How to Balance School & Cheer

Something I haven't been doing very well lately is time management and I bet you can tell considering I haven't posted in almost 2 weeks! I'm really sorry about that but here we go! Here's a few tips to help manage your school work and cheerleading duties.

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1. Football Games & Homework
There's a lot of schools who share a football field with another school so they have to rotate when it comes to Friday Night Games. If your school is like this (mine is) then that means you probably have some Varsity games on Thursday sometimes and you know as well as I do that it's a struggle to get home at 10-11:30 with still another hour or two of homework left. My advice to you is to take a lunch period and go to your library to get some or even all of your homework done. Yes, you have pep rallies but they usually don't take up the own period, so take your homework and books to a quiet place and get it done so you can get some beauty sleep when you get home. Another alternative is to ask for your Thursday homework on Wednesday. You'll have to double up but it'll be worth not having to get it done late at night after the game.

2. Long Practice Hours
You may be able to get your homework done but you want to make sure you're not tired and sore the next day. Take a shower and use a heating pad to avoid being uncomfortable in those hard chairs tomorrows.

3. Waiting Till the Last Minute? Not So Good!
You have a performance coming up, football games, and practices. Tests, quizzes and homework are the last thing on your mind but really they should be the first. Make sure to study hard and do all of your homework because it will add up. All of those low scores will decrease your actually grade and make it so you really can't participate in cheer events because of your g.p.a.

Hope all of this helped! I'll try to get back on schedule with the posts! XOXO

Love,
A Cheerleader