Perry Cheerleading
2025-2026
Tryout Information
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Recommended Skills
*We encourage all athletes to try out, regardless of experience. You never know what areas you could excel in that earn you a spot on the team.*
Varsity CheerStanding Tuck required
Jumps to tuck required
Two bhs to tuck required
Round off back handspring layout required
Variety tumbling encouraged
Advanced stunting skills (Heel Stretch full down, 360s to the top/ 1.5s, various inversion & release skills (back handspring ups/ hand to hands, switch up full ups etc.)
Exemplary Jumps including Jumps series to tuck/ bhs tuck
Dance and Cheer with Proper Motions (Clean and Sharp)
Exemplary Fitness test score-Fitness test may consist of a timed mile, sprints, sit-ups, and push-ups
JV Cheer
Standing two back handsprings Required
Roundoff back handspring tuck required
Intermediate Stunt skills (Extension full down, Liberty Cradle, 360 to the top, round off ups etc.)
Jumps and Jumps to standing back handspring/ bhs series
Dance and Cheer with proper motions (Clean and Sharp!)
Exemplary Fitness test score-Fitness test may consist of a timed mile, sprints, sit-ups, and push-ups
Freshman Cheer:
Standing back handspring and round off back handspring required.
Standing tuck and round off back handspring series or preferred.
Basic Stunt knowledge (Extension Cradle, lib cradle) Jumps Dance and Cheer with proper motions Exemplary Fitness test score-Fitness test may consist of a timed mile, sprints, sit-ups, and push-ups
Competitive Game Day:
Collegiate style sharp motions, with proper motion placement. Genuine enthusiasm. Clean variety of jumps with proper technique. Standing tuck preferred.
Time Commitment:
All Perry Pom and Cheer athletes are required to cheer at all home football games as well as girls' and boys' home basketball games. Varsity squads will also travel to away football games. All squads could travel for the basketball playoffs. There will be other MSE's (Mandatory Spirit Events) such as practices, assemblies, parades, fundraisers, competitions, and team events that will be worth points toward their spiritline class grade. Cheer is a heavy time committment to be compared to having a part time job.
- Tryout information packet & Application: Posted April 1st
- Current Puma Tryouts will be: April 21st-25th
- Incoming Puma Tryouts will be: July 29th-31st
- There are no exceptions to this schedule per AIA bylaws.
- The athlete & parent meeting for all interested athletes will be: Monday, April 7th, 6pm, C115 (Will be recorded and posted in BAND too)
- All athletes who make the program in the spring will attend mandatory summer training and camp.
- All athletes who are interested in trying out for the program in the Fall are invited to summer training and camp.
- Training will run Tues/Thurs in April and May and Mon-Thurs in June.
- Summer camp is June 28-July 2nd
- Round off back handspring full/ specialty pass preferred
- Whip through
- FWO through
- Cartwheel/ RO tucks
- Standing bhs to tucks
- Ariel through
- Standing tuck preferred
- Roundoff back handspring series to tuck/ layout preferred
