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You got it, boo.
Push through. Push through.

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Five, six, seven, eight. One.

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Three, four, five, seven.

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- Let's move it.
- Ouch.

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I can see you're nervous.

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Just take it, like... sec-- like,

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s-- like, section by section.

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'Cause what I do, I literally,
like, push out my legs to spin.

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Like, push, push, spin.

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- Let's just do it.
- She's going for it.

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- Yes. We're going for it.
- Do you want another spot?

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- No.
- There's a lot of stereotypes

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that go on with cheerleading.

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People think that we're... dumb blondes.

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People think that we just do, like...

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cheers like "Go, team!" Stuff like that.

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But we actually put our bodies
in a lot of... pain.

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Sorry.

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Are you okay, Morgan?

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God.

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- Come on, you got it.
- Push! Lift! Hold!

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There are some times, like,
I'll accidentally, like, land wrong,

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and it's just... it's terrible pain.

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But it's worth it.

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I mean, I was saved by cheer.

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Honestly, like,
if I wouldn't have came here,

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I'd probably be sitting
in a jail cell right now.

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I was a very bad kid.

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I got in trouble
for just doing stupid stuff.

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I used to not care about authority.

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I just didn't have a heart.

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I just didn't care about anything
or anyone.

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And without cheerleading,
I would have not made it.

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It'd've been over for me.

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I would not be sitting here
telling this story.

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We always have kids
that come from

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either a broken home or a troubled past.

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Sometimes, someone has introduced them
to me specifically for that reason.

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They know me, and they think
that I could be a good role model

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and someone
that could kind of guide them

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to get back on the right path.

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I'm gonna let go.
I want you to hold it, okay?

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One, two...

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If you come from those types of
homes,

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and you get involved in cheerleading,

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that's your happy place.
You can go to the gym,

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and all your problems kind of go away.

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Get up!

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I'm looking to the front the whole time.
I'm like this...

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It really is a place I can go
and be whatever I want.

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Cheer's, like, very open to,
like, anybody coming.

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- Good.
- Growing up, I was bullied.

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So, if I didn't have cheer,
I would probably be...

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upset at the world, and...

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I'd be hurting others
because I would be hurt myself.

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Come on, Gabi!

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We have so many
different kinds of people,

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but we all want the same thing.

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The feeling of going out
on the floor

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and performing
that two and a half minute routine.

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It's like this adrenaline rush
that you get

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that you're just like, "Wow!"

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It's scary,
but you just have to trust your teammates.

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Trust, 100% trust.

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I need to make sure
that you're catching me when I fall.

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And that's what bonds people,

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'cause you didn't let me get hurt.

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From then on,
you and I are gonna have this bond

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that I know you protect me,
and I feel secure.

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When you become that close,
it becomes a family,

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and I think that
that makes that bond even stronger,

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and it's like,
that's what makes this program so awesome.

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But if the chemistry
of the team is not there

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and the trust and the bond,

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that's when things fall apart.

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- Is everybody okay?
- What happened?

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You okay?

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I told you to angle.

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You gotta be checked in.

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That's how you get hurt.
That's how things mess up.

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The age-old vision that people have
of cheerleaders is...

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on the sideline at the sport.

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They're not the sport.

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They are the sideline attraction

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that's there to lead the crowd
and look pretty,

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but cheerleading has evolved tremendously
since its inception.

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Lawrence Herkimer was the father
of cheerleading.

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He started offering some camps
for cheerleading training,

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and eventually decided
that this is gonna--

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going to be his business.

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He starts
the National Cheerleaders Association,

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the NCA.

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Then, as NCA grew,
it started going coast-to-coast.

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And that's when
it became competitive.

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Instead of just doing
the same cheers on the sideline

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they started to entertain the crowd more,
throwing people up, throwing baskets.

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When you see one team throwing baskets,
you see another team, "Okay,

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we can throw baskets too.
We'll throw 'em better than them.

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We'll do something that
they didn't do."

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Like, "Wow,
this could actually be a thing."

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Competitions would start to happen.

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<i>This is not just cheerleading,</i>

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<i>this is a sport.</i>

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<i>These really are athletes out here,</i>

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<i>and they look good doin' it.</i>

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Competitive cheerleading today is
so much different than what most people

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see on the sidelines at a game.

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The skills that we do now
are just crazy.

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You know, I don't know
how much more we can push.

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It is a display of athleticism.

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It's like the best of gymnastics
with the best of circus

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with the best of dance.
It's an incredible sport.

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This is the place
collegiate cheerleaders think about

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all year, but now, the spotlight
and the sunlight is all on them on this,

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it's the most famous stage
in all of cheerleading.

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The only competition
for college cheerleading

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is in Daytona Beach, Florida.

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That's <i>the </i>big competition of the year.

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<i> Every cheerleader</i>
<i>thinks of this moment,</i>

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<i>this incredible stage.</i>

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<i>This is why they work hard, </i>

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<i>to have their special moment</i>
<i>right here on the mat.</i>

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We only compete once
for two minutes and 15 seconds.

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That's it.

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Everything that we work for comes
down to two minutes and 15 seconds.

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You have one chance
to do that one routine.

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One little mistake
can just cost it all for us.

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If you mess up,
that was your only chance.

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You just wasted your whole year.

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It is gut-wrenching.

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Let's go!

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Once you get out there
in front of a crowd, it is scary.

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You have nerves, you have adrenaline.

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Not everybody handles that well.

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The hype...

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is insane walking out

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in front of thousands of people,
that energy.

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We freakin' won!

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And our Cheer Collegiate
National Champions...

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Navarro College!

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<i> Well, our champs again:</i>
<i>Navarro College.</i>

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<i>You just won</i>
<i>your fourth National Championships.</i>

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<i>Sixth time for Navarro College.</i>

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<i>Twelve-time National Champion, Navarro.</i>

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Navarro, they are the best
of the best of the best.

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We've won 13 national titles.

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2012, that was the first time

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that a junior college
actually got the Grand National title,

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the highest score of the competition.

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That was a big shock.

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A lot of people think
because we're a junior college,

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we're less than others.

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But we won the Grand National title

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in 2012, '13, '14, '15, and last year.

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They've won the Grand Championship
several times. They could beat anybody.

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<i> Navarro College,</i>

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<i>out of Corsicana, Texas.</i>
<i>It's about 50 miles south of Dallas.</i>

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And now we have so much talent
from everywhere,

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and they want to come
to this little old town of Corsicana,

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which I probably would've never heard of
unless I've, like,

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"Navarro, okay, where's it located?
Zoom it. Where?

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I guess I'm going there!"

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You know, I-I've been here

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since 1987.

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We're roughly 24,000 people.

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We're located
about 50 miles outside of Dallas.

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You see the sign here,
"Historic Corsicana,"

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which I absolutely love this sign,
with our brick streets and all.

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Corsicana has a certain
unique charm about it.

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A lot of people never heard
of Corsicana if it wasn't for the bakery,

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Collin Street Bakery,
home of the fruitcake.

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We sell just shy
of a million cakes a year,

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so we like to say
that Collin Street Bakery

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is the end-all and be-all of fruitcake.

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Corsicana is a wonderful town.

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The pace is slow,
you hear the crickets

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and the birds chirping

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and the train whistles.
It's really a romantic...

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small town.

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The cheer team seems to add
a little bit of excitement.

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I mean, the program at Navarro

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has become a legend
throughout the entire nation.

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They come here to Corsicana.
I mean, people from all over the country

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to cheer for Monica.

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She really put Navarro College on the map.

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Most of these college teams
are coached by male coaches,

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so it takes a type A personality
to reach the top of this industry.

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You've gotta be somebody who
is super driven, super meticulous,

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and very passionate.

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- No! Do it again.
- Monica is all of those things.

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She knows how to produce. She is a beast.

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class.

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She has that class. She got poise.

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I want to be her.

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She's a quiet person,
but she's, like, stuck in your head

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and, like, with you
for the rest of your life.

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- Do you want it to look good?
- Yes.

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I mean, I would hope so,

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'cause there's times we've won,
and I'm like...

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"...I don't really wanna watch that again

201
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'cause I didn't feel
like we did our best."

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The way that we prepare,

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you keep going until you get it right,

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and then you keep going
till you can't get it wrong.

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Y'all, breathe for a minute.
We're doing it again right now.

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Stunts need to hit.
That was not the last time.

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It's not the last time
till you do it right.

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They call her "the Queen."

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She's been doing it so long,

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so I think she knows
exactly what she's lookin' for

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and how to make the perfect team.

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Dang it!

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Now it's tied, and I told y'all,
we have to win this game

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to go to the playoffs!

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So, we need to cheer,
and let's make the best of it, all right?

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Monica has a incredibly hard job.

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She has to have them doing great
at the games,

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cheering on the team,
leading on the sidelines,

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but then they need to flip the switch

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and go kill it
at the National Championship.

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That two minutes and 15 seconds
in Daytona,

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that may be your last time
that you do cheerleading.

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The last time in your career.

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After college cheer,

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there is no professional,
like, cheerleader,

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where you have this type of cheerleading.

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You know,
the Dallas Cowboys kind of cheerleaders,

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those are more so like dancers.

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What we did at Navarro requires
a way higher skill level.

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If you're lucky enough to cheer
at the collegiate level

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and you graduate,

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there's no professional team waiting
for you.

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You're done. You're done as a cheerleader.

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You work so hard your entire life
for a moment.

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I just got emotional right there.

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Um...

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The last event that I put my uniform on
at Texas Tech,

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I can tell you, I cried so hard.

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Because that moment,
I knew was the last game

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when I got to represent my team.

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The heart that you feel toward these kids

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because their opportunity's over...

243
00:13:00,988 --> 00:13:02,658
Daytona is special,

244
00:13:03,574 --> 00:13:08,704
and I think you want to say,
"My legacy is as big as I can make it.

245
00:13:09,580 --> 00:13:12,250
How big can I be
before I have to get out?"

246
00:13:24,094 --> 00:13:27,394
I actually need to get
a new student ID. I lost mine.

247
00:13:27,765 --> 00:13:29,765
Well,
that's why you got fined that $25.

248
00:13:30,267 --> 00:13:33,267
No, that was for, um,
a moving-out fee

249
00:13:33,354 --> 00:13:35,864
because I didn't leave a certain paper
on my desk.

250
00:13:35,940 --> 00:13:37,320
- Okay.
- Know the mailing address?

251
00:13:37,775 --> 00:13:39,815
Um,
could I have another slip?

252
00:13:39,902 --> 00:13:41,202
I always forget.

253
00:13:41,278 --> 00:13:43,318
- She also needs--
- A new ID.

254
00:13:43,405 --> 00:13:46,405
- I think they take the picture over there.
- Yes, they'll take it down there.

255
00:13:46,492 --> 00:13:48,832
Can you scoot over a little bit? Ready?

256
00:13:57,878 --> 00:14:00,588
I honestly didn't even see myself...

257
00:14:01,215 --> 00:14:02,415
being in college.

258
00:14:02,842 --> 00:14:05,012
I didn't have much going for me.

259
00:14:05,094 --> 00:14:07,354
I was a high school dropout,

260
00:14:08,013 --> 00:14:10,603
and I didn't see the light
at the end of the tunnel

261
00:14:10,891 --> 00:14:13,101
until Monica gave me this chance.

262
00:14:13,686 --> 00:14:18,266
This is one of, like, the best
cheerleading schools in the nation, like.

263
00:14:19,108 --> 00:14:21,738
And the fact that I got to go here...

264
00:14:22,444 --> 00:14:24,244
is just...

