What is Competition Cheer?

Sideline cheer encompasses cheering for a team, such as football or basketball, and the cheerleaders’ main goal is to engage fans and encourage the team to play hard. Competitive cheer is not cheering on another team but instead involves performing routines against other cheer teams, where they are judged by a panel of cheerleading experts based on difficulty and execution of tumbling skills, stunts, flexibility, synchronicity, and facial expressions.

It is a higher level of cheer than sideline cheer and involves more focused practice time and commitment, as the team relies on every member to put in the work to make their performance the best it can be.