School Cheer Guidelines:
All athletes must be academically eligible students at the school they represent and must be designated by school officials as spirit representatives for participation purposes or have clearance from FCDA.
Routines are up to 2 1/2 minutes. (3 minutes for Game Day)
When choosing between "Tumble or Non-Tumble", Tumbling means any foot overhead skill performed (this includes a forward roll).
Traditional Cheer vs Performance Cheer: "Traditional" style contains a cheer and is more crowd-leading/engaging whereas "Performance" is all music.
High School and Middle School routines will follow National Federation of State High School Association (NFHS) spirit guidelines.
The number of teams registered for each competition will determine if additional divisions will be offered. (e.g. CoEd, novice/ intermediate,/advanced, small or large.)
Elementary (Grades 6th and under), Elementary Mini (Grades 3rd and under)
Tumble or Non-Tumble
Perform skills for Level 2 (United Scoring Partners) and under. State your level with your registration.
Middle/Jr High (9th grade and under)
Traditional (routine contains cheer) or Performance (all music)
Tumble or Non-Tumble
State your level with your registration.
Jr Varsity (11th grade and under), Varsity and Co-Ed (12th grade and under)
Traditional (routine contains cheer) or Performance (all music)
Tumble or Non-Tumble
State your level with your registration.
Game Day
Game Day routines are up to 3 minutes and consist of a band chant, a situational sideline, a cheer, and your school's traditional fight song.
NOTE: Game Day focus is leading and energizing the crowd, with limited, more practical use of skills as crowd involvement and leadership is scored higher than the difficulty of skills and/or quantity of skills used.
Sample Scoresheets
Elementary School
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Jr High and High School
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