265
00:14:24,530 --> 00:14:26,240
It's almost like it's a dream.

266
00:14:26,824 --> 00:14:29,034
The talent that we have is crazy, like...

267
00:14:29,118 --> 00:14:31,908
never have I seen a team like this...

268
00:14:32,830 --> 00:14:34,830
in my whole 12 years of cheerleading.

269
00:14:37,293 --> 00:14:39,553
- Grandma, that's your phone.
- I'm sorry.

270
00:14:39,628 --> 00:14:42,208
- That's fine.
- I am so sorry.

271
00:14:42,298 --> 00:14:44,128
- No, that's okay.
- Um...

272
00:14:44,216 --> 00:14:48,546
I very much feel a lot of passion
for this sport.

273
00:14:48,637 --> 00:14:50,847
It's... this sport is something
that I'm very--

274
00:14:51,891 --> 00:14:55,271
- Jesus Christ. I'm so sorry.
- We can restart.

275
00:14:55,519 --> 00:14:57,979
Are these the salt rocks
to your salt lamp?

276
00:14:59,356 --> 00:15:00,686
I feel the pressure.

277
00:15:00,774 --> 00:15:02,694
I've felt it
since I made the team in the summer.

278
00:15:03,277 --> 00:15:06,777
You got a-- You guys got a big story line
you gotta back up, though.

279
00:15:07,197 --> 00:15:08,947
- Yeah.
- You know, Navarro cheerleading.

280
00:15:09,533 --> 00:15:11,543
I always, like,
would watch the videos,

281
00:15:11,619 --> 00:15:13,829
and I was like,
"I'm gonna be there one day"

282
00:15:13,913 --> 00:15:16,213
like, "I'm gonna win
all those competitions," and...

283
00:15:16,540 --> 00:15:19,500
now I'm finally here,
and it's just... it's insane.

284
00:15:19,585 --> 00:15:21,125
It's a lot of pressure,

285
00:15:21,211 --> 00:15:25,011
'cause on the team,
we have about 40 members,

286
00:15:25,090 --> 00:15:28,430
but at Daytona,
I think only 20 of us compete.

287
00:15:28,510 --> 00:15:32,850
So, that's the biggest competition,
is just against our own teammates.

288
00:15:32,932 --> 00:15:33,972
When you get here,

289
00:15:34,058 --> 00:15:36,848
your main, main goal is to be one
of those 20 on the mat.

290
00:15:36,936 --> 00:15:38,396
There's 40 of us.

291
00:15:38,479 --> 00:15:40,519
All 40 of us can't be on the mat.

292
00:15:40,606 --> 00:15:43,066
So, it's making mat is the main goal.

293
00:15:43,651 --> 00:15:46,201
Us competing against each other
pushes us to be like,

294
00:15:46,278 --> 00:15:49,238
"Okay, if I'm gonna get good,
you have to get as good as me

295
00:15:49,323 --> 00:15:51,493
because I'm gonna make getting
on mat as hard for you

296
00:15:51,575 --> 00:15:52,575
as you're gonna make it for me."

297
00:15:53,243 --> 00:15:56,373
Most people that come to Navarro,
they really are

298
00:15:56,455 --> 00:15:58,615
some of the best
from where they come from.

299
00:15:58,707 --> 00:15:59,957
So, when you come here,

300
00:16:00,042 --> 00:16:03,882
you have a lot of different,
strong mentalities, personalities...

301
00:16:04,338 --> 00:16:06,588
I mean, I have a very strong personality

302
00:16:06,674 --> 00:16:08,724
that you could mic
if you wanted to. He's...

303
00:16:08,801 --> 00:16:10,891
- Yeah.
- He might be over-the-top, though.

304
00:16:10,970 --> 00:16:13,260
- Perfect.
- Okay. La'Darius Marshall.

305
00:16:13,347 --> 00:16:15,097
God.

306
00:16:15,224 --> 00:16:18,524
- What's La'Darius like?
- Over-the-top. You'll see.

307
00:16:18,602 --> 00:16:21,112
You'll probably... Well, there are several
that are over-the-top,

308
00:16:21,188 --> 00:16:22,268
but he's way over-the-top.

309
00:16:22,356 --> 00:16:23,766
Hey!

310
00:16:24,358 --> 00:16:25,568
Let's go, Dogs!

311
00:16:32,157 --> 00:16:33,157
Hey!

312
00:16:46,672 --> 00:16:49,592
B- U-L-L-D-O-G-S!

313
00:16:49,675 --> 00:16:50,675
Go, Bulldogs!

314
00:16:52,302 --> 00:16:54,762
I was actually really,
really talented at football,

315
00:16:54,847 --> 00:16:56,097
and the coaches always said

316
00:16:56,181 --> 00:16:57,891
that I was better
than both of my brothers.

317
00:16:57,975 --> 00:17:01,015
But, like, me, I always said,
"Who wants to go and play football?

318
00:17:01,103 --> 00:17:02,353
First off, I'm tired.

319
00:17:02,438 --> 00:17:05,228
Second off, that is not a sport
that I want to keep playing with y'all."

320
00:17:05,816 --> 00:17:08,986
But I'd never seen
boy cheerleaders ever in my life.

321
00:17:10,446 --> 00:17:13,816
So I didn't even think
that was even a thing until I saw a video.

322
00:17:13,907 --> 00:17:15,327
And it was like, "My God.

323
00:17:15,409 --> 00:17:16,539
This is what cheerleading is?

324
00:17:16,618 --> 00:17:18,118
They're really picking people up
in the air?

325
00:17:18,203 --> 00:17:20,003
People are really flipping their bodies
over like this?

326
00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:21,330
I've never seen stuff like this.

327
00:17:21,415 --> 00:17:23,375
I've never seen something
that looks so fun."

328
00:17:23,459 --> 00:17:24,669
They looked like they were having fun.

329
00:17:26,253 --> 00:17:28,843
And that's when I was like,
"Okay, I'm trying out."

330
00:17:28,922 --> 00:17:30,762
Literally got so much hate for it.

331
00:17:30,841 --> 00:17:32,931
It was like,
"La'Darius, you're not doing it.

332
00:17:33,010 --> 00:17:34,260
You know how to play football."

333
00:17:34,344 --> 00:17:37,514
I was like, "Okay.
I'm gonna do this when I'm at practice."

334
00:17:37,598 --> 00:17:40,018
Dude, I got in trouble at a game

335
00:17:40,100 --> 00:17:41,190
because I did a round-off back,

336
00:17:41,268 --> 00:17:42,848
two back handsprings
when we got a touchdown.

337
00:17:42,936 --> 00:17:45,516
They took our-- our-- our touchdown away,
actually.

338
00:17:45,606 --> 00:17:47,776
And I was like, "Okay, that was rude."

339
00:17:48,942 --> 00:17:52,152
This was when everybody was, like,
always calling me "fruity" and stuff.

340
00:17:52,237 --> 00:17:53,447
Hustle, hustle!

341
00:17:53,864 --> 00:17:55,784
So, I used to fight a lot.

342
00:17:56,658 --> 00:17:57,868
If you said something,

343
00:17:57,951 --> 00:18:00,331
I would literally walk to your classroom
and fight you there.

344
00:18:00,412 --> 00:18:02,292
Let's go, Bulldogs. And get it!

345
00:18:02,372 --> 00:18:05,332
I have such quick comebacks
because of where I'm from in Florida,

346
00:18:05,417 --> 00:18:08,457
in that you gotta be on your p's and q's.
Somebody try you, you gotta try them.

347
00:18:08,545 --> 00:18:11,755
You gotta be-- You gotta be able to--
If they always got you,

348
00:18:12,091 --> 00:18:13,011
you gotta go get them.

349
00:18:13,092 --> 00:18:15,392
Because if they get you,
and you ain't gotta get them back,

350
00:18:15,469 --> 00:18:16,429
there gonna be an issue.

351
00:18:16,512 --> 00:18:18,472
Push 'em back.
Stomp on their neck!

352
00:18:19,098 --> 00:18:20,428
Stomp on his neck!

353
00:18:22,226 --> 00:18:24,516
Like, some people are just not
as talented as other people,

354
00:18:24,603 --> 00:18:25,853
and, like, that's life.

355
00:18:26,146 --> 00:18:28,726
And, like, I mean, yes,
some people want people to be humble,

356
00:18:28,816 --> 00:18:31,276
but at some point,
when are you gonna be confident?

357
00:18:31,568 --> 00:18:34,148
Being cocky and being confident
is two different things.

358
00:18:34,738 --> 00:18:35,908
They run the same line,

359
00:18:35,989 --> 00:18:38,369
but it's a thin line.
And you gotta know the difference.

360
00:18:39,368 --> 00:18:42,078
- You get...
- No respect in here!

361
00:18:43,580 --> 00:18:45,710
We see our moves
in all your cheers!

362
00:18:47,459 --> 00:18:49,039
Yee!

363
00:18:49,378 --> 00:18:51,258
- Yeah!
- That was cute! That was cute!

364
00:18:51,672 --> 00:18:53,762
Very intimidating! Very intimidating!

365
00:18:58,220 --> 00:19:00,060
If it starts hurting,
just say stop.

366
00:19:02,724 --> 00:19:03,564
That's good.

367
00:19:04,143 --> 00:19:06,153
I need new legs
and ankle and body.

368
00:19:06,728 --> 00:19:07,898
Well, point your toe.

369
00:19:08,188 --> 00:19:09,858
I'm trying here, kids.

370
00:19:10,566 --> 00:19:14,356
In the past, like,
game day cheers mostly is what I did.

371
00:19:14,444 --> 00:19:16,324
Cheering at football games,
basketball games,

372
00:19:16,405 --> 00:19:18,025
volleyball games, stuff like that.

373
00:19:18,115 --> 00:19:21,075
Didn't really do, like,
the competitiveness that we have here.

374
00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:23,580
That's, like, kind of, like,
what I was, like, hungry for.

375
00:19:23,662 --> 00:19:25,042
That's, like, what I wanted to do.

376
00:19:25,122 --> 00:19:26,792
Morgan, stop resisting!

377
00:19:26,874 --> 00:19:29,544
Dude, I'm not.
My hamstring's just tightening up.

378
00:19:29,626 --> 00:19:31,036
I wasn't on mat last year,

379
00:19:31,128 --> 00:19:34,418
because I don't have as much experience
as most of the people on our team.

380
00:19:34,506 --> 00:19:36,216
So, for me now,

381
00:19:36,300 --> 00:19:39,050
I'm, like, a little bit behind
where everyone else is at.

382
00:19:39,136 --> 00:19:41,596
So, I'm just trying to,
like, double up on...

383
00:19:42,181 --> 00:19:43,851
every single skill that I do
in the routine

384
00:19:43,932 --> 00:19:46,062
to make sure it's, like,
up to par with everyone else.

385
00:19:51,398 --> 00:19:54,148
But I'm probably
the worst performer

386
00:19:54,234 --> 00:19:56,154
in all of cheerleading history.

387
00:19:56,236 --> 00:19:59,066
Like, when we're at practice,
I always am, like,

388
00:19:59,156 --> 00:20:00,406
smiling through the whole thing.

389
00:20:00,490 --> 00:20:03,290
It's, like, a fake smile because I'm,
like, so focused on what I'm doing.

390
00:20:05,204 --> 00:20:07,464
But, for other people on the team,
like Sherbs,

391
00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:11,380
she just has, like, that natural,
like, beauty

392
00:20:11,460 --> 00:20:14,000
and she just, like, lights up
when she does stuff.

