College Cheer, but NO Experience?!?

I wanted to join my school's cheer team and I've talked to the captains... etc. They said I didn't need any experience to join and tryout. My school doesn't do much tumbling, so I'm not worried about that. Here's the thing, I've done dance my entire life and I tried out for cheer my freshman year of high school and made it, but had to decline because of a family situation.
My questions are: What are my chances of making the squad and what are some things I need to know besides jumps? Oh, and how can I train?

All of your questions vary from school to school. However, based off my school dance team experience, I will give you a half-way accurate answer.

POMS: Poms is not really a "dance genre". Poms is just a "prop" used to make visual effects to make the choreography look better. You have to be sharp and clean in those movements like if you were a sideline cheerleader.

Jazz: Jazz can vary from school to school. Jazz is usually consisted of various Jumps, Turns, and Kicks. It is a popular dance genre taught in most studios. As well as schools who have a dance program.

Hip Hop: Hip hop is basically fast past dancing to songs such as Beyonce's Partition, Katy Perry's Dark Horse. its really just a lot of popping and locking.

What your school has listed on the flier or information packet, then that's probably the only styles they do.

Cost again, varies from school to school and it also depends if your team competes locally, nationally, or even compete at all. A competitive squad JV and Varsity put together would probably cost around 900.00 that includes camp fees if you go to camp in the summer, competitions for both nationals, and regional ( local). and so forth.

Tryouts as well differ from school to school. But normally, basic tryouts goes as follows.

1. Your coach will give you a number on a sticker or sticky note that has to stay on your clothes the entire week that you're there. The number will be used to determine whether or not you made the team. Not your name for confidentiality purposes. So, remember your number.

2. Each day, or on the same day of the first tryout, you will learn short routines that are usually between 30,50 seconds long to a 1minute max. You will have some time to work on them on your own and ask for help if needed and you will go over the routine(S) plenty of times the days that you're there.

3. Some schools do mock tryouts and some schools do not. Mock tryouts are when you practice the tryout day and what will happen on tryout day the day before tryouts. You will run through things in groups of 2/3 depending on how big your squad is.

4. Captain, sometimes Captains has to perform a solo on their own in order to be chosen for captain position. Sometimes coaches choose captains based upon who was the best at tryouts and they announce captain positions before camp if you attend one or after the final day of tryouts.

5. You will dance in front of a panel of judges. The number of judges depends on what the school can afford if they're certified judges or just friends of the coaches. The number minimum is usually three-five. Some times its just the coach.

All of this will normally be talked about at Parent meetings before tryouts or on the day of so you're not completely at lost.

I hope this helps...but at the end of the day, you should be asking your coach this or previous members to give you a more accurate answer.

PS: Not every dance team is 900.00 a lot of dance teams fundraise to lower the cost. But I just came up with that number from my dance team I used to be on. That was the number of competitions in-state and out of state, traveling fees, hotel rooms, food, camp etc. etc. All of that combined into one including uniform and costumes.

It really does vary. I know of a team that cost 1,000 to be on just for school dance team. I know of a team that cost 200.00 just be on. So you really can go by my statics when it comes to cost.

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Are there any places in Oklahoma to Country 2-step or any country dancing in general? That are 18+? Preferably around Tulsa.?

Try going without a bra, and see if it works for you. Although in recreational ballet classes dress codes are often less strict, bras still create unattractive lines underneath the leotard. I'm a 38 D, and I find that the shelf bra in leotards offers enough support.

Since you're just doing ballet for fun, I wouldn't really recommend private lessons. I think regular ballet classes are the best way to learn ballet, and private lessons don't really accomplish much.

To try and prepare yourself for ballet, I'd highly recommend doing some Pilates. Having your splits isn't as important in ballet as having a strong core is. Pilates also builds long and lean muscles, which is what you want for ballet.

However, don't feel like you have to do a lot to be ready for class. Since you're taking beginner's classes, your teacher(s) won't expect much, aside from a readiness to work hard and learn. For class, never be afraid to ask questions.

There's a lot of repetition in ballet, which is great for really locking it in, but if you practice it wrong, you'll end up with bad habits, which are so much harder to break when you're used to them. If you're confused about something, ask for clarification. There is no such thing as a stupid question.

Also, when your teacher is correcting other students, pay attention. Often corrections are applicable to more than the one person the teacher is focusing on. See if you can apply others corrections to your dancing as well.

But most importantly, just work hard and have fun. If you can do that, you'll be fine.