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1. Fight Song / Band Chant, Offense / Defense / General Sideline,
Cheer
2. Cheer, Offense/Defense/General Sideline, Fight Song / Band
Chant
3. Cheer, Offense/Defense/General Sideline, Fight Song / Band
Chant
e. Band Chant, is a music selection performed by a band that
encourages crowd response and interaction.
f. The judges will score teams using the criteria listed on the UCA
Game Day score sheet. Each team will be evaluated on a 100
point system.
g. Crowd leading will count for 60 points and the Band Chant
will count for 40 points. Each section will be averaged and then
combined for the final score.
h. Each section should have a beginning and end.
Note: Spirited
crowd leading interaction between each section is
encouraged to continue the game day feel.
i. Traditional game day uniform is required.
j. Any deductions or violations will be taken off of the final
averaged score. For more information on scoring, score sheets
and judging criteria, please visit uca.varsity.com
XI. JUDGING PANELS
1. Head Judge - The Head Judge is responsible for overseeing the entire
Judging Panel that consists of Panel Judges, Point Deduction Judge,
and Safety Judge. The Head Judge will also fill out his/her own score
sheet for each performance.
2. Panel Judge - Panel Judges are responsible for scoring each team’s
performance based on the UCA Score Sheets. Each Panel Judge will
fill out a score sheet for each performance.
3. Point Deduction Judge (Performance Divisions Only) – The Point
Deduction Judge is responsible for assessing deductions in each
routine for athlete(s), stunt(s), and pyramid fall(s), drop(s) or collapse.
Please review the “Point Deduction” explanation sheet at uca.varsity.
com under the competitions tab.
4. Safety Judge - The Safety Judge is responsible for administering all
safety violations, time violations, and boundary violations.
5. ALL JUDGES’ DECISIONS ARE FINAL.
XII. 2014-2015 GAME DAY SPECIFIC RULES
AND REGULATIONS
1. All Varsity teams MUST have attended a 2014 UCA overnight camp
to be eligible for the 2015 NHSCC.
2. Eligible Varsity teams must qualify at a regional competition.
3. Junior High and Junior Varsity teams will be eligible to compete at the
Regional Competitions however, they will not be eligible for a bid to
the 2015 NHSCC.
4. UCA reserves the right to split or combine divisions based on the final
number of teams competing.
5. At the National Championship, teams will be responding to audio
cues, as heard at football and basketball games.
XIII. 2014-2015 SAFETY RULES
Rules subject to change by AACCA. Rule changes
have a grey background. Go to
for updates
A. Glossary
1. Base:
A person who is in direct contact with the performing surface
and is supporting another person’s weight.
2. Basket Toss:
A stunt in which a top person is tossed by bases
whose hands are interlocked.
3. Bracer:
A top person who stabilizes and/or assists another top
person.
4. Braced Flip/Roll:
A pyramid in which the top person performs
a hip-over-head rotation while in contact with bracers.
5. Cradle:
A dismount from a partner stunt, pyramid or toss in which
the catch is completed below shoulder height by a base or bases with
the top person in a face-up open-pike position.
6. Cupie/Awesome:
A stunt in which both feet of the top person
are in one hand of a base.
7. Dive Roll:
A forward roll where the feet leave the ground before
the hands reach the ground.
8. Downward Inversion
: A stunt or pyramid in which an inverted
top person’s center of gravity moves toward the performing surface
.
9. Elevator/Sponge Toss:
A stunt in which the top person loads
in to an elevator/sponge loading position and is then tossed into the
air.
10.Extended Stunt:
A stunt in which the entire body of the top
person is extended in an upright position over the base(s). Chairs,
torches, flatbacks and straddle lifts are examples of stunts where the
bases’ arms are extended overhead, but are NOT considered to
be extended stunts since the height of the body of the top person is
similar to a shoulder level stunt.
11.Foldover Stunt: An inverted stunt in which the top
person bends at the waist and is caught on his/her
back by multiple catchers while one or both of the
top person’s ankles/feet remain in the grip of the
base(s) (e.g. yo-yo, pancake, etc.)
12.Hanging Pyramid:
A pyramid in which the top person’s
weight is primarily supported by another top person. Examples of
hanging pyramids are: a person being suspended between two
shoulder stands; a “whirlybird” stunt where one person’s weight is
being supported by the legs of a top person in a shoulder sit; and
a “diamond head” where two persons are suspended from one
shoulder stand.
13.Helicopter:
A stunt in which the top person is tossed into the air in
a horizontal position and rotates parallel to the ground in the same
motion as a helicopter blade.
14.Inverted:
A body position where the shoulders are below the
waist.
15.Knee Drop:
Dropping to the knees without first bearing the
majority of the weight on the hands or feet.
16.Loading Position:
Bases support a non-extended top person
under the foot/feet in preparation for a stunt or toss.
17.Log Roll:
A top person in a horizontal position or cradle is popped
then twists parallel to the performing surface before being caught by
the original base(s) in a horizontal position or a cradle.
18.Post:
A person on the performing surface who may assist a top
person during a stunt or transition.
19.Prop:
Any object which can be manipulated or used as a base (ex:
poms, signs, flags, megaphones, etc.)
20.Pyramid
: Connected partner stunts.
21.Quick Toss:
A toss technique where the top person begins the toss
with both feet on the ground. The bases can apply an upward force
on any part of the body other than under the feet.
22.Released Pyramid Transition:
A pyramid transition in which
the top person is connected to a bracer while being released from
their bases before being caught in a cradle, stunt or loading position.
23.Release Stunt:
A transition from one stunt to another stunt
(including loading positions) in which the top person becomes free
from all bases, posts and spotters.
24.Spotter:
A person who is responsible for assisting or catching the
top person in a partner stunt or pyramid.
25.Stunt/Partner Stunt:
One or more persons supporting one or
more top persons off of the ground.
26.Switch Liberty:
A stunt in which the top person begins with one
foot on the performing surface, is released from the bases, then lands
in a stunt on the other foot.
27.Suspended Roll:
A stunt in which one or more upright bases
or posts hold a top person’s hand(s)/arm(s) while the top person
performs continuous hip-over-head rotation.
28.Tension Drop:
A dismount from a stunt or pyramid where the top
person(s) are directed toward the ground while their feet are held by
the base(s) until just before the landing.
29.Tic-Toc:
A stunt that is held in a static position on one leg, the
base(s) takes a downward dip and release the top person as the
top person switches the weight to the other leg and lands in a static