393
00:20:14,213 --> 00:20:17,473
So, every time she does a skill,
it looks 15 million times better

394
00:20:17,549 --> 00:20:19,969
just because she's, like,
adding a chin pop here

395
00:20:20,052 --> 00:20:22,262
and, like, doing this and doing that.

396
00:20:22,346 --> 00:20:24,716
And I'm just, like,
the awkward little, like, turtle

397
00:20:24,806 --> 00:20:26,176
in the background that's, like...

398
00:20:26,683 --> 00:20:28,523
Okay,
grab a sip of water if you need to,

399
00:20:28,602 --> 00:20:29,942
then let's go back to pyramid.

400
00:20:30,020 --> 00:20:33,520
Hey, y'all,
let's do the entire pyramid.

401
00:20:33,607 --> 00:20:36,687
I wanna see that whole beginning part.
I know Gabi's not here, so mark that part.

402
00:20:36,777 --> 00:20:37,897
Okay, here we go.

403
00:20:37,986 --> 00:20:41,276
Roll, one, two, three,
four, five... seven.

404
00:20:41,365 --> 00:20:44,695
And one, two, three, four, five... seven.

405
00:20:44,785 --> 00:20:48,495
And, one, two, three, four, five... seven.

406
00:20:48,580 --> 00:20:51,420
And, one, two, three, four... Y'all!

407
00:20:51,500 --> 00:20:53,710
Tech did a double up.
Why can't we do a full up?

408
00:20:56,129 --> 00:20:59,169
- Like, two years ago.
- Like, I'm pretty sure we're, like...

409
00:20:59,424 --> 00:21:00,384
better than them, right?

410
00:21:00,968 --> 00:21:02,338
All right, let's do it again.

411
00:21:02,427 --> 00:21:05,007
A college routine has the variety

412
00:21:05,097 --> 00:21:07,177
of skills and sections,

413
00:21:07,266 --> 00:21:11,186
but the pyramid,
it's the most important part of it all.

414
00:21:11,937 --> 00:21:14,397
For most teams and most routines,

415
00:21:14,481 --> 00:21:17,111
pyramids is what's going to make you
or break you.

416
00:21:17,192 --> 00:21:18,572
Okay, one... three.

417
00:21:18,652 --> 00:21:21,702
A lot of teams,
that's what made them lose in the past.

418
00:21:22,906 --> 00:21:24,406
It's the most intricate part.

419
00:21:24,491 --> 00:21:26,831
Five... seven, eight.
One, two...

420
00:21:26,910 --> 00:21:29,450
That pyramid takes
a whole semester to put together.

421
00:21:29,538 --> 00:21:32,958
It takes weeks
to learn all the components of it

422
00:21:33,041 --> 00:21:36,251
and put it together
in one 30-second run.

423
00:21:37,045 --> 00:21:38,005
Hold!

424
00:21:38,088 --> 00:21:40,048
My God.

425
00:21:40,549 --> 00:21:43,089
- Come on, Matrix.
- Yes, Jerry!

426
00:21:43,176 --> 00:21:45,466
Everyone needs to work together,
be on the same page,

427
00:21:45,554 --> 00:21:48,064
and make sure we're all doing it
the right way at the same time,

428
00:21:48,140 --> 00:21:49,730
because, really,

429
00:21:49,808 --> 00:21:51,888
you're trusting each other
with their lives.

430
00:21:51,977 --> 00:21:53,937
...down, seven. And, one, two...

431
00:21:54,021 --> 00:21:55,151
Get her up!

432
00:21:55,230 --> 00:21:58,320
It's very important
to all work together as a team.

433
00:21:58,942 --> 00:22:01,652
This pyramid ugly. I said what I said.

434
00:22:01,737 --> 00:22:03,857
Watch my hands
and tell me if I'm not catching like this.

435
00:22:03,947 --> 00:22:04,947
- You're not.
- Okay.

436
00:22:05,032 --> 00:22:07,122
Thank you for the negativity.
Thank you.

437
00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:08,990
So, the truth is negative,
I guess.

438
00:22:09,077 --> 00:22:09,907
Shh!

439
00:22:09,995 --> 00:22:12,405
It needs a lot of time,
a lot of repetitions.

440
00:22:12,497 --> 00:22:17,167
And doing the pyramid 500 times
over and over and over, it hurts.

441
00:22:17,252 --> 00:22:19,132
- One, two, three, four.
- Come on.

442
00:22:19,212 --> 00:22:20,462
Good, good.

443
00:22:20,547 --> 00:22:22,217
Cute! I really like that.

444
00:22:22,299 --> 00:22:23,629
- Yeah?
- Do it again.

445
00:22:23,717 --> 00:22:26,597
Hey, we still need to catch
in the flat-back position,

446
00:22:26,678 --> 00:22:28,468
not in the cradle and then replace.

447
00:22:28,555 --> 00:22:31,805
- Then dip right away in the--
- You're adding two extra counts

448
00:22:31,892 --> 00:22:35,152
that I don't think are necessary.
So, if we catch and dip and go.

449
00:22:35,729 --> 00:22:38,229
Or, even if you caught...
Are you catching here?

450
00:22:38,315 --> 00:22:41,645
No, I'm catching here,
and it's just going down and back up.

451
00:22:41,735 --> 00:22:44,275
So, can you absorb
through your legs and then dip?

452
00:22:44,363 --> 00:22:46,823
Let's just go from here
and just do the front flip.

453
00:22:47,449 --> 00:22:49,789
Seven, eight, one.
And then flip up.

454
00:22:49,868 --> 00:22:50,908
Here we go. Ready?

455
00:22:50,994 --> 00:22:52,044
Come on, you got this!

456
00:22:52,120 --> 00:22:53,210
Bro, I wanna be out there.

457
00:22:53,288 --> 00:22:54,248
One, two, three,

458
00:22:54,331 --> 00:22:56,501
four, five... seven, eight.

459
00:22:56,583 --> 00:23:00,303
One, two, three, four, five,
and seven and...

460
00:23:00,379 --> 00:23:01,959
- One, two, three...
- Here we go.

461
00:23:02,547 --> 00:23:04,587
- ...five, six, seven.
- Hold it, Summer!

462
00:23:04,674 --> 00:23:05,514
Hold it!

463
00:23:05,592 --> 00:23:07,552
- Yes!
- Five, six...

464
00:23:07,636 --> 00:23:08,636
Let's go, y'all!

465
00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:10,430
- Almost there!
- Five, seven...

466
00:23:10,514 --> 00:23:13,064
One, three... Come on! Back it up!

467
00:23:13,141 --> 00:23:15,231
...seven, eight. One, three.

468
00:23:15,310 --> 00:23:17,650
Five! Five! Get her up!
Push this girl up!

469
00:23:18,939 --> 00:23:20,729
Wait, no! No!

470
00:23:20,816 --> 00:23:22,146
I thought I'd give them
extra time...

471
00:23:22,234 --> 00:23:24,864
Good enough. Good enough.
Good enough.

472
00:23:25,445 --> 00:23:27,855
- Good enough to go?
- Yeah, they're tired.

473
00:23:27,948 --> 00:23:30,408
Hey, y'all. Y'all get a lunch break.

474
00:23:30,492 --> 00:23:32,832
When we come back,
we're gonna do a lot of pyramid practice.

475
00:23:32,911 --> 00:23:36,581
So, eat, get a lot of water,
and be ready to go.

476
00:23:36,665 --> 00:23:38,785
We gonna be dead.

477
00:23:39,584 --> 00:23:40,964
It is very demanding.

478
00:23:41,044 --> 00:23:44,174
I mean, we practice a lot
because this is a junior college.

479
00:23:44,965 --> 00:23:48,505
We get these kids for two years,
so they don't have the experience

480
00:23:48,593 --> 00:23:51,303
that some of these older kids have
at university,

481
00:23:51,388 --> 00:23:55,678
so we have to practice twice as much
as a university cheerleader.

482
00:23:56,268 --> 00:23:57,598
So, there will be times

483
00:23:57,686 --> 00:23:59,896
when your whole day's committed
to practice.

484
00:23:59,980 --> 00:24:02,070
And it sounds very crazy,

485
00:24:02,649 --> 00:24:05,239
but a lot of the kids do
All-Star cheerleading,

486
00:24:05,318 --> 00:24:07,858
so sometimes they cheer together
on other teams

487
00:24:07,946 --> 00:24:09,446
that are in the All-Star world.

488
00:24:12,033 --> 00:24:13,543
Let's go!

489
00:24:14,619 --> 00:24:16,119
One and three!

490
00:24:18,081 --> 00:24:19,461
That's club cheerleading,

491
00:24:19,541 --> 00:24:22,751
so you're not cheering for a school,
you're cheering for a show team.

492
00:24:22,836 --> 00:24:25,376
Five, seven, and one, two, three.

493
00:24:25,464 --> 00:24:27,224
All-Star cheerleading is huge.

494
00:24:27,507 --> 00:24:30,507
These kids are being trained
sometimes from the time they can walk.

495
00:24:33,221 --> 00:24:35,471
Stick! That was a great stick.

496
00:24:35,974 --> 00:24:37,604
Give it to me here, breathe.
Deep breath.

497
00:24:37,684 --> 00:24:39,194
Big face. Big face. Let's go!

498
00:24:39,728 --> 00:24:40,808
Face! Face!

499
00:24:40,896 --> 00:24:43,016
Face! Come on, Caroline.

500
00:24:43,315 --> 00:24:46,105
The industry has been growing
and growing and growing.

501
00:24:46,193 --> 00:24:50,493
Now, there's not just Cheer Athletics,
there's other huge mega gyms.

502
00:24:51,448 --> 00:24:52,778
Let's go!

503
00:24:52,866 --> 00:24:56,536
And we are blessed
to have the Navarro kids

504
00:24:56,620 --> 00:24:58,710
that are on our teams here
at Cheer Athletics.

505
00:24:58,788 --> 00:25:02,668
The kids love them, look up to them,
want to emulate them.

506
00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:06,510
- You're so cool!
- Thank you!

507
00:25:06,588 --> 00:25:08,668
We want to go to Navarro
because they're good.

508
00:25:08,757 --> 00:25:12,177
And if we get into there,
we get a scholarship for our college.

509
00:25:12,260 --> 00:25:14,430
And then we can cheer
at college after that.

510
00:25:14,513 --> 00:25:15,603
And then we'd be famous.

511
00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:18,230
So, we look up to them
because they're queens, right?

512
00:25:18,308 --> 00:25:19,938
Yeah, they're always queens.

513
00:25:20,018 --> 00:25:22,058
Kings and queens,
that's all there is here.

514
00:25:22,145 --> 00:25:24,015
Yeah,
but we take photos with them here,

515
00:25:24,105 --> 00:25:26,645
and they're like celebrities.
They're cheer-lebrities.

516
00:25:26,858 --> 00:25:30,488
The top athletes at Navarro
are huge,

517
00:25:30,570 --> 00:25:32,030
um, social media influencers.

518
00:25:32,113 --> 00:25:35,913
We've had a few that were, like,
in that first "cheer-lebrity" movement

519
00:25:36,284 --> 00:25:39,044
that have 500,000 followers
on Instagram.

520
00:25:39,871 --> 00:25:41,711
Do you know who Gabi Butler is?

521
00:25:41,790 --> 00:25:44,540
- Yes!
- She's really flexible.

522
00:25:44,626 --> 00:25:49,296
She's the only person who, I think,
is a tumbler, a flyer, and a base.

523
00:25:49,381 --> 00:25:51,971
Everyone knows that.

