In this episode, we’re joined by Megan Ballard, a strength and conditioning specialist who has made a major impact in the world of cheerleading. Megan has worked with some of the most elite programs in the industry, including California Allstars, Stingrays Allstars, CheerVille and Top Gun, bringing her expertise to the athletes at the highest level.

Megan breaks down the crucial difference between strength training and conditioning, sharing practical ways athletes can incorporate both to increase performance, endurance, and overall output on the mat. She also takes a hard look at the current training methods across the industry, highlighting where many programs fall short—and how they can take their athletic development to the next level.

Whether you’re a coach, athlete, or parent looking to better understand what it really takes to train smarter in cheerleading, this conversation is packed with insight you won’t want to miss.

Should any running tumbling to FULL be considered ADVANCED & DOUBLES be ELITE?

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World Champion and overall amazing human Javen Forman sits down with us to talk about end of season events and how to prepare for them. We also discuss the tryout process and different mentalities going into tryout season for athletes and parents.

Roman and Jimbo do a quick recap on the NCA predictions and reveal who won the prediction game.

Roman and Jimbo break down each of the senior divisions and a few international divisions competing in the ARENA at the NCA All-Star National Championships. They make their predictions of who they think is coming away victorious... Who will be correct???

Multi-Time World Champion Coach and Traveling Clinician Casey Ballou jumps on with the break down boys to talk tumbling, conspiracy theories and much more...

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Roman, Caleb and Jimbo have their first ever "CALL IN GUEST." And who better than the man, the myth, the legend... The one and only MATT KELLEY!

Listen as we ask Matt an array of questions about his life, his career, his thoughts on the cheer industry and some other interesting stuff.

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Roman and Jimbo sit down with 3 guests today to talk through comp week pressure and how different coaches perceive the entire week.

Guests:

Caleb Johnson

Andrew Luna

Austin Jackson

Roman and Jimbo sit down with Caleb and new guest Austin Jackson. They cover certain bucket list items they have personally and professionally along with getting to know Austin.

Roman, Caleb and Jimbo breakdown a few different thoughts around the cheer season and the current point of "crunch time". They also discuss different skills in routines currently and talk about the END OF ROUTINE struggle that happens around this time every year for most teams.

They also talk about Roman's latest progression in the MTB world and how it relates to the mountain bike trip they have coming up. Then they dig into their thoughts on Red Bull Rampage that recently happened and how insane it was!

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