Full Out
Lessons in Life and Leadership from America's Favorite Coach
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
From the breakout star of Netflix’s Cheer, this motivational guide “will inspire you to aim high and succeed no matter what ‘getting on mat’ means in your life” (Gabi Butler, two-time national cheerleading champion and star of Cheer).
In Full Out, “the Bill Belichick of cheerleading” (The Cut) Coach Monica Aldama shares how she built one of the most successful and beloved cheerleading programs in the country. Her uncompromising brand of discipline and consistency goes far beyond the mat—showing how the principles of building a winning team apply to personal goals, the corporate world, parenting, and all aspects of life.
There’s a lot of talk these days about shortcuts and life hacks, but what really counts is commitment and integrity, helping your friends, and improving with your teammates. Coach Monica shares deeply personal stories of triumph and tragedy—from divorce and remarriage to her husband, her challenges as a young mother working more than full time, and her strenuous weeks on Dancing with the Stars. She shares surprising behind-the-scenes moments from the Cheer docuseries, and insights gleaned from more than two decades of pushing students to succeed. A true force and inspiration who has captured hearts around the world, Coach Monica “delivers the kind of down-to-earth advice we need to be fearless, make excellence a habit, and to bet on ourselves” (Whitney Cummings, comedian and author of I’m Fine… And Other Lies).
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Aldama, from Netflix's docuseries Cheer, takes her wisdom from the mat to the page in this heartening debut. Using her no-nonsense style, Aldama—who coaches at Navarro College in Corsicana, Tex.—helps readers apply to their own lives the tenets of cheerleading that she's used to lead her team to win 14 national championships. She advises on how to lead by example ("You can't try to change other people if you're not working on yourself"), prepping for success ("A $5 planner can change your life"), getting out of one's comfort zone (which Aldama was forced to do on Dancing with the Stars last fall), and seeking motivation wherever one goes. She also emphasizes the power of "mat talk"—or cheering for others and oneself ("Are you filling your mind with words of encouragement and self-love?" she asks readers)—and the importance of going "full out," a term used in cheer to describe "giving everything to the task at hand." Fans will appreciate the behind-the-scenes accounts she shares of filming the show—including how, after learning not to gasp every time someone did a "hard tumbling pass," the camera crew "became part of the team's choreography." There's lots to cheer for in Aldama's upbeat and practical advice. Margaret Riley King, WME Agency.