Virginia Tech Cheerleading
Tryouts

2024-25 Season
Tryout Dates: April 19 - 21, 2024
Location:  Cassell Coliseum

Cheer Tryout / Medical Forms

Any current High School students need to bring a copy of a physical within the last year to tryouts.
Anyone who cannot attend tryouts in person can submit a video tryout.

Videos are accepted and must be received by Thursday, April 18 at 5pm.  Videos must include all of the required skills performed at tryouts as well as all tryout paperwork and the reason you will not be attending tryouts.  We also request that you start the video with a brief introduction and tell us a little bit about yourself and why you are missing the in-person tryout.

Important Dates if you Make the Team

June 21-23 – Summer Practice weekend in Blacksburg
July 19-21 – Summer Practice weekend in Blacksburg
July 25-28 – UCA Camp Johnson City, TN (10 couples)
August 17 – Report Date for Preseason 2-a-day practices (Will lead into first day of class)

Open Practice Dates 

Wednesday, March 27  6:00-8:00pm
Thursday, March 28  6:30-8:30pm
Wednesday, April 3  6:00-8:00pm
Thursday, April 4  6:30-8:30pm
Monday, April 8  6:00-8:00pm
Wednesday, April 10  6:00-8:00pm
Monday, April 15  6:00-8:00pm
Wednesday, April 17  6:00-8:00pm
Thursday, April 18  6:30-8:30pm

Open practices will be held in the Back Gym of Cassell Coliseum.  You must see our athletic trainer, Maddie Dobscha, before participating in any open practices.  The athletic training room is located on the first floor of Cassell Coliseum.  You will need to bring your insurance card and allow 10-15 minutes to see her to be cleared before practicing.  High school athletes will need a copy of their high school physical in order to participate in open practices.  When seeing our athletic trainer, expect to fill out several forms and vitals to be taken (height, vision, weight, blood pressure, temperature).  If you are unable to come to the training room between 4:30pm-6:00pm, email Maddie Dobscha directly (mdobscha@vt.edu) and at least 24 hours prior to attending.

TRYOUT SCHEDULE

Friday, April 19, 2024
3:30-4:30pm  Registration
4:30-5:00pm  Stretch & Warm-up
5:00pm  Tryout Begin: You will be judged on ALL tumbling, a toss extension/hands extension, and a 
~8:00pm  Learn Chant and Sideline Choreography
~8:30pm  Guys will do physical Fitness testing 
9:00pm  Everyone Dismissed
9:30pm  First round of cuts/Day 2 List should be posted on the door

Saturday, April 20, 2024
8:45am  Girls return & begin stretching
9:00am  Girls physical fitness & Interviews begin
10:30am  Guys arrive and begin Interviews
Once all fitness testing & interviews are completed, there will be a brief lunch break
~1:00pm  Begin day 2 judging: You will be judged on your Chant and Sideline motions, Dismount stunt and Combo Stunt
~5:00pm  Final List will be posted on the door and the 2024-25 squad members will come inside for a team meeting, gear sizing, & physicals with team doctors

Sunday, April 21, 2024
9:00am  2024-25 team will have its first practice
12:00pm  Team Dismissed
 
What to wear
Girls- sports bra, shorts, and cheer shoes (bring running shoes for fitness testing)

• Day 1 hair should be half up half down with a bow and Game Day makeup
• Day 2 hair in low pony and GameDay makeup (look at @hokiescheer on IG for reference)

Guys- t-shirt/tank top, athletic shorts, running shoes

Point Breakdown

Tumbling
Back Handspring Tuck
- Out of 5 pts, no stepping into BHS

8 Standing Tucks
- Out of 8 pts, no stepping into tuck

Running Pass
1- RO BHS
2- RO Tuck
4- RO BHS Tuck
6- RO BHS Layout
8- RO BHS Full
10- Specialty pass with a Full (Arabian, whip, full to a full)

Bonus Tumbling
+3 pts for Standing Full
Standing Series
+1 3 to full
+3 2 to full
+4 1 to full
Stunting
Extension
- out of 10 pts

Walk-in
- out of 8 pts

Dismounts
1- Hands Cradle
2- Hands Full down
3- Hands Corkscrew
4- Extension Full down
5- Extension Corkscrew
6- Lib Full down
7- Lib Corkscrew
8- Stretch Full down
9- Stretch Corkscrew
10- Arabesque Full down
11-Stretch Double down
12- Arabesque Double down
13- Scorpion Double down
14- Arabesque 1.5 

Combo Stunt
1- Hands, toss chair
2- Hands, toss hands
3- Hands to one leg stunt
4- One leg stunt, cradle out, toss hands
5- One leg stunt, toss hands
6- Toss stunt, cradle out, toss hands
7- Toss stunt, toss hands
8- Toss stunt, cradle out, toss stunt
9- Toss stunt, toss stunt
10- Full up, cradle out, toss stunt
11- Full up, toss stunt
12- Toss stunt, full up
13- Full up, cradle out, full up
14- Full up, full up
16- Rewind, cradle out, toss stunt
17- Rewind, toss stunt
18- Rewind, cradle out, full up
19- Rewind, full up
20- Rewind, rewind
Bonus
+1 for a full down in middle of combo
+2 for a corkscrew in middle of combo
(any elite stunt can be in place of the rewind such as back handspring ups, front handspring ups, etc)

Everyone must stunt with 3 different stunt partners and cannot use same stunt partner twice on the same day.