524
00:25:53,843 --> 00:25:55,053
Hey, guys. It's me, Gabi.

525
00:25:55,136 --> 00:25:58,096
And I just want to say thank you
to everyone for supporting me.

526
00:25:58,181 --> 00:26:01,061
And today,
we're here, about to do a photo shoot

527
00:26:01,142 --> 00:26:03,142
for the cover
of the <i>Cheer Leader</i> magazine.

528
00:26:04,062 --> 00:26:07,522
I've known of Gabi
since she was very, very young.

529
00:26:07,607 --> 00:26:09,687
So, first start off
with your heel stretch.

530
00:26:09,776 --> 00:26:12,356
She's always had a huge following.

531
00:26:12,445 --> 00:26:15,365
She's well-known
in the cheerleading industry.

532
00:26:15,448 --> 00:26:17,738
She is not here at the moment

533
00:26:17,826 --> 00:26:20,076
because of all the traveling and stuff
for work,

534
00:26:20,662 --> 00:26:23,252
but she's a huge, huge part of the team.

535
00:26:24,291 --> 00:26:25,961
Gabi's the all-round cheerleader.

536
00:26:26,042 --> 00:26:28,302
I've never seen someone
so talented like Gabi.

537
00:26:28,378 --> 00:26:30,008
I used to watch her so much, like,

538
00:26:30,088 --> 00:26:32,218
growing up, and you're watching her,

539
00:26:32,299 --> 00:26:34,719
like, cheer or go to her competitions.

540
00:26:35,594 --> 00:26:37,304
She's a rock star and, like,

541
00:26:37,387 --> 00:26:39,307
she used to be on a YouTube series
called <i>Cheerleaders.</i>

542
00:26:39,889 --> 00:26:42,519
And she's done it all,
and people just look up to her for, like,

543
00:26:42,601 --> 00:26:45,311
how much, like, she's done
and, like, how far she's gone.

544
00:26:45,854 --> 00:26:48,364
When I was younger, like,
I just looked up to her status

545
00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:50,360
and, like, how people respected her.

546
00:26:52,569 --> 00:26:56,869
To have her actually on the team,
like, mind-blown.

547
00:26:56,948 --> 00:26:57,948
It doesn't make me nervous,

548
00:26:58,033 --> 00:26:59,783
but other people might think
it's nerve-racking.

549
00:26:59,868 --> 00:27:01,908
Like, she's still <i>the </i>Gabi Butler.

550
00:27:03,371 --> 00:27:06,461
It's a lot of pressure too.
I mean, to be in that limelight,

551
00:27:06,541 --> 00:27:09,841
there comes an understanding
that you have to be a strong role model

552
00:27:09,919 --> 00:27:12,759
and you have to be the strongest athlete
you can be,

553
00:27:13,089 --> 00:27:16,469
because you have eyes watching you
at all times.

554
00:27:22,599 --> 00:27:26,139
One... three... four, five...
seven, eight.

555
00:27:26,227 --> 00:27:29,147
- One... three... five, seven, eight.
- Come on, y'all.

556
00:27:29,230 --> 00:27:32,730
- One... three... five, six, seven, eight.
- I mean, I d-- I mean,

557
00:27:32,817 --> 00:27:34,277
Yes. No, I mean, I'm...

558
00:27:34,361 --> 00:27:36,281
I totally think a pep rally's fine,

559
00:27:36,363 --> 00:27:39,373
but how about, like,
for a send-off for the playoffs?

560
00:27:39,449 --> 00:27:43,039
And, like, plan it, like, now,

561
00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:44,999
and not the two days before.

562
00:27:46,081 --> 00:27:47,501
That's ridiculous.

563
00:27:49,584 --> 00:27:51,714
Got it. Okay, all right. Thank you. Bye.

564
00:27:54,714 --> 00:27:57,554
The city of Corsicana,
they're trying to raise money

565
00:27:57,634 --> 00:27:58,934
to renovate our downtown.

566
00:27:59,469 --> 00:28:01,429
So, our community leaders wanted

567
00:28:01,513 --> 00:28:03,143
to organize a rally.

568
00:28:03,431 --> 00:28:06,061
They're requesting
that the cheerleaders come out

569
00:28:06,142 --> 00:28:07,942
and be a part of this community rally.

570
00:28:08,019 --> 00:28:11,399
We get asked to do a lot of things,
a lot of different things.

571
00:28:11,481 --> 00:28:14,031
And I love to go out in the community,

572
00:28:14,109 --> 00:28:18,109
but a lot of people don't understand
that we don't just show up

573
00:28:18,196 --> 00:28:20,446
and do something.
We actually prepare for it.

574
00:28:20,532 --> 00:28:22,992
I don't think people realize that.
You know, if they're not...

575
00:28:23,076 --> 00:28:25,496
Especially if they don't really have
a cheerleading background,

576
00:28:25,578 --> 00:28:26,908
they just assume

577
00:28:26,996 --> 00:28:30,876
that because you're cheerleaders,
you can just come and entertain.

578
00:28:30,959 --> 00:28:35,339
Originally, the plan was to come back
and strictly work our Daytona routine.

579
00:28:35,630 --> 00:28:38,260
You know, the biggest thing
that I wanted to get done

580
00:28:38,341 --> 00:28:40,391
is to try to finalize our pyramid.

581
00:28:40,468 --> 00:28:42,678
We have not really gotten
to work on that yet.

582
00:28:42,762 --> 00:28:47,142
You know, as much as I love t-to say yes
to everything that I possibly can,

583
00:28:47,475 --> 00:28:50,015
um, you know, this is just not
the best time of year for us.

584
00:28:50,854 --> 00:28:54,154
As y'all know,
we'll take the next week or two

585
00:28:54,232 --> 00:28:56,192
to kind of see where we're at
before we decide

586
00:28:56,276 --> 00:29:00,106
who's gonna be on mat, off mat,
so I know that's a stressor for y'all,

587
00:29:00,196 --> 00:29:03,486
but the more stressing thing
that we need to worry about at the moment

588
00:29:03,575 --> 00:29:06,785
is a performance that we need to do
this week on Thursday.

589
00:29:06,870 --> 00:29:09,460
So, this is something
that we were asked to come do

590
00:29:09,539 --> 00:29:12,249
that's a little bit... a blip in our plan.

591
00:29:12,333 --> 00:29:15,173
We'll start outside, welcoming people,

592
00:29:15,253 --> 00:29:18,343
just kind of doing our normal, like,
"cheerleader-type" thing, you know,

593
00:29:18,423 --> 00:29:20,013
um, have our poms.

594
00:29:20,091 --> 00:29:22,841
There's gonna be some people
that speak and some stuff like that,

595
00:29:22,927 --> 00:29:26,177
and then, this little performance
that we're about to learn and work on

596
00:29:26,264 --> 00:29:27,474
will be the last thing.

597
00:29:27,807 --> 00:29:30,767
One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight.

598
00:29:30,852 --> 00:29:32,852
Soft,
don't know what they're doing.

599
00:29:33,772 --> 00:29:36,072
Look at them.

600
00:29:36,983 --> 00:29:38,943
Like,
y'all just look like y'all should be like...

601
00:29:39,027 --> 00:29:41,907
Bam!

602
00:29:41,988 --> 00:29:44,618
I know.

603
00:29:45,074 --> 00:29:46,494
I be cute with it.

604
00:29:46,826 --> 00:29:50,956
So, one, two, stop,
three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

605
00:29:51,039 --> 00:29:54,249
One, two, hips, three, kick,
four, down, five.

606
00:29:54,584 --> 00:29:56,754
And you go straight down.
Sorry, I didn't...

607
00:29:56,836 --> 00:29:58,376
This is so hard.

608
00:29:59,756 --> 00:30:03,546
Once you're here,
back, forward, step, kick.

609
00:30:03,635 --> 00:30:05,135
- Okay.
- All right?

610
00:30:05,220 --> 00:30:06,970
So, from here...

611
00:30:07,055 --> 00:30:09,175
Y'all, only the people
that take this serious

612
00:30:09,265 --> 00:30:10,555
are gonna be considered for mat.

613
00:30:11,559 --> 00:30:12,889
Can you please stretch?

614
00:30:15,188 --> 00:30:17,608
You wanna do it from... which part?

615
00:30:17,732 --> 00:30:19,482
From, three, four.

616
00:30:19,567 --> 00:30:20,687
- Okay. Ready?
- Okay.

617
00:30:21,277 --> 00:30:22,487
Three, four.

618
00:30:22,987 --> 00:30:24,277
- Other leg.
- I did the wrong leg.

619
00:30:24,364 --> 00:30:26,284
It's okay, we'll do it again.

620
00:30:26,366 --> 00:30:30,036
Ready? And three down,
four around, five,

621
00:30:30,119 --> 00:30:31,199
- six.
- Okay.

622
00:30:33,206 --> 00:30:35,036
- I'm-- Okay, I can't.
- It's okay.

623
00:30:35,124 --> 00:30:36,584
Hey, girls. Face this way.

624
00:30:37,043 --> 00:30:39,093
Y'all get in your formation
and let me see it.

625
00:30:40,088 --> 00:30:42,918
Hey, Lexi. Lexi! Come out.

626
00:30:44,217 --> 00:30:48,297
- All the way out. No, just come out, out.
- Okay, good.

627
00:30:48,388 --> 00:30:50,308
Can I be one of the guys?

628
00:30:50,557 --> 00:30:52,137
We gonna cut--
We gonna cut your hair.

629
00:30:52,225 --> 00:30:54,225
I was, like, in the slow class.

630
00:30:57,438 --> 00:30:59,688
Yeah, this is gonna be a process.

631
00:30:59,774 --> 00:31:02,574
I haven't, like,
drawn people in a long time.

632
00:31:03,069 --> 00:31:05,199
I think...

633
00:31:05,947 --> 00:31:09,617
I'm gonna add, like,
a cat on a jet pack or something.

634
00:31:11,286 --> 00:31:13,156
Why are you not going
to Shannon's later?

635
00:31:13,872 --> 00:31:17,132
Well,
one of the reasons is because, um...

636
00:31:18,167 --> 00:31:20,957
- What?
- I get-- It seems like everyone

637
00:31:21,045 --> 00:31:24,125
is in Shannon's birthday group chat
except for me.

638
00:31:24,215 --> 00:31:26,175
- So I'm not going.
- You're not in it?

639
00:31:26,259 --> 00:31:28,219
But me and Shannon don't talk at all.

640
00:31:28,303 --> 00:31:30,643
Even if I was in the group chat,
I probably wouldn't go.

641
00:31:30,722 --> 00:31:32,772
I'm trying to think of who's not in it.

642
00:31:32,849 --> 00:31:34,679
I'm pretty sure
the whole team is on it.

643
00:31:34,767 --> 00:31:36,437
Yeah, the whole team except for me.

644
00:31:37,270 --> 00:31:40,690
I generally don't really get along
with cheerleaders.

645
00:31:40,940 --> 00:31:43,820
A lot of cheerleaders come
from, like, a different lifestyle

646
00:31:43,902 --> 00:31:44,862
than I came from.

647
00:31:45,445 --> 00:31:49,985
Cheer's generally a sport
for really wealthy people. Um...

648
00:31:50,533 --> 00:31:52,953
You know, most of these, like,
big-name gyms,

649
00:31:53,036 --> 00:31:56,036
they charge a lot and a lot of money

650
00:31:56,623 --> 00:31:59,713
for, um, you know,
monthly tuition or competitions

651
00:31:59,792 --> 00:32:01,212
and uniforms.

