Cheer Dads Unfiltered – Episode 4: Christmas Break, Private Lessons & Gearing Up for Comp Season

Cheer Dads Unfiltered – Episode 4

In this episode, we hit pause before the chaos.

Recorded right after Christmas, Episode 4 is all about reflecting on the first five months of competitive cheer. From August tryouts to the doorstep of competition season.

With a rare full week off from practices, we talk through:

• What Christmas looks like when cheer sneaks into the house anyway

• How our daughters handled their first real break from cheer

• Why private lessons quietly make a massive difference

• The confidence boost that comes from small wins (hello crystal animals 🐾)

• What cheer has changed for us as dads — presence, perspective, and slowing down

• How the cheer community (and the dads upstairs 👀) formed naturally over time

We also look ahead to what’s coming fast:

• First competition nerves

• What comp season is really going to demand from families

• Our evolving role as cheer dads on competition days

• And why this next chapter is going to feel very different

This episode closes out Chapter One of Cheer Dads Unfiltered.
Starting next episode, we’re officially in real-time competition season mode — weekly episodes, raw reactions, wins, losses, and everything in between.

If you’re a cheer parent, cheer dad, or just figuring it out as you go, you’re in the right place.

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