Rules / FAQ

Here are the rules for cheerleading stunt competitions, organized by division. Please review and ensure compliance with the guidelines:

All Divisions

Beginner,

** legal:**
- Any walk-in variation: Flyer must stay connected to the base.
- Walk-ins that disconnect from the base (e.g., walk-in 1.5).
- Straight toss stunts to chest or extended level.
- Tick tock lib to lib.
- Body positions can be pulled after the tick tock is executed.
- Cupie pop overs.
- Straight cradles.
- Pop offs.

**Illegal:**
- Running stunts.
- Spins from the floor or air that do not stay connected the entire time.
- Body positions cannot be pulled immediately from a tick tock.
- Spinning dismounts.
- Flipping dismounts.
- Walk-ins that disconnect from the base (e.g., walk-in 1.5).

 Intermediate
**Legal:**
- Up to one spin up (e.g., full up).
- Flipping stunts must have no spin and must land on 2 feet (e.g., BHS/FHS/cartwheel up).
- Hand in Hand only at prep level from floor or air.
- Tick tocks with body positions.
- Cupie pop overs.
- Spinning to cupie.
- 1 spin dismount from 2 feet, no body position.

**Illegal:**
- No spinning while flipping.
- No spin to and from cupie.
- No spin to body position.
- Flipping stunts that spin during the flip.
- Rewinds (back, front, or side).
- Flips that cannot land in a body position.
- Halos.
- Back Whip.
- Front Ariel.
- Running stunts.
- Hand in Hand extended, with other entrances (e.g., pop tart, half tart, diamodav, from BHS/FHS).
- Stunts from one arm (e.g., 1:1, one arm FHS) should not be confused with landing in a cupie.

 Advanced
**Legal:**
- Up to one spin and/or land in a body position (e.g., BHS/FHS/cartwheel/halo up or full up, full to feet).
- Front 1.5 legal to 2 feet.
- Full arounds 1.5.
- Front rewinds.
- Extended Hand in Hand with other entrances (e.g., pop tart, half tart, diamodav, from BHS/FHS).

**Illegal:**
- Front 1.5 to immediate body position.
- Double spin ups/arounds.
- Stunts from one arm (e.g., 1:1, one arm FHS).
- Flipping dismounts more than half a spin.
- Double downs from a body position.

Elite
**Legal:**
- Everything as long as performed safely.
- Any spins.

**Illegal:**
- Nothing, provided it is performed safely.

Get creative and have fun!