkner State College. 

If you have signed up for the Troy University Stunt Clinic at Sidelines Sports Academy in Trussville, please make a note that this date is changing to a later date in August.  We will post the date as soon as the Troy coaching staff provides the new date.  Please be watching the website for more details

We want everyone to come hang out with us as we do Movie Night at the gym this Friday night.  Please see Todd or Amy for more details

The staff from High Fly All Stars has been selected to participate in a stunt clinic on August 4th at NXS Extreme All Stars in Alabaster, Al.  We would love for as many of our athletes that can attend this clinic to do so.  It will last from 10:00 - 3:00, and will be a fantastic opportunity to learn new skills and compare skills with other all star cheerleading athletes in the Birmingham area.

Troy University will be bringing their co-ed cheerleading squad to Sidelines Sports Academy on Friday, July 16 for a stunt clinic.  This is a great opportunity to learn about the Troy cheerleading squad from the coaching staff as well as the cheerleaders.  The clinic costs $35.00 per person and is scheduled to last from 10:00 - 3:00 with an hour break for lunch at 12:00.  Come learn new skills, brush up your skills or show off your skills with the Troy University co-ed cheerleading squad on July 16.  You can register online by clicking the Live Class Registration/iClassPro Parent Portal link on the left of the page on our website.  Spaces are limited, so sign up today!

We are so excited about our new dance staff that will be serving both our Moody and Trussville locations.  These instructors will help us continue to add excellence to our dance products.

Tyrell Scott is a native of Birmingham, Al.  Tyrell will be teaching hip hop dance for all ages as well as Crunk Fitness and will also be coaching our High Fly All Stars competition Hip Hop teams.  Tyrell has been seen nationally as a dancer for many hip hop musical acts such as DPB, Already Reddy and Ouiwee.  Tyrell has performed on music videos, on stage for the Alabama Broadway Series as well as other regional stages and has been described as one of the premier freestyle hip hop dancers in the southeast.  Tyrell can be seen regularly performing at "The Basement" in Birmingham, Al.

Ashlynne Nelson is originally from Huntsville, Al.  She began her training under Yvonne Williams of the Pittsburg Ballet Theatre in Jacksonville, FL. After three years, following her families move back to their home state; she continued her training under, Karen Gibb, David Herriott & Clinton & Carrie Rothwell with Community Ballet; home of the Huntsville Ballet Company. At age eleven she joined Junior Company and at age 14 was promoted to Senior Company. Throughout the seasons at HBC, she danced principal and soloist roles in The Nutcracker, Alice in Wonderland, and many other full length ballets. In 2007, she and David Kiyak, also of Huntsville Ballet, represented the company at Regional Dance America’s National 50th Anniversary Festival in Pittsburg, Pa. Here they were awarded the Joshua Bridger Carlino award as top Male and Female dancer. The pas de deux also landed them in Dancer Magazine’s August issue. In 2008 she was asked to travel to Chico, California to perform Torelli, one of Twyla Tharp’s famous pieces. There along with six other dancers, she spent 3 weeks performing in the 20 minute modern phenomenon. At 18 she was given an apprenticeship with the Alabama Ballet Company under the directorship of Tracey Alvey and Roger Van Fleteren. She completed two seasons with the company and danced roles in the Nutcracker, Cinderella, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Don Quixote, and many others. As well as dancing, she has been teaching for the Alabama Ballet’s City Dance program. This fall she will be attending Birmingham Southern College under a dance scholarship and pursue a career in Dance Education along with Business Administration.   Ashlynne will be teaching our ballet and jazz classes beginning in July.