Cheerleading Rules
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USA Cheer Youth Rec Sideline Rules
The new rules are encouraged to be adopted by organizations to be used while cheering on the sidelines during youth rec league games. These guidelines do not apply when performing competition style routines, which should follow the direct association or hosting competition rules. The intent of these rules is to provide an easy to understand set of rules for the game environment.
The NFHS Spirit Rules are produced by the National Federation of State High School Associations, and are written with high school cheerleading in mind. USA Cheer recommends that Elementary, Junior High and Middle School cheerleaders follow the NFHS/USA Cheer Spirit Rules with the additional restrictions on certain tosses.
USA Cheer and the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) publish one set of rules for high school cheerleading under the NFHS/USA Cheer Spirit Rule Book.
USA Cheer publishes rules for college cheer programs.
All Star rules are developed by the US All Star Federation and can be found here.