ENTERPRISE, AL, October 25, 2008
/24-7PressRelease/ -- As Dr. Fred Mueller's report, TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT: FALL 1982 - SPRING 2007 indicates, over the past 25 years a number of school cheerleaders have suffered catastrophic injuries or have died as a direct or indirect result of participating in cheerleading. The report also suggests guidelines for improving the safety of cheerleading at school, including the one below:
• Cheerleaders should be trained and supervised by a qualified coach who is safety certified. This is the focus of the NCSSE. Four comprehensive courses cover all aspects of coaching—including stunting. From its inception the NCSSE has emphasized the importance of education and strongly encourages coaches to avail themselves of all quality coaching educational opportunities.
Spirit Industry leader Steven G. Wedge, President and CEO of COA Cheer & Dance, says, "With the increase in cheerleading participation and the focus by the media on cheerleading injuries, coaches, gym owners and administrators must protect themselves and their athletes through education and prudent implementation of safe practices. The best remedy to prepare cheerleading coaches is through NCSSE coursework and certification."
NCSSE has become the international source for quality education and certification for cheerleading coaches by reaching across all borders to certify over 10,000 coaches in cheerleading safety in just six years.
Liz Rossetti, President and CEO of AmeriCheer, Inc., agrees that safety education can help reduce injuries, "With so much focus on the injuries in the spirit industry, NCSSE training offers cheerleading the perfect opportunity to provide a safe environment for their teams. NCSSE advances a coach's knowledge and will continue to make cheerleading and dance even safer by providing coaches with current information on the best coaching practices."
This view is echoed by Gwen Holtsclaw, board member and president of Cheer Ltd., Inc., who says "NCSSE is creating strong safety awareness for cheerleading coaches across the world. Every coach who attends NCSSE safety courses goes on to create a safer environment for the cheerleaders under her supervision. That is how we make cheerleading safer . . . one NCSSE-trained coach at a time."
NCSSE continues to expand its non-profit influence internationally by offering safety certification to coaches in Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. NCSSE is funded and supported by these companies in the cheerleading industry: AmeriCheer, British Cheerleading Association, Cheer Ltd. Inc., COA Cheer & Dance, Inc., Spirit Unlimited, Southwestern Cheerleaders Association, and United Performing Association, Inc.
About NCSSE
The mission of the NCSSE is to provide comprehensive safety training and certification programs for the educational development of spirit coaches and advisors through an international council of unified industry leaders. For further information, please contact us at 866.456.2773.
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