Cheer Class Descriptions
Class schedules run by semesters Summer (June-July), Fall (August-December) & Spring (January-May). Active members will be required to renew their student/families after every August 1st. New students/families will be required to register in JackRabbit when enrolling in a class. The renewal will be required to maintain an active yearly member status August - July. Student 1 = $40.00 | Student 2 = $20.00 | Student 3+ = $0.00 ($60 per family max)
Preschool
Cheernastics is a beginner class for preschool age athletes (2-4 years old). It focuses on the fundamentals needed to excel in tumbling as well as gymnastics in the years to follow. The goal of this class is to learn necessary body control skills such as balancing, rolling, hand eye coordination, and flexibility. In this class, athletes will work on building endurance as well as wrist and ankle strength to be set up for long term success!
NOTE: Cheernastics classes are 45- minutes
LEVEL 1 BEGINNER
This class is designed for athletes new to tumbling. Participants will develop foundational skills such as forward rolls, backward rolls, cartwheels, cartwheel step-ins, falling to a bridge, bridge kickovers, handstands, and front limbers. The focus is on strength, flexibility, and proper technique to build confidence in basic tumbling movements.
Prerequisites: None
Skills Taught:
- Forward roll
- Backward roll
- Cartwheel
- Cartwheel step-in
- Falling to a bridge
- Bridge kickover
- Handstand
- Front limber
LEVEL 1 ADVANCED
For athletes who have mastered all Level 1 Beginner skills. This class introduces front walkovers, back walkovers, back walkover switches, & round-offs. Athletes will start connecting movements & improving their body awareness, strength, and balance to prepare for higher-level tumbling.
Prerequisites: forward roll, backward roll, cartwheel, cartwheel step-in, falling to a bridge, bridge kickover, handstand, front limber
Skills Taught:
- Front walkover
- Back walkover
- Back walkover switch
- Round-off
LEVEL 2 BEGINNER
This class introduces more dynamic tumbling, including standing & running back handsprings, back handspring step-outs, front handsprings, round-off back handsprings, & back extension rolls. Athletes will work on power, coordination, & proper technique in these more advanced skills.
Prerequisites: Front walkover, back walkover, back walkover switch, round-off
Skills Taught:
- Standing and running back handspring
- Back handspring step-out
- Front handspring
- Round-off back handspring
- Back extension roll
Level 2 Advanced
Athletes will connect complex sequences, such as back walkover to back handspring, back extension roll to back handspring, cartwheel or round-off into a back handspring series, front walkover into a round-off back handspring, & front bounders.
Prerequisites: standing & running BHS, BHS step-out, front handspring, round-off BHS, back extension roll
Skills Taught:
- Back walkover to BHS
- Back extension roll to BHS
- Cartwheel/round-off to a BHS series
- Front walkover into a round-off BHS
- Front bounders
LEVEL 3 Beginner
Athletes will start learning standing back handspring series, back handspring step-out to series, round-off back handspring tucks, and punch fronts. Focus is on power, clean execution, and transition to higher-level tumbling.
Prerequisites: back walkover to BHS, back extension roll to BHS, cartwheel/roundoff to a BHS series, front walkover to round-off BHS, front bounder
Skills Taught:
- Standing back handspring series
- Back handspring step-out to series
- Round-off back handspring tuck
- Punch front
LEVEL 3 ADVANCED
For athletes who have mastered Level 3 Beginner skills, athletes will work on standing BHS series with rebounds, front handspring punch fronts, round-off BHS series to tuck, front walkover or bounder to round-off BHS tuck, and more advanced connections.
Prerequisites: standing BHS series, BHS step-out to series, round-off BHS tuck, punch front
Skills Taught:
- Standing BHS series w/ rebounds
- Front handspring punch front
- Round-off BHS series to tuck
- Front walkover/bounder to round-off BHS tuck
LEVEL 4
Athletes will work on layouts & advanced tumbling sequences.
Prerequisites: Standing BHS series w/ rebounds, front handspring punch front, round-off BHS series to tuck, front walkover or bounder to round-off BHS tuck
Skills Taught:
- Standing BHS series to tuck
- Round-off BHS layouts
- Punch front step-out to round-off BHS tuck
- Round-off whip to BHS tuck
- Standing BHS tucks
- Standing tucks
- Punch fronts or front handspring step-outs to layout
- Round-off whip BHS series to layout
- Round-off whip immediate tucks
LEVEL 5/6
This class focuses on advanced tumbling, aerial awareness, & high-level combos.
Prerequisites: Level 4 Skills
Skills Taught:
- BHS series to layout
- Standing BHS layout
- Jump to tuck
- Standing BHS series w/ whip to tuck
- Round-off BHS full
- Round-off Arabian
- Standing BHS series to full
- Standing BHS full
- Standing fulls
- Punch fronts or front handspring step-outs into fulls
- Round-off whips into BHS to fulls
- Round-off Arabian step-outs to layouts or fulls
- Round-off BHS double fulls
- Specialty passes to double full
flexibiLITY
This class will focus on enhancing flexibility and building strength for controlled, dynamic movements.
‣Strengthen flexibility for improved jumps and flyer body positions.
‣Develop muscles essential for maintaining aerial control.
‣Gain confidence in ability to execute new skills.
This class is ideal for athletes who struggle with jumps or need strength for advanced body positions. By combining flexibility with strength-training, participants will see progress in overall skills.
Stunt Beginner
This stunt class is for top girls ONLY. It consists of straight up skills, one leg skills, tic tocks, faux half up and full ups, and beginner level dismounts. If there are specific skills that your athlete needs to work on, please be sure to let coaches know.
This class will be instructed by 3 coaches.
Stunt Advanced
This stunt class is for top girls ONLY. It consists of switch ups, spinning and flipping skills, as well as adv/elite level dismounts. If there are specific skills that your athlete needs to work on, please be sure to let coaches know.
This class will be instructed by 3 coaches.
COED STUNT
Coed stunt program is for athletes that are looking to develop their coed stunt skills, technique and overall body awareness. The program runs on an 8-week cycle covers everything from beginner to elite coed stunt skills. The ratio for this program is 4 athletes to 1 coach.
****COMING FEBRUARY 2025****
College Prep (FALL ONLY)
Aspiring to cheer in college? Our College Prep Cheer Program prepares you for collegiate cheer with stunt technique, tumbling, game day skills, and college baskets. You will also have optional access to a Recruiting Specialist to help with social media accounts, recruiting advising, tryout video productions and more.
ONLY OFFERED IN THE FALL
Email train@blackwatchsports.com to enroll!
See more info here!