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Podcast: The Cheer Biz Podcast
Episode: Rethinking Tryouts: How to Streamline Team Placements for Success
Description: Tryout season is one of the most crucial times of the year for a cheer gym, and how you run your evaluations can make or break your season. In this episode of The Cheer Biz Podcast, Dan Cotton breaks down how and why he structures team placements the way he does at Oregon Dream Teams.
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Listen in as Dan shares:
 Why he prefers evaluations over traditional tryouts
 How using a tiered registration system increases early commitment
 The role of skill rubrics, level evaluations, and athlete tracking
 Why stunting isn’t a primary fa...