Ages
- Tiny: 5 & under
- Mini: 8 & under
- Youth: 11 & under
- Junior: 14 & under
- Senior: 10-18
To avoid the problem of eligibility changing during competition season, August 31 serves as the date to determine age eligibility. This means that an athlete’s eligibility for each team is marked by how old he or she is as of August 31 prior to that competition season.
Levels
Below are the levels and a BRIEF example of some tumbling and stunting skills you may see in that level:
- Level 1: cartwheels, round-offs, forward and backward rolls, front and backwalkovers, knee or waist level single leg stunt, two-footed prep, straight cradles
- Level 2: backhandspring, front handspring, Level 1 tumbling connected to a handspring, prep level single leg stunts, extended two-footed stunts, half-twisting mounts, barrel rolls, begin basket tosses
- Level 3: running tucks, standing series backhandsprings, jumps connected to standing backhandspring, full twisting mounts to prep, full twisting dismounts, extended single leg stunts
- Level 4– standing tucks, running layouts, full twisting mounts to extended two-footed stunts, double twisting dismounts from two-footed stunts, release moves to extended single leg stunt.
- Level 5: standing tumbling to full/double, running tumbling to full/double, full, 1.5, and double twisting mounts, double twisting dismount from extended single leg, all advanced release moves
- Level 6: tumbling is comparable to level 5, free-flipping mounts, flipping tosses, 2.5 high pyramids (an athlete holding an athlete who is holding another athlete).