652
00:32:01,711 --> 00:32:03,301
I've been in cheer for 12 years,

653
00:32:03,379 --> 00:32:07,219
and I've never paid a single dime.

654
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:08,930
I've always just, I guess,

655
00:32:09,010 --> 00:32:12,310
had that tumbling
that they just want you

656
00:32:12,388 --> 00:32:14,768
to go to the gym.
You don't have to pay to go there.

657
00:32:15,350 --> 00:32:19,400
But the girls were rude.
They called me a show-off.

658
00:32:20,605 --> 00:32:23,565
But I was really, like,
just doing what I loved.

659
00:32:26,778 --> 00:32:30,698
I don't like issues or drama
or any of that.

660
00:32:30,782 --> 00:32:35,332
So, yeah, in this sport,
I've usually been to myself.

661
00:32:38,581 --> 00:32:40,541
Hopefully I'll be skinny enough
so in our uniforms,

662
00:32:40,625 --> 00:32:43,165
you'll be able to, like, see, like, my,
like, ribs.

663
00:32:43,294 --> 00:32:44,884
I want to see how much I weigh.

664
00:32:44,963 --> 00:32:46,633
We're gonna get weighed
at practice anyway,

665
00:32:46,714 --> 00:32:48,634
so I need to know
how much food I need to not eat.

666
00:32:48,716 --> 00:32:49,716
Yeah.

667
00:32:49,801 --> 00:32:51,801
We get, like, our weight checked

668
00:32:51,886 --> 00:32:55,386
just to make sure we're eating right
and taking care of our bodies.

669
00:32:56,099 --> 00:32:59,599
'Cause, you know, we get thrown
in the air and do a lot of skills,

670
00:32:59,686 --> 00:33:01,766
so we have to stay healthy
and all that.

671
00:33:02,021 --> 00:33:03,271
Why are you so light?

672
00:33:03,856 --> 00:33:06,026
- I'm scared.
- You're scared? You just did it!

673
00:33:06,109 --> 00:33:09,319
- I know.
- You weigh, like, less than this suitcase.

674
00:33:09,404 --> 00:33:12,034
No. I weight 96.6.

675
00:33:12,657 --> 00:33:16,487
Well, I'm not doing biceps,
so I'll just kind of let you do this.

676
00:33:16,577 --> 00:33:18,537
- Maybe I'mma rep out some triceps...
- Okay.

677
00:33:18,621 --> 00:33:20,501
- ...as I'm waiting.
- Okay.

678
00:33:21,124 --> 00:33:23,294
Us stunters that throw the girls,

679
00:33:23,376 --> 00:33:26,126
we like to have that look
that we're bigger, because...

680
00:33:26,212 --> 00:33:28,802
one thing is,
Monica loves her big boys.

681
00:33:28,881 --> 00:33:30,131
So, the bigger you are,

682
00:33:30,216 --> 00:33:31,836
the more of a chance
you're gonna have on mat.

683
00:33:31,926 --> 00:33:35,176
'Cause, I mean, if you're bigger,
you're able to save a stunt more.

684
00:33:35,263 --> 00:33:38,183
And then, the tumblers,
they have more the physique.

685
00:33:38,266 --> 00:33:40,686
Tumblers usually are, like,
the smaller guys

686
00:33:40,768 --> 00:33:42,598
that just really know how to jump,
flip around,

687
00:33:42,687 --> 00:33:44,017
control their bodies,

688
00:33:44,105 --> 00:33:46,225
stuff that the bigger guys
can't really do.

689
00:33:46,315 --> 00:33:49,065
I'm trying to shoot for a stumbler,
which is kind of in between,

690
00:33:49,152 --> 00:33:53,072
where I could... stunt and tumble,
so I have to be in that good middle.

691
00:33:54,991 --> 00:33:57,331
Well,
I work out typically every day.

692
00:33:57,410 --> 00:33:58,790
Most of the time, it's twice a day.

693
00:33:59,370 --> 00:34:02,750
My main goal is just to try to, like,
burn fat, lose some weight.

694
00:34:03,291 --> 00:34:05,291
That's all I really, like...

695
00:34:05,376 --> 00:34:07,086
...like, care about at the moment.

696
00:34:07,670 --> 00:34:09,710
Like, lifting weights is nice, but...

697
00:34:09,797 --> 00:34:11,507
I prefer to, like, do, like, all cardio

698
00:34:12,091 --> 00:34:15,681
to just try to be better and healthier
so I can live longer.

699
00:34:16,345 --> 00:34:19,635
Throughout my life,
I was always on the heavy side.

700
00:34:19,724 --> 00:34:23,484
I even got as big as being 350 pounds.

701
00:34:23,853 --> 00:34:25,693
Even though I was a cheerleader
at the time,

702
00:34:26,272 --> 00:34:31,032
those workouts weren't, like, good enough
with the food that I was, um, eating.

703
00:34:31,110 --> 00:34:33,150
It was a whole bunch of, like, fast food

704
00:34:33,237 --> 00:34:37,827
because that was all that, like,
we could, like, basically afford

705
00:34:37,909 --> 00:34:39,329
at the time, so,

706
00:34:39,619 --> 00:34:42,209
that's all I was really eating
was fast food.

707
00:34:42,789 --> 00:34:45,329
But then,
going into my first year at Navarro,

708
00:34:45,416 --> 00:34:50,296
I had, like, the opportunity to eat better
and work out as much as I could.

709
00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:54,220
Throughout that time,
I ended up losing 40 pounds.

710
00:34:54,300 --> 00:34:55,680
And then, throughout this year,

711
00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:58,510
I've ended up losing, like,
almost 30 pounds now.

712
00:34:59,388 --> 00:35:00,468
Get her up!

713
00:35:01,265 --> 00:35:02,925
I was far away.

714
00:35:03,017 --> 00:35:04,937
- Okay, you're good.
- Bad one. Let's do it again.

715
00:35:05,019 --> 00:35:07,149
Jerry is probably

716
00:35:07,230 --> 00:35:09,980
one of the hardest-working athletes
that I know.

717
00:35:10,525 --> 00:35:13,185
He had a lot to learn
when he came into this program.

718
00:35:13,277 --> 00:35:16,317
There was a lot of technique
that we were just, like, missing.

719
00:35:16,405 --> 00:35:19,275
Um, his grips, and he worked on that
all year long.

720
00:35:20,535 --> 00:35:24,035
For a lot of athletes, it's really, like,
heartbreaking to make Navarro

721
00:35:24,122 --> 00:35:26,462
- and then not make mat.
- Let's try it again.

722
00:35:26,541 --> 00:35:29,091
But I think he took everything
that he learned from last year

723
00:35:29,669 --> 00:35:31,999
and he applied it
to his work ethics this year.

724
00:35:32,088 --> 00:35:32,918
Yes, Jerry!

725
00:35:33,005 --> 00:35:34,965
Good. See?
It should feel easier that way.

726
00:35:35,049 --> 00:35:37,679
On the side of practices,
he's constantly working on his skills,

727
00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:39,140
constantly trying to put people up.

728
00:35:39,762 --> 00:35:40,762
Come on, y'all!

729
00:35:40,847 --> 00:35:43,767
And he loves this sport so much.

730
00:35:46,352 --> 00:35:48,062
Jerry listens to cheer 24/7,

731
00:35:48,646 --> 00:35:51,976
and he can show you each routine,
every section,

732
00:35:52,066 --> 00:35:53,436
you know, every word.

733
00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:56,900
It's crazy
how much Jerry loves cheerleading.

734
00:35:58,698 --> 00:36:00,158
I don't know how you sit there
and watch,

735
00:36:00,241 --> 00:36:03,701
like, younger teams do... competitions.

736
00:36:04,662 --> 00:36:06,662
- I love it. It's so much fun.
- I know you do.

737
00:36:07,582 --> 00:36:10,082
Jerry, you literally
are on your phone watching...

738
00:36:10,168 --> 00:36:12,088
- High school, level one.
- People. You would--

739
00:36:12,170 --> 00:36:15,090
- If there was a mini prep team out there--
- You'd know their routine--

740
00:36:15,173 --> 00:36:17,013
You would know their whole routine,
their music,

741
00:36:17,091 --> 00:36:19,551
and the coaches that coached them,
and their parents.

742
00:36:19,635 --> 00:36:21,465
La'Darius!

743
00:36:24,015 --> 00:36:25,805
That's right, I wanna see Cubs

744
00:36:25,892 --> 00:36:28,192
because they need to redeem themselves
from Houston.

745
00:36:28,269 --> 00:36:30,149
Because they were just a mess in Houston.

746
00:36:30,229 --> 00:36:31,439
Cubs is Mini Two.

747
00:36:31,522 --> 00:36:32,982
Um...

748
00:36:33,065 --> 00:36:34,315
But they were just not...

749
00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:36,320
It wasn't it for them.

750
00:36:36,402 --> 00:36:38,952
Those babies were not
in a good state of mind that day,

751
00:36:39,030 --> 00:36:39,950
that weekend.

752
00:36:40,031 --> 00:36:42,201
- They were tired.
- Ended up losing, of course.

753
00:36:42,283 --> 00:36:44,373
- Can't relate.
- I have the score sheet.

754
00:36:44,452 --> 00:36:46,622
How do you have the score sheets
on deck like that?

755
00:36:46,704 --> 00:36:47,754
I saved it.

756
00:36:47,830 --> 00:36:50,790
- It was-- I was ready, baby.
- We're not into cheer like you.

757
00:36:50,875 --> 00:36:53,745
Okay, you right. Okay, I-I-I get it.

758
00:36:53,836 --> 00:36:54,956
Say no more.

759
00:36:56,088 --> 00:36:59,428
I'm tired. Hopefully, I can go to sleep
at a good time tonight.

760
00:36:59,508 --> 00:37:03,138
Until Daytona season gets worse
and Monica says more practices.

761
00:37:10,645 --> 00:37:13,395
All right,
so we are gonna jump into chapter one.

762
00:37:14,106 --> 00:37:18,436
This is kind of an overarching,
quick look at Texans.

763
00:37:18,527 --> 00:37:21,157
Because I know I've got some basketball
and cheerleaders in here,

764
00:37:21,656 --> 00:37:23,986
sometimes you guys are, like,
not from Texas,

765
00:37:24,075 --> 00:37:26,075
not even close to Texas.

766
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:28,250
So, just a little bit of fun facts

767
00:37:28,329 --> 00:37:30,709
to kind of get you guys interested
in Texas.

768
00:37:30,790 --> 00:37:33,000
We gave the world
the Quaid brothers.

769
00:37:33,084 --> 00:37:34,884
You probably don't even remember
Randy Quaid,

770
00:37:34,961 --> 00:37:37,381
um, but he was
in <i>Christmas Vacation.</i>

771
00:37:37,964 --> 00:37:41,094
He's the crazy uncle that's like,
"Shitter's full," that one.

772
00:37:41,175 --> 00:37:42,175
That's him.

773
00:37:42,260 --> 00:37:45,010
So, we have NASA.
They shut it down for a little while.

774
00:37:45,096 --> 00:37:46,346
It is picking back up.

775
00:37:46,472 --> 00:37:49,142
And, as you guys have probably heard,
under President Trump,

776
00:37:49,809 --> 00:37:52,139
he just kind of invented the what?

777
00:37:52,228 --> 00:37:54,268
- Space Force.
- Space Force! Right?

778
00:37:54,355 --> 00:37:55,815
So, NASA, you gotta know,

779
00:37:55,898 --> 00:37:57,608
is gonna probably become
a big part of that.

