Competition Cheer

Basic competition classes are a great way to break into the sport of cheerleading.

Competiton classes are structured around learning the basics of cheer with stunts, tumble, jumps, dance and competing to have fun.

 

Novice is open for beginner All Star Cheer teams at Level 1 only, may that be brand new athletes/teams or just beginner athletes/teams within an established program; a gentle way of easing new coaches and beginner athletes into our sport and understanding how it all works.

The idea of Novice Cheer is for the athletes to perfect the very basic skills on the competition floor before attempting harder skills.

Novice team athletes are strictly not permitted to compete in any other cheer team Level 2 or above. However, they are permitted to cross over into a level 1 team.

Novice Cheer is not compulsory for new teams but an option. If your team competed in All Star during the season, you cannot move into Novice for Nationals (unless recommended by the organizers via judging panel at States).  

 

Novice Cheer teams will not have points deducted (unless extreme circumstance of putting athletes at risk of injury or unfixed warned skills from prior Championships); they will have warnings to initiate them into the rules of our sport. Nevertheless, any teams seen to be intentionally breaking the Novice RULES by repeat offending will be deducted with the full legality points for each illegal skill performed.  

The teams in the NOVICE Cheer sections will not be included in any Highest Scoring or Grand Champion awards. Novice also pays a slightly cheaper entry fee.

 

Both Weekly Team Trainings & All Competitions are mandatory. Students & their families are expected to make every effort to attend. Please look carefully at competition schedules & take into consideration travel/fees associated with each team. Appointments, being tired, family/friend's birthdays, dinners etc. are not a good enough excuse to be absent from your team trainings. Please schedule events for after or before classes, or on another night. Students with injuries or minor illness must still attend class to watch the training. This is to ensure students don’t fall behind their team/s learning any new choreography, changes, spacing &/or corrections as our Competitive Teams work through a lot each lesson.

 

Please refer to Injury/Illness Procedure below for more info (as also stated in our 2017 Info Booklet). Please note Upstage must be notified when a student will be absent prior to class commencing. Please call 9786-6555 or email info@upstagedanceandcheer.com

If planning a family holiday, please check our training and competition schedule.

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