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Cheer Camp
I was a competative cheerleader for 5 years, but I was forced to quit in January 'cus my coach dropped me in tumbling and I broke my knee. Well, I just made my middle school squad and our camp is at the gym I used to cheer at and the coach that dropped me is coaching my squad the routine. The coach is real jerk and is constantly mean to me since we quit when he dropped me. How do I get thru the week with him goin out of his way to make me miserable? *Ill rate*
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all you can do is put up with it and if he is a jerk tel him
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Hey i am a competitive cheerleader with a tough coach like yours the only way to avoid getting on his bad side is not to accociate with him at all only if he asks you a question or something but try your best at the camp and dont slack off cause if you dont want him to be mean then follow my advice hope i helped *Kelley*
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Hey,
I was a cheerleader too. Just show him that you dont care that hes there. Just ignore him that should tick him. Just stay the most distance away from him as possible. Just learn your routine and talk with your friends. Try to be aroubd your actual couch and if he says that your somethin wrong and he makes you run or do push ups or even tells you to do of somethin that what everyone else is doing STAND UP for yourself. If it gets to the point that your actual couch cant intervein and that stupid couch tells you to sit out just learn our outine and tell you mom the problem immidiately.Once he sees that you are not going to take his crap and you have a lot of courage to call your mom and bring her in then he will stop messing with you. Hope i have helped. Plz email me and let me know how things elevate. I'll help you.
*Gorda*
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in my opinion i think you should just go out there and give it your all. if that coach is a real jerk its because they're jealous of you. i mean come on you broke your knee & you're goin out there and cheering that says a lot since you have to use your knee a lot in cheeraleading.
hope i helped
~pigletz_boo~
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heptune's approach is a very good one! wow i cant beat that! just go into it like nothing happened and nothing will happen. if he does start to single you out, then talk to him privately. if nothing happens then good for you! if its minimal critism then learn from it and dont take it to heart. the camp is to improve skills so it will involve some of that. <3
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Just show himt hat you are the best cheerleader there and that he doesnt bother you. Dont let him to get to you and he will end up giving up.Just ignore him.. Good luck at camp
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I am going to tell you what my son (who is 14) does in these situations, because his approach has worked very well for him over the past several years with conflicts with teachers. He started doing this in 5th grade.
My son's philosophy, in any conflict with any person, is to talk to that person first before involving other people (parents, principal etc.). He says that's the only fair thing to do. But it's HARD - you have to be brave to confront a teacher or coach who is acting like a jerk.
In your case, I would wait and see how the coach actually behaves...maybe he'll be okay. But if he starts picking on you, ask to speak to him privately. Then, without acting angry or defensive or scared (just quietly, person to person) talk to him about your concerns. Start your sentences with "I" rather than "You." (In other words, instead of saying, "You keep picking on me," say, "I feel singled out for criticism.") Now, it's possible that at this point the coach will get mad and yell at you no matter how diplomatically you approach him. (That has been my son's experience.) But that doesn't mean he didn't hear you. Just say, "Thank you for listening to me," and make your exit. My son says that the teacher's first reaction is often to get mad (but not always!) and that's the scariest part. But the next day, in every case, the teacher started treating him better. His conversations with his teachers have solved the problems 100% of the time - so far.
If the coach still treats you badly after this conversation, then you can go to your parents or a principal or camp director to intervene, but now you can tell them that you had a talk with the coach first. That will give your complaint more weight.
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