780
00:37:58,359 --> 00:38:00,949
Um, Tex-Mex, it's the best ever.

781
00:38:01,237 --> 00:38:03,947
It is not real Mexican food.

782
00:38:04,615 --> 00:38:07,655
It's a way better version of Mexican food.

783
00:38:07,743 --> 00:38:08,583
All right.

784
00:38:08,661 --> 00:38:12,081
Most other states do not require
you take their state government,

785
00:38:12,164 --> 00:38:15,674
but Texas makes you do Texas government
and US government.

786
00:38:15,751 --> 00:38:17,881
- So, we like ourselves...
- Love that.

787
00:38:17,962 --> 00:38:19,212
...a whole lot around here.

788
00:38:19,297 --> 00:38:21,417
It's pretty interesting. All right.

789
00:38:21,507 --> 00:38:23,627
We know.

790
00:38:23,718 --> 00:38:26,508
I liked--
I like that we learned all the facts.

791
00:38:26,971 --> 00:38:30,391
Tell me what you think
Texans kind of believe politically.

792
00:38:31,058 --> 00:38:32,138
Right to bear arms.

793
00:38:32,226 --> 00:38:33,976
The right to bear arms,
hell yeah.

794
00:38:34,061 --> 00:38:36,861
I'm the biggest gun-totin' broad
you ever did see.

795
00:38:36,939 --> 00:38:40,939
I am packing heat
almost all the time. What else?

796
00:38:41,027 --> 00:38:42,107
Pro-life.

797
00:38:42,194 --> 00:38:44,074
Pro-life, definitely in Texas.

798
00:38:44,155 --> 00:38:46,275
You're gonna find out relatively quickly

799
00:38:46,365 --> 00:38:48,905
that Texas is overwhelmingly
a conservative state.

800
00:38:49,535 --> 00:38:52,865
They generally support
traditional values and lifestyles,

801
00:38:52,955 --> 00:38:55,035
so a lot of them are,
kind of looking at that,

802
00:38:55,124 --> 00:38:58,094
a man and a woman
is the traditional definition of marriage,

803
00:38:58,169 --> 00:39:00,919
and you should get up
and go to church on Sundays,

804
00:39:01,005 --> 00:39:03,465
and you have the house
with the 2.5 children,

805
00:39:03,549 --> 00:39:04,719
and a white picket fence.

806
00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:06,340
The old-school people.

807
00:39:10,139 --> 00:39:12,599
<i>The gray steer is</i>
<i>a very attractive steer.</i>

808
00:39:12,683 --> 00:39:14,773
<i>Probably the prettiest here in the class.</i>

809
00:39:14,852 --> 00:39:17,362
<i>I wish we could just see</i>
<i>this steer float a little better.</i>

810
00:39:17,438 --> 00:39:18,688
<i>Gets a little high in his loin.</i>

811
00:39:18,773 --> 00:39:20,783
<i>I'd like to change him as</i>
<i>you watch him stand there,</i>

812
00:39:20,858 --> 00:39:23,438
<i>a little base-wide. I'd like to change him</i>
<i>off his front skeleton.</i>

813
00:39:23,903 --> 00:39:26,163
<i>The gray steer is better structured</i>
<i>than him.</i>

814
00:39:26,530 --> 00:39:28,410
I know what it felt like when
I was in the top three

815
00:39:28,491 --> 00:39:29,741
- with my goats.
- Yeah.

816
00:39:29,825 --> 00:39:32,445
If you look at all of them
and you can see, like, they're short--

817
00:39:32,536 --> 00:39:35,656
Well, not really short,
but, like, stout, like, a good proportion.

818
00:39:36,332 --> 00:39:38,792
But, like, when you looked at hers,
he was kinda tall.

819
00:39:38,876 --> 00:39:41,296
He just didn't look as proportional
as all the other ones do.

820
00:39:41,379 --> 00:39:42,759
Ethan's looks pretty good.

821
00:39:43,964 --> 00:39:47,134
Yeah, his walks, but he don't--
I feel like there's not enough jiggle.

822
00:39:47,385 --> 00:39:50,255
Y'all, look at that little boy's.

823
00:39:51,013 --> 00:39:52,223
Come on, baby.

824
00:39:52,306 --> 00:39:53,966
Mom, don't be extra. It's okay.

825
00:39:55,768 --> 00:39:57,398
The very end is my niece.

826
00:39:57,478 --> 00:39:58,938
- I'll see--
- She got the black Angus?

827
00:39:59,605 --> 00:40:02,145
The solid black one
that's gonna be acting crazy, yeah.

828
00:40:02,233 --> 00:40:04,443
She's got on a,
like, pinkish striped shirt

829
00:40:04,527 --> 00:40:06,777
- with her hair pulled back in a ponytail.
- Okay.

830
00:40:09,323 --> 00:40:12,743
You know, it's kind of a small,
conservative Texas town.

831
00:40:13,244 --> 00:40:14,834
Most of my kids are from big cities,

832
00:40:14,912 --> 00:40:17,752
so they come here and they're like,
"This is a small town." You know?

833
00:40:18,082 --> 00:40:21,002
But there's really something
about a small town.

834
00:40:21,544 --> 00:40:22,554
I grew up here.

835
00:40:22,837 --> 00:40:25,047
I got married
to my high school sweetheart.

836
00:40:25,339 --> 00:40:27,719
I was a baseball player.
I was a catcher.

837
00:40:28,217 --> 00:40:31,637
And I'd hear this girl, "Chris! Chris!"

838
00:40:31,720 --> 00:40:34,390
She'd be in the backstop,
holding on to the fence,

839
00:40:34,473 --> 00:40:35,723
callin' my name during games.

840
00:40:37,143 --> 00:40:39,193
She was a cheerleader. Energetic,

841
00:40:40,104 --> 00:40:42,404
popular, A-student, honor roll,

842
00:40:42,481 --> 00:40:45,281
all that good stuff.
And highly competitive.

843
00:40:46,569 --> 00:40:49,239
Well, I was a nervous little kid,
so when you get a girl

844
00:40:49,321 --> 00:40:53,081
that wasn't shy calling my name,
and we got to know each other, and...

845
00:40:53,659 --> 00:40:54,909
the rest is history.

846
00:40:55,578 --> 00:40:58,158
When I was young,
I just had big goals.

847
00:40:58,247 --> 00:41:01,327
I thought I was going to be the CEO
of some big company

848
00:41:01,417 --> 00:41:02,587
in New York, on Wall Street.

849
00:41:03,169 --> 00:41:05,299
I have a finance degree from UT,

850
00:41:05,379 --> 00:41:07,629
one of the best business schools
in the country.

851
00:41:07,715 --> 00:41:08,795
I have my MBA.

852
00:41:10,217 --> 00:41:14,467
She wanted to work in a high-rise
in New York and be a businesswoman.

853
00:41:15,055 --> 00:41:17,425
But, you know, family being a priority,

854
00:41:18,184 --> 00:41:20,024
that kind of shifted things a little bit.

855
00:41:21,270 --> 00:41:23,900
As we had children,
we wanted them to be raised

856
00:41:23,981 --> 00:41:27,281
by their grandparents,
their aunts and uncles, their cousins.

857
00:41:27,860 --> 00:41:30,860
We're hometown folks,
and home just called our name.

858
00:41:31,864 --> 00:41:34,624
And then, she got an opportunity
with, Navarro.

859
00:41:36,035 --> 00:41:38,285
That was not obviously my plan,
you know?

860
00:41:38,370 --> 00:41:41,000
It was-- I had a business degree.
I wasn't gonna coach cheerleading.

861
00:41:41,999 --> 00:41:46,169
But I definitely took everything
I learned in business school

862
00:41:46,921 --> 00:41:49,551
and used it to build a program.

863
00:41:51,509 --> 00:41:53,089
It was at that point I realized,

864
00:41:53,177 --> 00:41:55,387
"Okay, she's gonna put all her energy
into it."

865
00:41:55,971 --> 00:41:58,471
In the beginning,
Navarro Cheer was nothing.

866
00:41:59,141 --> 00:42:01,311
And then you win, and you win again.

867
00:42:02,186 --> 00:42:03,806
And win again, and win, and win again,

868
00:42:03,896 --> 00:42:05,976
and then you win
a Grand National championship,

869
00:42:06,065 --> 00:42:08,065
where you just beat all their butts.

870
00:42:08,150 --> 00:42:11,200
And then, not only at that competition
do people know your name,

871
00:42:12,238 --> 00:42:14,408
but gyms in other states know your name.

872
00:42:15,032 --> 00:42:19,452
So, you can just see over time
how the desire to win

873
00:42:19,537 --> 00:42:21,787
has just grown and grown.

874
00:42:22,540 --> 00:42:25,920
Once I started,
it was hard to stop doing it.

875
00:42:26,001 --> 00:42:27,921
It just pulls you in.

876
00:42:28,003 --> 00:42:29,843
It is... It...

877
00:42:30,256 --> 00:42:31,666
It's, like, it's addicting.

878
00:42:31,757 --> 00:42:33,177
It really is.

879
00:42:39,056 --> 00:42:42,426
I can't do hair.
I can do makeup really good, though.

880
00:42:43,018 --> 00:42:45,898
- We have to be there at four, right?
- Yeah.

881
00:42:46,438 --> 00:42:49,108
I'm kind of happy that I'm not,
like, in the dance part.

882
00:42:49,191 --> 00:42:50,651
It's a cute dance, though.

883
00:42:50,734 --> 00:42:54,704
The thing that really, like,
brings it together is the outfits.

884
00:42:54,780 --> 00:42:59,410
I know. I'm so glad
that Monica found, like, boots for us.

885
00:42:59,493 --> 00:43:01,753
- The jean shorts and everything.
- Yeah.

886
00:43:01,829 --> 00:43:04,619
I want to cut my shorts,
but I don't know.

887
00:43:04,707 --> 00:43:07,787
- Cut your shorts?
- Yeah, because they, like...

888
00:43:07,876 --> 00:43:10,246
They kinda, like, flare. Like, they're...

889
00:43:10,337 --> 00:43:12,257
Yeah,
Monica was talking about that.

890
00:43:12,339 --> 00:43:15,089
She's like, "If her shorts
were just a little shorter."

891
00:43:15,175 --> 00:43:16,215
- She did say that?
- Yeah.

892
00:43:16,302 --> 00:43:18,352
Like, maybe that much,
probably.

893
00:43:18,429 --> 00:43:19,259
Yeah.

894
00:43:19,847 --> 00:43:22,427
- I've never done this before.
- You've never done it before?

895
00:43:22,516 --> 00:43:24,386
- No.
- Crap.

896
00:43:25,686 --> 00:43:27,806
I'll try to go like...

897
00:43:30,024 --> 00:43:31,734
Almost there.

898
00:43:33,819 --> 00:43:35,029
Does it look awkward?

899
00:43:36,488 --> 00:43:37,778
It may.

900
00:43:39,199 --> 00:43:41,119
And, my gosh,
those boots, though.

901
00:43:41,201 --> 00:43:43,701
I've already had two blisters.

902
00:43:43,787 --> 00:43:46,747
I know. Is that why there's blood
on your... on the tape?

903
00:43:46,832 --> 00:43:48,382
- Yeah.
- From your ankle?

904
00:43:48,459 --> 00:43:49,539
There still is.

905
00:43:49,627 --> 00:43:51,457
There it is. These two.

906
00:43:51,837 --> 00:43:53,167
Yee-haw!

907
00:43:53,756 --> 00:43:56,676
Out here in the good city of Corsicana.

