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Click For Full Article photo credit: Biz-Art Graphic As a performer, athlete, former gymnast and cheerleader, Roya (the Destroya) hasn’t ever let anyone say she can’t do anything. Break-dancing in New York, street performing throughout Europe and currently working with FRONTX in Belgium, she...

Recently college cheer basket safety rules came under serious revisions allowing All-Girl groups to be able to toss non-twisting baskets while allowing all-boy groups to toss up to ONLY single twisting basket variations, meaning skills such as arabian 1/2, pike open dubs, and simple double...

Starting this season baskets in college that involve flipping will only be allowed to twist if they’re being thrown by men. Three men to be exact, two male bases and one male back spot. A lot of the women I used to cheer with are obviously very angry about this. Thoughts? 2018-19 AACCA College...

Because if you’re not spending the summer studying terms like “released inversion” an “1 1/4 rotation,” are you really living your best life? Anyway, I’ve been poring over the rules trying to answer these questions for myself with my brand new NFHS app. However, cheer vernacular remains...

If you could have three rule changes to high school cheer, what would they be? Mine: 1. High to high tick tocks in elite section (non-braced) 2. Single-braced inversions (not rolls) 3. More than one trick in baskets Runner ups: 1. Flyers may support another flyer’s weight in a transition...

Click For Full Article The correct answer to the Individual Rules in Prep quiz is Legal. While there is an airborne inverted skill in the sequence a kip-up originating from the performance surface is the exception to the rule. Inverted skills: a. Non airborne skills must involve hand support...

Click For Full Article We will be looking at the Individual Rules in Prep this week. Please let us know if the choreography performed in the following video is Legal or Illegal in all Prep Categories.

Click For Full Article The correct answer to the Prep Rules quiz is the skill performed in the provided video is Illegal in Prep. Let’s walk through the Prep Rules document to see how we came to the ruling of illegal. 1. The skill performed is an Individual skill because there is no contact...

Click For Full Article Dear USASF Cheer Members: The USASF Cheer Rules and Early Release Age Grid for the 2018-19 season is now available in your member profile. Please read this email for full details before logging in. Based on broad member support, the greatest near term opportunities from...

Click For Full Article This week we are going to use the Prep Rules to determine the legality of a skill. Please let us know if the inverted skill in the video is allowed in Prep.

Click For Full Article Dear USASF Cheer Members: The USASF Cheer Rules and Age Grid for the 2018-19 season will be available in your member profile on February 15th. While this is a non-rules-change year, there are some new opportunities offered in the Age Grid that will be helpful to all...

The USASF Cheer Rules and Age Grid for the 2018-19 season will be available in your member profile on February 15th. While this is a non-rules-change year, there are some new opportunities offered in the Age Grid that will be helpful to all programs - new or established; small or large. Please...

Click For Full Article Dear USASF Cheer Members: We are very excited to unveil all of the hard work by our membership with the creation of our 2018-2019 Cheer Safety Rules and Age Grid. The new opportunities that will be available to you to grow your program and All Star are a direct result of...

Click For Full Article The correct answer to the Hip Over Head Rule – Groups & Pairs quiz is the skill is LEGAL in Tiny & Mini Jazz. Rule 3 is the Hip Over Head Rotation Rules and it states: Hip-over-head rotation of the Executing Dancer(s) is allowed provided: a. Contact between the Executing...

Click For Full Article For this week’s quiz we are going to take a look at the Hip Over Head Rotation Rule in Groups & Pairs. Is the skill in the video Legal or Illegal in Tiny & Mini Jazz?

Click For Full Article The correct answer to the Hip Over Head Rotation – Individual Rule 2c quiz is Youth & Junior. The skills in the video would first become Legal in the Youth & Junior Division(s). In Tiny & Mini Pom and Jazz Rule 2c. states: 2) Skills with hip-over-head rotation: c)...

Im not sure if there is another thread I can refer to to post this question/concern but this is something that has been sitting on my mind for quite some time now and i'm curious to hear others opinions and thoughts! Often times as a coach, I find myself feeling guilty for the removal of an...

Click For Full Article For this week’s quiz we are going to work on identifying progressions across the Divisions by looking at Individual Rule 2c. In what Division(s) (Level) will the skills in the video first become Legal?

Click For Full Article The correct answer to the PREP Groups & Pairs Rule 4 Quiz is the skill, as performed in the video, becomes Illegal when the Executing Dancer is inverted and no longer in contact with the performance surface. PREP Rule 4 states: The Executing Dancer cannot be inverted in...

Click For Full Article This week’s quiz will have us taking a look at PREP Groups & Pairs Rule 4. Please let us know when the skill becomes Illegal in PREP categories. Make sure to take a look at the last quiz and clarification.