What is
The
All Star Structure
What is
CHEER AND DANCE TIERS
All Star Cheer and Dance are divided into categories by age and experience so that an athlete may participate in a way that fits them perfectly . USASF member clubs may offer teams in any or all of the following divisions :
FUNDAMENTALS : fun and non-competitive for first-time All Star athletes . NOVICE : focuses on strengthening technique and performance skills to prepare for prep or elite teams . PREP : a competitive team with limited tumbling , less time and cost commitment . ELITE : high-performance level with strong cheer training and solid technical ability .
THE LEVELS
When All Star began as a sport , there were no levels , minimal rules and vastly fewer teams . Now there could be as many as 1500 teams at a competition ! Levels are necessary to differentiate skill level in all aspects of All Star , mostly pertaining to tumbling and stunting . Here are the levels and BRIEF examples of skills you may see in each level :
LEVEL 1 : cartwheels , round-offs , forward and backward rolls , front and back walkovers , knee or waist level single-leg stunts , two-footed preps , straight cradles LEVEL 2 : back handsprings , front handsprings , Level 1 tumbling
Rr connected to a handspring , prep level single-leg stunts , extended twofooted stunts Stucruw , half-twisting mounts , barrel rolls , begin basket tosses LEVEL 3 : running tucks , standing series back handsprings , jumps connected to standing back handspring , full-twisting mounts to prep , full-twisting dismounts , extended single-leg stunts LEVEL 4 : standing tucks , running layouts , full-twisting mounts to extended two-footed stunts , double-twisting dismounts from twofooted stunts , release moves to extended single-leg stunt LEVEL 5 : standing tumbling to layout and running tumbling to fulls , full-twisting mounts to extended level , begin double-twisting mounts , twisting release moves to extended level , double-twisting dismounts from extended single-leg LEVEL 6 : standing and running tumbling to double fulls , doubletwisting mounts / dismounts and advanced release moves . LEVEL 7 : tumbling is comparable to level 6 , free-flipping mounts , flipping tosses , 2.5-high pyramids ( an athlete holding an athlete who is holding another athlete )
All Star Prep ?
All Star Prep divisions enable athletes to participate with less time and cost commitment . Many clubs offer Prep for half-year teams and some use it as an introduction to prepare athletes for traditional teams . The differences between All Star Prep and traditional All Star include :
• The routine is only 2:00 minutes as opposed to 2:30 .
• No basket tosses allowed .
• At a two-day competition , Prep only competes one of the days .
• Scoring may not be as strict for Prep , possibly enabling a team to max out in a category without a full-team skill .