908
00:43:56,759 --> 00:44:00,259
We need our downtown remodeled.

909
00:44:05,684 --> 00:44:08,404
What do you know
about the Navarro cheerleaders?

910
00:44:09,188 --> 00:44:11,768
That's a really hard question
to answer.

911
00:44:19,365 --> 00:44:21,195
The only way I deal
with cheerleading is

912
00:44:21,283 --> 00:44:22,453
when they come in for tattoos.

913
00:44:22,534 --> 00:44:25,124
Friday night football games
and stuff like that.

914
00:44:25,204 --> 00:44:28,044
I've never been to any
of the competitions or anything like that.

915
00:44:28,123 --> 00:44:29,963
I've watched <i>Bring It On,</i> like, once.

916
00:44:30,709 --> 00:44:32,709
I know
Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders.

917
00:44:32,795 --> 00:44:35,255
I don't know
about the college cheerleaders.

918
00:44:35,339 --> 00:44:37,169
You hear about the Bulldogs,
but that's--

919
00:44:37,257 --> 00:44:38,467
- That's about it.
- Yeah.

920
00:44:38,550 --> 00:44:39,930
You don't hear much
about them.

921
00:44:40,594 --> 00:44:43,184
Cheerleading is, in many ways,
very insular.

922
00:44:43,263 --> 00:44:46,233
So, if you're outside of cheerleading,

923
00:44:46,308 --> 00:44:48,808
you just sometimes
just totally don't get it.

924
00:44:49,395 --> 00:44:52,185
I remember discovering
competitive cheerleading

925
00:44:52,272 --> 00:44:55,822
and realizing, "My gosh,
this is a legitimate sport."

926
00:44:55,901 --> 00:45:00,531
And nothing like what most of America
still thinks cheerleading is.

927
00:45:01,115 --> 00:45:04,025
Many people put cheerleaders
in the same category

928
00:45:04,118 --> 00:45:07,248
as beauty pageant contestants
and Playboy Bunnies.

929
00:45:07,830 --> 00:45:11,830
Traditionally,
they were to be pretty and popular,

930
00:45:11,917 --> 00:45:13,957
pleasant, high character.

931
00:45:14,044 --> 00:45:16,384
They're good, wholesome folks.

932
00:45:16,463 --> 00:45:19,133
We love how they represent Corsicana

933
00:45:19,216 --> 00:45:21,296
when they go out
and they're seen publicly.

934
00:45:21,885 --> 00:45:25,385
And so,
cheerleaders came to represent

935
00:45:25,472 --> 00:45:28,142
this idea of local patriotism.

936
00:45:28,225 --> 00:45:31,225
They help out the schools
and help out whatever.

937
00:45:31,311 --> 00:45:33,061
They're a great bunch of gals.

938
00:45:33,147 --> 00:45:34,147
We-- We get to meet--

939
00:45:34,231 --> 00:45:37,231
I shouldn't say "gals." There's guys too.

940
00:45:37,401 --> 00:45:40,571
When cheerleading
became feminized in the 1950s,

941
00:45:40,654 --> 00:45:44,874
the rules for who could be a cheerleader
were very much wrapped up in this idea

942
00:45:45,451 --> 00:45:46,581
of who was seen

943
00:45:46,660 --> 00:45:49,660
as this kind of
all-American girl next door.

944
00:45:49,747 --> 00:45:52,457
But gender roles are changing.

945
00:45:52,541 --> 00:45:55,341
Whereas in the 1950s,
the all-American girl

946
00:45:55,419 --> 00:45:57,549
knew that her place was on the sidelines,

947
00:45:58,130 --> 00:45:59,840
that's no longer the case now.

948
00:45:59,923 --> 00:46:03,683
She's super confident, tough, athletic.

949
00:46:03,761 --> 00:46:06,101
There's less emphasis on looks

950
00:46:06,180 --> 00:46:08,850
and more emphasis
on the sport itself.

951
00:46:08,932 --> 00:46:11,812
The disparity is,
is that people still see these athletes

952
00:46:11,894 --> 00:46:13,194
standing on the sideline,

953
00:46:13,270 --> 00:46:16,650
but they don't see them also competing
on the other side.

954
00:46:17,274 --> 00:46:18,364
Did you know

955
00:46:18,442 --> 00:46:21,742
that Navarro is one of the top collegiate
cheer teams in the USA?

956
00:46:22,279 --> 00:46:23,449
We did not know that.

957
00:46:23,530 --> 00:46:24,490
No.

958
00:46:24,573 --> 00:46:28,203
- No, I didn't know that.
- Wow. That is awesome to know that, but...

959
00:46:28,285 --> 00:46:29,655
I did not know it.

960
00:46:29,745 --> 00:46:34,415
The problem is that cheerleading
is both an extracurricular activity

961
00:46:34,500 --> 00:46:35,500
and a sport.

962
00:46:36,084 --> 00:46:39,924
So, there's a constant tension
between being the spirit leader

963
00:46:40,005 --> 00:46:41,165
for your community

964
00:46:41,715 --> 00:46:43,425
but also being an unbelievable athlete.

965
00:47:10,452 --> 00:47:11,582
Are we ready to start?

966
00:47:13,831 --> 00:47:16,291
Every successful pep rally

967
00:47:16,875 --> 00:47:20,045
is for the purpose
of firing up the team, right?

968
00:47:20,128 --> 00:47:20,958
Yeah.

969
00:47:21,046 --> 00:47:23,506
Getting the team ready to compete!

970
00:47:25,676 --> 00:47:28,926
And here to introduce those outstanding,

971
00:47:29,513 --> 00:47:32,063
high-energy team members

972
00:47:32,516 --> 00:47:34,386
is the 13-time...

973
00:47:35,060 --> 00:47:37,350
National Cheer,

974
00:47:37,437 --> 00:47:38,897
five-time...

975
00:47:39,523 --> 00:47:41,363
Grand National Cheer...

976
00:47:43,318 --> 00:47:45,488
...champion coach...

977
00:47:46,655 --> 00:47:52,365
Monica Aldama!

978
00:47:55,664 --> 00:47:58,964
Wow! Dr. Fegan,
I don't know if you realize it or not,

979
00:47:59,042 --> 00:48:01,092
but you have just secured your spot

980
00:48:01,169 --> 00:48:04,299
at our next pep rally as the leader.

981
00:48:04,381 --> 00:48:06,721
One of the best cheerleaders
I've ever seen, so thank you.

982
00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:09,850
Okay.

983
00:48:10,596 --> 00:48:12,846
My husband and I both grew up here,

984
00:48:12,931 --> 00:48:14,391
went to Corsicana High School,

985
00:48:14,474 --> 00:48:16,604
raised our children here.

986
00:48:16,685 --> 00:48:17,725
Okay.

987
00:48:17,811 --> 00:48:21,191
...worked with a lot of kids,
and we've done a lot of performances

988
00:48:21,273 --> 00:48:22,943
in the community over the years.

989
00:48:23,025 --> 00:48:25,145
But today, we thought it would be fun

990
00:48:25,235 --> 00:48:27,605
to kind of touch on the pride that we have

991
00:48:27,696 --> 00:48:28,906
from being from Texas.

992
00:48:31,450 --> 00:48:33,080
So, here they go.

993
00:49:09,613 --> 00:49:10,573
Come on, y'all.

994
00:49:25,087 --> 00:49:27,087
Obviously, I'm very competitive.

995
00:49:28,548 --> 00:49:32,508
My goal was to be the best cheer program
in the country.

996
00:49:35,305 --> 00:49:36,305
I did that,

997
00:49:36,598 --> 00:49:39,638
but every year,
the standard gets higher and higher

998
00:49:39,726 --> 00:49:41,016
in what you have to do.

999
00:49:41,853 --> 00:49:44,653
If you want to be one of the top teams
at the competition,

1000
00:49:45,357 --> 00:49:47,067
then you have to step it up.

1001
00:49:47,734 --> 00:49:49,994
She always studies
and she always looks at routines.

1002
00:49:50,070 --> 00:49:53,200
She always looks at other teams
and what's our next step

1003
00:49:53,281 --> 00:49:54,571
to, like, go even further

1004
00:49:54,866 --> 00:49:57,116
because cheerleading evolves every year.

1005
00:49:57,995 --> 00:49:59,195
In the beginning,

1006
00:49:59,287 --> 00:50:02,827
pyramids were getting on all fours
and people stacking each other up.

1007
00:50:02,916 --> 00:50:05,126
And they used to build a pyramid
and hold it.

1008
00:50:05,460 --> 00:50:06,960
Well, now it's you hit

1009
00:50:07,462 --> 00:50:09,922
and transition
and transition and transition.

1010
00:50:10,632 --> 00:50:12,802
And that's the way the scores work.

1011
00:50:12,884 --> 00:50:14,934
You know, you're gonna score more
if it's a harder skill.

1012
00:50:16,179 --> 00:50:20,179
I don't think
we've had a pyramid this hard ever before.

1013
00:50:20,851 --> 00:50:22,101
That's what we're reaching for,

1014
00:50:22,185 --> 00:50:24,515
and that's
what we're probably going to achieve.

1015
00:50:25,105 --> 00:50:26,395
It's... It's insane.

1016
00:50:29,026 --> 00:50:33,316
There's a constant push
for it to create that kind of moment of

1017
00:50:33,405 --> 00:50:35,985
"Wow!
Can't believe they just did that."

1018
00:50:36,575 --> 00:50:38,655
And, of course,
many people would argue it's why,

1019
00:50:38,744 --> 00:50:41,754
um, there's been such an increase
in injuries as well.

1020
00:50:41,830 --> 00:50:45,250
Because, right now,
of women's athletic activities,

1021
00:50:45,333 --> 00:50:47,633
cheerleading accounts
for the highest number

1022
00:50:47,711 --> 00:50:49,091
of catastrophic injuries.

1023
00:50:50,047 --> 00:50:53,007
Sometimes,
when you see them flying so high,

1024
00:50:53,091 --> 00:50:57,141
you know, I am just alway praying
that they have somebody to catch them

1025
00:50:57,220 --> 00:50:58,470
because they are up there.

1026
00:50:59,181 --> 00:51:03,311
And I have been here one time
when one was flying and got hurt.

1027
00:51:03,852 --> 00:51:08,232
And I remember exactly how it sounded
when that person screamed.

1028
00:51:12,819 --> 00:51:13,819
How're you feeling?

1029
00:51:13,904 --> 00:51:14,744
Great.

1030
00:51:14,821 --> 00:51:16,111
Are you?

1031
00:51:16,198 --> 00:51:17,948
- Are you lying?
- No.

1032
00:51:18,033 --> 00:51:19,793
- Do you have a headache?
- Right now?

1033
00:51:19,868 --> 00:51:20,738
- Yes.
- No.

1034
00:51:20,827 --> 00:51:22,657
Okay,
I want you to put your feet together.

1035
00:51:23,663 --> 00:51:24,873
I want you to close your eyes.

1036
00:51:24,956 --> 00:51:27,376
I want you to take the tip of your finger,
the very tip,

1037
00:51:27,459 --> 00:51:30,169
and I want you to touch
the tip of your nose just like this.

1038
00:51:30,253 --> 00:51:31,593
We were working on pyramid,

1039
00:51:31,671 --> 00:51:34,381
and we were trying something new
for the first time,

1040
00:51:34,466 --> 00:51:38,636
and it, like, kind of went wrong,
and I flipped off the side of the pyramid

1041
00:51:38,720 --> 00:51:41,260
and hit my head on someone else's head,

1042
00:51:41,348 --> 00:51:43,098
and I felt nauseous,

1043
00:51:43,183 --> 00:51:45,273
and I, like, ran to the bathroom
and threw up.

