ADRENALINE CHEERLEADING – ABOUT US

A: We are an All Star Cheerleading program. We guide each athlete to live up to his or her full potential, while teaching the invaluable skills necessary to succeed on a team working towards a common goal. Our goal is to support the development of well-rounded individuals, who excel both in and outside of our gym. A strong emphasis is placed on skill technique and developmental progressions; each athlete is taught the importance of execution and strong foundations in all aspects of competitive cheerleading.

A: All Star cheerleading is a highly competitive sport. We do not cheer for other sports teams. Athletes perform a 2.5-minute routine that is composed of jumps, tumbling, stunts, pyramid, and a dance. This routine is performed and scored against other competitive teams at various local, national, and worldwide competitions.

Tumbling is when athletes perform moves such as: cartwheels, round offs, back handsprings etc. Stunts are when a group that is composed of 2 bases and a backspot are lifting a flyer in the air. Pyramids are a form of stunting, where stunts are performed as a large group and interconnected. Dance is a portion of a routine that consists of choreographed high-energy dance moves.

A: There are many different combinations of age groups and levels. So many sometimes that they can be quite confusing! This system was created to ensure that like ages were competing with like skill sets.

Levels were designed to make sure that each team competes and is judged by how well they demonstrate a standard set of skills expected for every team competing at that same level. The levels range from 1-6 with level 6 being the highest and most difficult.

Teams are also split up by age, the age splits are as follows:
Tiny: 6 years & younger

Mini: 8 years & younger

Youth: 11 years & younger

Junior: 14 years & younger

Senior: 10-18 years

The age of the athlete as of August 31 will be the age used for team placement

A: The best way to get introduced to cheerleading is to put your child in our Recreational Program “Cheer Stars”. This class runs for a 14-week session (the same as our recreational gymnastics. They train once a week for 1.5 hours. This way, you will know that your child is enjoying the sport and will not change their mind after expenses and commitments have already been made.

A: Yes! We find a team for everyone to be placed on.

A: Our coaches take the time to put together teams where they feel each individual will work well with others on that team in order to create a successful routine. Our general rule is to place an athlete on their age appropriate team first, and then we invite them up to a higher-level team where they are asked to crossover. A crossover is when an athlete competes with more than one team. Exceptions can be made to this rule and is a case-by-case basis. It depends on what skill set an athlete has and where spots on teams need to be filled.

A: Most of our athletes began with little to no tumbling. Our staff works hard to ensure that all athletes meet their personal tumbling goals. These goals can be achieved if an athlete works hard, takes private lessons or enrolls in a tumbling class and keeps pushing themselves to achieve their goal.

A: Cheer competitions are held all over Canada and the US. Our teams primarily compete in British Columbia with some teams competing in the US.

The competitions can be 1 or 2 day events. One-day events are smaller and local, while 2-day events are larger national competitions.