Academy of Gymnastics, Tumbling, and Cheer

We invite you to come join our newest addition to Didion Athletics, “The All Star Twisters!”. 

If you are interested, please contact Mike.

Didion Athletics is very excited to introduce the latest addition to our coaching staff: Brook Woodruff and Laura Hulett! We are a little spoiled to deserve such talented coaches and can’t wait for this years cheer competition season.!!!

Brooke Woodruff grew up in Lonoke, Arkansas. She attended a dance and gymnastics studio for five years. She then became a cheerleader for her school’s sports team for four years. She received All-Star recognition during her junior and senior years. She then attended the University of Central Arkansas and was a member of the dance team in 2000. Brooke currently lives in Van Buren and teaches at Butterfield Junior High School. She assisted the Butterfield cheer sponsor in coaching the state champion BJH cheer squad. She is the Blazerette dance team coach for the 2007-‘08 school year. This year, the Blazerettes won 2nd place at regional dance competitions and first place in two dance categories at state competitions. Brooke loves coaching young people! She wants them to be positive athletes, and she prides herself in teaching students excellent work ethic, which will help them be successful on the gym floor and in other areas of their life as well. You are going to love the enthusiasm and talent Brooke brings to the Didion Twisters cheer team!

Laura Hulett, was born and raised in Newport, Arkansas. She participated in dance and gymnastics throughout her childhood until she became a cheerleader in junior high school. Laura was on her high school’s cheerleading squad for four years. During that time, the squad received a bid to Nationals two years in a row. Her junior year they attended Nationals in Dallas, Texas and placed 21st in the nation. After graduation, she attended the University of Arkansas and graduated with a B.S.E. in Communication Disorders. Laura has her Masters degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from Arkansas State University and was a state rehabilitation counselor for the state of Arkansas. Currently, she is completing her dissertation to finish her Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Education and Research at the University of Arkansas. Laura’s teaching experience includes Montessori preschool in Fayetteville (1 ½ to 3 year olds), 4th grade in Lincoln, AR, and currently she is a 6th grade teacher at Northridge Middle School. While teaching in Lincoln, she took on the role of High School Cheerleading Coach. She coached a talented group of young athletes who placed State Champions in their division. Laura loves teaching and is very excited to get back into coaching cheer. Laura’s excitement and energy will be a great asset to the Didion Twisters cheer team!

Cost
All-Star Cheerleading is not for every one! All-Star Cheerleading is expensive and time consuming. We are trying to be up front as much as possible, so that you can under stand the future financial obligations. There are lots of cost factors that you have to take in consideration. On top of your monthly tuition fees, the expense of uniforms, shoes, make up, and music mixing, there is an additional cost of competition fees and general admission to competition. Other expenses which a competitor will incur will include getting to the meets and back including but not limited to (Fuel, Food and Hotel stay). But, don’t let us steer you wrong. You will have an opportunity to be a part of the ASTPA All Star Twist Parent Association. ASTPA will be a non profit organization that you the parent will be able to fund raise and help accrue the costs. The ASTPA is a not for every one and you due not have to fundraise in order to meet your dues, but it does help with the over all cost. This ASTPA organization will only be as effective and profitable, as you the parents make it.

Meet Schedule
We would like to try to go to as many meets as possible. We under stand that gas prices are high, so we will limit the far away competitions. There is a USASF competition schedule coming out April 18th. USASF is the United State All-Star Federation; this is the governing body of cheerleading and dance competition.

Pre Schedule competitions will be mandatory and are scheduled months in advance. Mandatory means even if you are sick, you will be expected to show up. This rule sounds really over rated, but one missing team member can throw the whole routine out of whack and every team member suffers.

Being that we are team orientated, we will meet some time in the future and decide as a team what competitions we would like to attend and how many. Officially, the more competitions we attend, the better the cheerleaders will get. There is more to life than going to cheer competition every weekend. We will limit how many out of town meets we attend. If you ever talk with other all star parents, you will understand what we are talking about.

Goals of the All Star program!
Besides being the best and creating really awesome cheerleaders, Didion Athletics staff and students will be forgoing a partnership to build personal growth, character, and self-esteem. Teaching life long fitness habits is very important. In addition, they learn perseverance and how to eliminate the fear of failures and to take responsibility for their own.

About Didion Athletics
Your child success is our child success. You will find our staff to be dedicated individuals who will inspire your kids in positive ways, forging positive growth in and outside of our gym. There will be no limit to your child success, just limits on their safety. You will find are staff and coaches to be very organized and knowable about gymnastics and cheerleading and the certification credentials to prove it!

All Star Twisters
All Star Twisters will be required to meet 2 hours twice a week in the summer and take an additional 1 hour tumbling class. In the Fall they will meet 1.5 hours weekly and the extra tumbling class will be optional, but students could still receive the same special summer team tumbling discount. As of right now, the attentive schedule for the Summer and the Fall will look something like this!

Fall

If you are interested, please contact Mike.