1044
00:51:45,352 --> 00:51:48,732
- Don't move your head.
- But Cameron's been testing me,

1045
00:51:48,814 --> 00:51:52,904
and he says I have, like,
the symptoms from a concussion.

1046
00:51:53,193 --> 00:51:54,033
Yeah.

1047
00:51:54,694 --> 00:51:55,824
Sit down, guys!

1048
00:51:55,904 --> 00:51:58,204
Um, just sit out
for the rest of the day.

1049
00:51:58,281 --> 00:52:00,281
And then, I wanna see you again
tomorrow morning,

1050
00:52:00,367 --> 00:52:02,537
and I wanna review your symptoms again,
okay?

1051
00:52:02,619 --> 00:52:03,449
Okay.

1052
00:52:03,537 --> 00:52:05,077
All right, here we go.

1053
00:52:05,163 --> 00:52:07,583
You have two minutes
to be ready for pyramid.

1054
00:52:07,666 --> 00:52:08,786
We got it, guys.

1055
00:52:14,840 --> 00:52:16,130
- Ready all?
- Yes.

1056
00:52:16,216 --> 00:52:17,966
- Ready?
- Come on, keep her up.

1057
00:52:18,051 --> 00:52:20,051
- And one, two, three, four, five,
- Keep her up.

1058
00:52:20,137 --> 00:52:21,677
six, seven. Good. One--

1059
00:52:24,891 --> 00:52:26,561
Are you all right, Jerry?

1060
00:52:26,643 --> 00:52:27,773
Hey, Sherbs.

1061
00:52:27,853 --> 00:52:31,653
Make it fluid, but control it
a little slower to where they can see it.

1062
00:52:33,358 --> 00:52:36,148
Okay, this is gonna be weird,
but it's fine.

1063
00:52:39,990 --> 00:52:41,910
You can cut quite a bit off
right there

1064
00:52:41,992 --> 00:52:45,452
- if you want, you know.
- Looks good.

1065
00:52:46,037 --> 00:52:47,367
You're doing great, sweetheart.

1066
00:52:47,455 --> 00:52:50,745
If you want to get a tissue
so you can, like, hold it

1067
00:52:51,126 --> 00:52:53,626
and, like, of course,
the blood will get on your hands,

1068
00:52:53,712 --> 00:52:56,422
- so just take it off when it does.
- Okay.

1069
00:52:56,506 --> 00:52:58,586
And one, two, three, four, five...

1070
00:52:58,675 --> 00:53:00,885
Seven, eight. One, two, three.

1071
00:53:01,970 --> 00:53:04,850
My God.

1072
00:53:05,348 --> 00:53:06,928
Somebody else's knee won.

1073
00:53:07,017 --> 00:53:09,137
Hey, Sherbs,
is your face close to her leg?

1074
00:53:09,978 --> 00:53:11,978
Yeah, it looked really close to her leg.

1075
00:53:12,480 --> 00:53:14,480
I don't know, but that scared me.

1076
00:53:14,566 --> 00:53:17,646
Watch your-- Watch your knee
in her face, Brooke.

1077
00:53:17,736 --> 00:53:18,856
All right, here we go.

1078
00:53:18,945 --> 00:53:20,025
Hit this.

1079
00:53:20,322 --> 00:53:22,412
One, two, three, four, five...

1080
00:53:22,741 --> 00:53:24,741
Seven, eight. One, two, three.

1081
00:53:27,913 --> 00:53:29,583
She got kicked in the head, man.

1082
00:53:30,790 --> 00:53:33,920
- I love pyramid practice.
- Boo-boo.

1083
00:53:34,836 --> 00:53:36,496
Pyramids are the best.

1084
00:53:36,630 --> 00:53:38,170
Is your head throbbing right now?

1085
00:53:39,257 --> 00:53:40,507
Try to look up.

1086
00:53:41,718 --> 00:53:42,718
Did that hurt?

1087
00:53:43,178 --> 00:53:44,138
It hurts?

1088
00:53:44,221 --> 00:53:46,141
I want you to stand
on your left foot.

1089
00:53:46,723 --> 00:53:48,563
Hands on your hips. Close your eyes.

1090
00:53:54,397 --> 00:53:55,687
Five, six, seven, eight.

1091
00:53:55,774 --> 00:53:59,824
One, two, three, up, four, easy...
Seven, and...

1092
00:53:59,903 --> 00:54:02,363
One two, three, four...

1093
00:54:02,447 --> 00:54:04,117
We're trying to get this part down.

1094
00:54:04,199 --> 00:54:05,699
That way,
we can put the rest together.

1095
00:54:05,784 --> 00:54:08,584
But we're still working on something
we already worked on earlier today.

1096
00:54:08,662 --> 00:54:10,582
So, let's keep the talking to a minimum.

1097
00:54:12,415 --> 00:54:15,835
Stop freaking out.
Just-- I'm gonna catch you.

1098
00:54:16,253 --> 00:54:18,383
Open your eyes.
Follow my finger.

1099
00:54:19,005 --> 00:54:21,215
Okay, hey!
Let's-- Let's just do the walking--

1100
00:54:21,299 --> 00:54:24,389
Or we could always bump this two counts
and then bump it back

1101
00:54:24,469 --> 00:54:25,679
after we know it's safe.

1102
00:54:25,762 --> 00:54:27,512
- Like, bump it faster?
- Yeah.

1103
00:54:27,597 --> 00:54:30,387
- Yeah, yeah. This is the slow version.
- Yeah, I know.

1104
00:54:30,475 --> 00:54:32,185
- Okay. I think two counts would be fine.
- Yeah.

1105
00:54:32,769 --> 00:54:35,149
- That's gonna...
- Be tight?

1106
00:54:35,230 --> 00:54:38,070
I mean... We have to see it
because the counts will be different.

1107
00:54:38,149 --> 00:54:41,149
We're gonna bump it two counts
to make it safer, you think that even--

1108
00:54:41,236 --> 00:54:43,446
No. If we bump it to make it safer,
then it'll be fine.

1109
00:54:43,530 --> 00:54:45,160
Just stay in a dark room,

1110
00:54:45,240 --> 00:54:47,410
don't look at your phone,
bright light, okay?

1111
00:54:47,492 --> 00:54:48,542
- Okay.
- That's all.

1112
00:54:48,618 --> 00:54:50,078
Just sit out the rest of the day.

1113
00:54:50,161 --> 00:54:52,041
Y'all, get set. Let's go.

1114
00:54:52,122 --> 00:54:54,082
Here we go! Listen!

1115
00:54:54,165 --> 00:54:55,205
Catch her no matter what.

1116
00:54:55,292 --> 00:54:57,132
You guys are there,
so don't freak out.

1117
00:54:57,210 --> 00:54:59,170
You're a Navarro cheerleader,
you can do it!

1118
00:54:59,254 --> 00:55:00,764
- Gonna be tight.
- Ready?

1119
00:55:01,840 --> 00:55:02,920
Hey! Focus, please.

1120
00:55:03,008 --> 00:55:04,088
Quiet!

1121
00:55:04,509 --> 00:55:05,719
And one...

1122
00:55:05,802 --> 00:55:08,932
One, two, three, four, lean.
Seven, and...

1123
00:55:09,014 --> 00:55:11,814
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.

1124
00:55:11,891 --> 00:55:14,441
Easy, one, three, five...

1125
00:55:15,020 --> 00:55:17,150
seven. And one, two--

1126
00:55:17,230 --> 00:55:19,940
Wow.

1127
00:55:20,400 --> 00:55:22,570
We're knocking 'em out
left and right.

1128
00:55:24,362 --> 00:55:25,452
That was fun.

1129
00:55:34,998 --> 00:55:36,248
You gotta love pyramids.

1130
00:55:36,333 --> 00:55:38,043
- Push-ups.
- Fifty push-ups.

1131
00:55:38,126 --> 00:55:41,296
She put her butt on my head.
Or her foot, I... I don't know.

1132
00:55:41,379 --> 00:55:44,669
I just-- Whatever started coming down
and stuff started hitting me, so I just...

1133
00:55:46,134 --> 00:55:48,144
What's with the push-ups?

1134
00:55:48,345 --> 00:55:51,385
50. 'Cause, um, she hit the ground.
'Cause no one caught her.

1135
00:55:51,973 --> 00:55:53,773
I thought my head caught her, though.

1136
00:55:53,850 --> 00:55:57,520
I think this is a sign
that we need a break from pyramids.

1137
00:55:58,355 --> 00:55:59,895
I love you.

1138
00:55:59,981 --> 00:56:02,781
- All right, we'll call it a day.
- Let's go, circle up.

1139
00:56:02,859 --> 00:56:05,699
I hope everyone got, like,
the goofing off out of your system,

1140
00:56:05,779 --> 00:56:07,569
because just everyone needs to be
more focused

1141
00:56:07,655 --> 00:56:09,155
and more checked in to Daytona season

1142
00:56:09,240 --> 00:56:10,990
because it's already here

1143
00:56:11,701 --> 00:56:14,201
and we all need to take it
a little bit more seriously.

1144
00:56:14,287 --> 00:56:18,117
Like, going into this next week,
it's gonna be, like, a dogfight, really.

1145
00:56:18,208 --> 00:56:20,418
Everyone wants to be on the mat.
Everyone's gonna be trying their hardest.

1146
00:56:20,502 --> 00:56:22,342
But make sure
you're taking care of your body

1147
00:56:22,420 --> 00:56:24,380
and, like, you're having the best attitude
you can,

1148
00:56:24,464 --> 00:56:26,514
whether or not
you're about to be in the 20 or not.

1149
00:56:26,758 --> 00:56:30,048
Most people would love to be
one of the 20 on mat,

1150
00:56:30,637 --> 00:56:33,347
so they will do anything it takes
to make that happen.

1151
00:56:33,431 --> 00:56:35,231
Okay. Lift your arms.

1152
00:56:35,308 --> 00:56:36,308
Close your eyes.

1153
00:56:36,393 --> 00:56:38,853
There are gonna be injuries.
That's how the sport goes.

1154
00:56:38,937 --> 00:56:40,937
This is serious.
This isn't something that...

1155
00:56:41,022 --> 00:56:43,612
This isn't <i>Bring It On. </i>As much
as we love the movies, it's not.

1156
00:56:43,691 --> 00:56:46,531
- God, grant us the serenity.
- God, grant us the serenity.

1157
00:56:46,986 --> 00:56:50,366
But whatever Monica
needs to get done, they will do it.

1158
00:56:50,448 --> 00:56:51,698
...and the wisdom
to know the difference.

1159
00:56:51,783 --> 00:56:53,163
- Amen!
- Amen.

1160
00:56:53,243 --> 00:56:56,543
One, two, three.

1161
00:56:56,621 --> 00:56:59,751
- Dogs, stiff where?
- Yeah!

1162
00:57:00,041 --> 00:57:02,671
Y'all, sets of ten burpees
for all the talkin'.

1163
00:57:02,752 --> 00:57:05,132
Five, six, seven, and, one.

1164
00:57:06,214 --> 00:57:07,924
- Two!
- All three top girls are out.

1165
00:57:08,007 --> 00:57:10,047
- I know.
- Come on, Jerry.

1166
00:57:10,927 --> 00:57:14,387
Monica's gonna love me
when I hold out three of her girls.

1167
00:57:14,472 --> 00:57:17,182
That's the pyramid, right there.