On The Inside: Cheerleaders 1

This documentary is about All-Star Cheerleading. This originally aired in the fall on 1999 on the Discovery Channel. It follows 2 all girls teams and 2 coed teams from the gyms of Cheer Athletics, Gym Tyme, and World Cup as they prepare and compete at the 1999 NCA National Championships in Dallas,TX.
All Girl
Cheer Athletics: Panthers
World Cup: Shooting Stars
Coed
Cheer Athletics: Wildcats
Gym Tyme: Senior Platinum

[@indiesurfskate1]

16 years later, Gianni Denegri (whom coached the panthers at the time of this documentary) now coaches at Rockstar Cheer, and fills in for the Rolling Stones (their IOC5 team) when one of their boys quits day 1 at Worlds 2015. At 41 years old, he throws a standing full, bases, and even flies in the pyramid! The dedication that he has for this sport is phenomenal, and proves that you are never too old to be able to cheer if you set your mind to it

[@Greenkai3000]

Such a classic documentary. I know a lot of the people who were in the video, and who competed as Club Spirit in the Open Division. Thank you so much for sharing this!! Now, if I could only find MTV's True Life: I"m a Cheerleader show from 2001, somewhere on line.

[@christinegarrett8968]

OMG Club Spirit!! I cheered at Club Cheer way back in the day when this documentary was filmed and thought the coaches were the COOLEST still cheering at their "old age" (well, old to us at the time ha)

[@Xoxomaramber]

Omg this documentary was all the rage if you cheered back then. I was in 6th grade and cheered for spirit of Texas! Even though worlds didn't come around til 2004, very few teams competed and it wasn't til around 2007 that Worlds became the most sought after title. Brings back so many memories. The music and uniforms were cute for back then lol... Such a sign of the times!!

[@LexisGotSwag]

its cool to watch a documentary from the 90's =)

[@vanillamarshmallow]

I think it’s so cool that all 3 of these gyms are still around and thriving. Also I knew CA and WC were started in the 90s but I didn’t know GymTyme was! Neat.

[@mariahd.carbaugh3590]

I think It's even cooler seeing what CA was like so long ago...

[@madisynmurray3701]

Holy crap watching this reminds me of the first 7 years of cheering at my first gym and a girl I know went to CA I think 2007, but loving the uniform! Wish I still had my 2000-2003 uniform, bc all I can say that the hard pieces in the tops used to hurt my arms lol

[@lozzypop33]

There bows are soooo different compared 2 now days

[@madisynmurray3701]

Especially all the late 90s and 2000s music they used! Then we could use songs that came on the radio and now u can’t which is sad but dang I was always hyped up during when it comes to these music during practice

[@hannah-fayjohnson3192]

My birth mom had to leave cheer athletics in this year to have me! I saw her in this video, and she looks so much like me!!

[@InitialSHE]

are you adopted?

[@NathalieMa]

+InitialSHE her mom likely had her at 15-16

[@eyebleached]

8:48 and this is why I will always feel moved and respect wc coaches.

[@helolange1132]

Cheer Athletics's technique has always been on point omg

[@Letissiaskatetapes24]

@tingirl1999 13 years ago Worlds didn't exist. Worlds was first held in 2004. This documentary was shot in 1999. Back then NCA Allstar Nationals in Dallas was the biggest competition for this sport.

[@paulinavasylenko5922]

OG babs 😍

[@kaykay2031]

Shows how much World Cup has evolved. The high school girls then routine would of been amateur to the now Twinkles where the girls are half their age.

[@NiteOwl1224]

Brooke was my instructor at SMU college camp 2004!

[@SophieCheerBaby17]

omg this is so funny

[@LexisGotSwag]

their uniforms remind me more of high school uniforms lol but now you can definitely tell the difference

[@thunderclapmorgridge]

they were in transition then. If you watch blacks ox scandal movie about 1919 white soxs, or a movie about early football you will see the same transitions.

[@thunderclapmorgridge]

It was in 1999 when the video was shot. the video is 14 yrs old.

[@hannah-fayjohnson3192]

My mom is Brooke's primary base

[@Bellydance941]

Everything has changed so much about Cheer looking at this vid. It doesn't matter how well the uniforms look all gyms can't afford nice rhinestones , sparkles, or silk stuff. The stunts have changed so much. just everything has changed back then the uniforms were not all about crop tops or how short the skirts were they were not about how fancy they looked. The uniforms were just there to represent the teams and that's how I wished it still was. But things change.

[@sidneyloohoo99]

that might be the place everyone wants to win but still nca in dallas is bigger then worlds by a lot. just throwing that out there

[@meeperblugen]

I love how they're following flyers.. Do they not already get enough time in the spotlight? No one loves the backspots... We get put in the back and no one sees us

[@pineappleokay]

It was in 1999

[@fashiondina]

gabi sent me here(:

[@jenniferl.kotzur1002]

Who is the female narrator of the show? I remember watching this one time during all star practice

[@carakatie]

weird how they talk about qualifying for NCA but now just about anyone can go..

[@ashleywheelon4422]

Because they didn't have worlds NCA was a big deal.

[@BBBgYm]

This looks so dated.

[@93cheertastic]

the ugly uniforms get me everytime :), bahaa

[@Twilight19922008]

base bashing :( it is true though that everyone wants to be flyer