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Cheer Tiers
All Star Cheer is divided by age and experience to so that athletes may participate at a level that suits them, with USASF clubs offering teams in various divisions. FUNdamentals: Fun and noncompetitive 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. CheerABILITIES: Supports Exceptional Athletes with a can-do attitude in an All Star environment that builds independence, self-confidence and fosters positive social interaction and peer support.
Levels
All Star CHEER
Structure
Levels differentiate skill level in All Star cheer, mostly pertaining to tumbling and stunting. Here are the levels and examples of skills you may see in each.
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 connected to a handspring, prep level single-leg stunts, extended two-footed stunts, halftwisting 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, fulltwisting dismounts, extended single-leg stunts
Level 4: standing tucks, running layouts, fulltwisting mounts to extended two-footed stunts, double-twisting dismounts from two-footed 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, double-twisting mounts / dismounts and advanced release moves.
Level 7: tumbling is comparable to level 6, freeflipping mounts, flipping tosses, 2.5-high pyramids( an athlete holding an athlete who is holding another athlete).
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