Why You’re Not Getting the Routine You Paid For

There's a real difference between a good routine and a great one — and Dan's spent years figuring out why some gyms consistently get the second and most don't. In this episode, he breaks down the six things that quietly sabotage a choreography session before the choreographer even shows up. Dan gets specific, including calling out his own World's team as an example: his large coed program is heading into choreography with 34 athletes (trying to build to 38) but not enough tumbling to match, while his senior medium four — 32 kids on a team of 30, with 26 standing tucks and 22 one-and-a-half twist tucks — is walking in clean. He covers building your team correctly before choreography starts, what your choreographer actually needs to know ahead of time (and when to tell them), why skipping motion and performance training backfires, how interrupting your choreographer's flow or checking out during the session tanks the final product, and why "we'll fix it later" almost always creates bigger problems at competition. He closes with a few bonus tips, including one on just taking care of your choreographer as a person. Before you dive in, make sure you're in the Cheer Gym Owners and All-Star Cheer Coaches and Owners Facebook groups. And if you want to work directly with Dan and his team, the last 2026 Cheer Biz Accelerator event still has spots open — happening in November at Oregon Dream Teams in Portland, Oregon (the Missouri event is already sold out).