UPDATED RECRUITMENT & TRYOUT INFORMATION

(as of March 16, 2020)

Future Beavers,

It has been a very overwhelming week for the cheer community and the nation as a whole. We know you have many unanswered questions and understand that you might feel a little lost on how to move forward with recruiting. We are here to help and wanted to provide an update regarding our program moving forward and how we will be finishing 2020-2021 recruitment.

Given the current circumstances, we do not feel it is realistic continue to hold in-person tryouts whether it be on an individual basis or as a group. Additionally, our previously scheduled 2020 Spring Clinics are cancelled. That being said, we also do not feel that postponing the tryout processes and appointments to a later time is an option either. With how quickly things are developing and consistently changing we have no certainty regarding when we can hold and finish in-person tryouts. We understand that many of you need to start making decisions on what college you will be committing to and cheer heavily influences this decision.

Because of this, we will be moving tryouts to a 100 percent virtual format process. Here is how things will work:

• All candidates must submit videos and paperwork by May 1^st (video requirements are listed below followed by coaches contact info to obtain paperwork)
• Finalist selections will be made as videos are received and requirements are met in each video.
• Candidates selected as a finalists will then be scheduled for a virtual interview following their finalist notification
• All candidates will be notified if they are or are not selected as a 2020-2021 team member upon conclusion of all interviews or no later than Friday, May 29^th.

Candidates selected for the PCC cheer program will need to be available on Saturday, May 30^th for an online meeting. At that time, we will be walking you through uniform fittings, as well as going over very important information for the season ahead.

VIDEO REQUIREMENTS

If you are not able to get a group to stunt at this time please send any and all videos you have from this past season, in or out of routines, that can give us as much footage as possible showing your stunting (and tumbling). Be sure to accurately indicate were you are in these videos.

Male & Female Candidates

**IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY OF THE TUMBLING OR STUNTING SKILLS LISTED, PLEASE SKIP THOSE SECTIONS & INCLUDE WHAT YOU DO HAVE.

JUMPS:

• Toe-touch and double toe-touch
• Side hurdler
• Pike

TUMBLING:

* preference is that skills are executed on a regular cheer floor, but if you do not have access to one, spring floor is fine as long as you only video skills you can execute on a regular cheer floor consistently.

• Standing back-handspring and/or tuck
• Standing back-handspring(s) to tuck, layout or full
• Round-off back-handspring(s) to tuck, layout or full 

STUNTING:

* Show skills in the position you are the strongest in (base, back-spot, flyer)

• Extension, extended liberty, extended arabesque and extended stretch
• Full up (two feet or single leg) & full down
• Switch-up (to lib or stretch position)
• Hardest twisting element (i.e. hands full around, high to high full around etc.)
• Inversion (i.e. round-off up, back-handspring up, hand in hands etc.)
• **male candidates only – chair, shoulder stands, toss hands, toss lib etc.

Game Day:

*contacting coach is required to receive game day material

• Sideline Cheer
• Fight Song

VIDEO SUBMISSION

• Email to coach at shaen@prattcc.edu (if using email, to ensure the entire video comes through or multiple videos come through completely send it via YouTube link)
• Text to coach – contact required to receive cell information to text videos to coach

PAPERWORK SUBMISSION

*contacting coach is required to receive paperwork that must be submitted by May 1^st

• Email to coach at shaen@prattcc.edu
• Text to coach – contact required to receive cell information to text paperwork to coach

COACH CONTACT:

Head Cheer Coach

Shae Napier

shaen@prattcc.edu