Sonic Cheer, Dickinson, Texas

At SONIC CHEER we believe that every child who wishes to participate in our competitive cheerleading program should be allowed to do so, even if they have never had any previous cheer experience. One of our top priorities is to take new students and train them to become champion athletes. (“It is easy to be on a winning team; it takes courage to build a winning team.” – Anonymous) Therefore, SONIC CHEER will never turn any child away. With that said, we will have a team for every age and skill level.

The following are the required age divisions for competitive cheerleading. The ages as of August 31, 2010.

Tiny – 5 years and under
Mini – 8 years and under
Youth – 11 years and under
Junior – 14 years and under
Senior – 18 years and under

Within those age divisions are the following1 through 5 skill level divisions and their tumbling criteria according to the cheer industry:

LEVEL	STANDING TUMBLING	RUNNING TUMBLING
Level 1	Forward/backward roll, front/back walkovers, cartwheels	Round-off, front/back walkovers
Level 2	Back handspring	Round-off, back handspring
Level 3	Back handspring series, jumps to back handspring series	Round-off back tuck, round-off back handspring back tuck
Level 4	Back handspring back tuck, standing back tuck	Round-off back handspring layout, front tumbling to layout
Level 5	Any combination of jumps connected to a standing back tuck or full	Round-off back handspring full, higher tumbling passes

The athlete will be placed on a team based not only on their cheerleading skills (jumps, motions, dance, stunting, and tumbling), but also on their attitude, sportsmanship, moral conduct, work ethic, attendance, and commitment.

SONIC CHEER reserves the right to combine, change or adjust any of our team rosters at any time during the course of the season in order to enhance the competitiveness and cohesiveness that is required of all-star squads. Athletes whose skills digress at any point in the season may be moved from their present team to another team which is more appropriate for their skill level. On the other hand, advancement is also possible if the staff determines that an athlete has earned the right to be promoted to another team.