Tryout Information

Hi CEA Family!

With over 465 total athletes that tried out this season, we are surprisingly the largest we have ever been.  I cannot express the amount of gratitude I have for your continued belief in our program during this crazy time.  We are so proud of each child and we celebrate every small progression with them. The amount of excitement going into Season 15 is at an all-time high!

 

Click on the link below for your group training time this week:

GROUP TRAINING TIMES FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 8th

If we decide this flows well, we will continue this schedule through the end of June 🙂

Side Note:  To maximize gym space and ensure as much social distancing as possible-we are limiting crossover opportunities at this moment.  Therefore, most kids have been invited to one time to train this week.  Ultimately, once teams become more finalized we may invite you to do more than one team. However, we will be reaching 50% capacity inside the gym so if you do not feel comfortable participating in that kind of environment, please let us know.

REMINDER:  The Level 1-3 Tumble camp is this weekend and we will finalize groups by Tuesday.

Cheers,

Kelly Smith Helton

Owner & Operator

Cheer Extreme Raleigh

336-681-2338

www.cheerextremeraleigh.com

 

 

 

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Welcome to the CEA Family,

Please click the link below to view our 2020-2021 Tryout Packet

2020-2021 TRYOUT PACKET

We are so excited for you to begin your journey with Cheer Extreme Raleigh for Season 15!  We want to begin knowing our new athletes as soon as possible!

You may now register for the 2020-2021 season by clicking here:

REGISTER HERE FOR TRYOUTS BY LEVEL

Once your client portal is set up, simply log in and our system will ask you to update your waiver for this season and your terms and conditions paperwork! (no more initialing 1,000 times thanks to Allison at the front desk…yay)

REGISTER FOR THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL (times listed below)

We will be doing our TRYOUT DAY SCHEDULE based on the athletes who are registered for tryouts through the portal…otherwise, you will not receive a tryout time.

ON TRYOUT DAY, we will be taking those registered on the website and placing into groups of 5. Each group of 5 will have the following: Times will be sent by Friday evening at 10:00 pm-so please be registered well before then. Each station should last 6 minutes.
  1. Arrival Time/Temperature Check
      2. Take Athlete’s Polaroid/Digital Picture and Fill out Stunt Position Sheet/Registration Card/Team of Choice
           Information (you can have several sheets if you are different stunt positions)
      3. Stretch mat
      4. Floor 3 for warmup
      5. Floor 2 for warmup
      6. Tryout Time on Floor 1 (athletes will exit out the side door from Floor 1 and be available for pick up immediately

**Please refer to the tryout tumble grid to understand our expectations for trying out for a specific level**

Tumble Grid can be found here:

For Athletes trying out by Video:

-Videos can be of the athletes tumbling WITHIN the last season of cheer.  If you attach a TEAM video, you must specify WHERE your child starts in the routine (middle panel/far right panel in the back) and which stunt group they are in for elite stunt and in what stunt position**

We ask that you submit your tryout video with the following information and skills to CEAvideotryout2020@gmail.com by FRIDAY JUNE 5TH.

WHAT TO INCLUDE IN YOUR VIDEO SUBMISSION

INFORMATION:

-Parent’s Email and Phone Number

-Child’s Full Name

-Child’s Age and Birthdate

-Athlete’s Stunt position

-Years of Cheerleading/gymnastics/dance experience

-Highest level of allstar cheer experience

-Team they wish to make at CEA this season

SKILLS:

-Standing Tumbling (up to 3 passes)

-Running Tumbling (up to 3 passes)

-Jumps – Hurdle Jump and Double Toe Touch

-Body Positions (for flyers only)

Heelstretch on both sides, scale, scorpion

-Any stunt videos you wish to submit

(optional)

After receiving your video, we will send you a link to register on our website at www.cheerextremeraleigh.com so that you can sign all appropriate paperwork.

Link to Registration on our Website

https://app.jackrabbitclass.com/regv2.asp?id=100773

Following tryouts, we will practice for another 1-2 weeks in groups of athletes with similar age/skill before declaring teams.

Please email any questions to kellysmithhelton@gmail.com

Cheers!

Kelly Smith Helton

Owner & Operator

Cheer Extreme Raleigh

kellysmithhelton@gmail.com

336-681-2338

 

In response to COVID-19 and the hesitancies some new families feel towards getting involved, we now offer FULL YEAR ALLSTAR CHEER!  Our prep teams will most likely be level 1 (possibly 2).  Tryouts will be held the weekend of June 6-7.  Please email kellysmithhelton@gmail.com for more info.

 

Please read through all of the information carefully.

IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS FOR TRYOUTS:

(Found under Printable Documents)

Please print and complete the following documents and have them accessible through out the Tryout Process:

  1. CEA Raleigh Terms and Conditions
  2. CEA Raleigh All Star/Tumble Waiver
  3. CEA Raleigh Tryout Packet
  4. CEA Raleigh Athlete Tryout Information Card
  5. Registration Form

All of the above documents should be carefully reviewed as they contain very important information for your upcoming season!

 

Never cheered before? No worries…we love to train from the very beginning so your child grows up loving cheer the way we do!  You hire our award-winning staff to teach you all that you need to know to be a successful and competitive all-star cheerleader.  We promise you’ll have an amazing experience.

 

Once these tryouts have been completed, there is a separate to become part of our competitive program since our Full Year and Half Year cheerleading programs have choreographed routines that they compete through out the year.

If you are interested in being part of our program, follow these steps:

  1. Send an email to kellysmithhelton@gmail.com saying that you would like to be a part of our program and add the following information in your email:
    1. Parent’s Name
    2. Parent’s Phone Number
    3. Parent’s Email Address
    4. Athlete’s Name
    5. Athlete’s Age as of the Calendar Year
    6. Athlete’s Prior Cheerleading Experience
  2. Send an email to cearaleighcullen@gmail.com to schedule an Official Evaluation and Gym Tour with one of our All Star Cheerleading Coaches.
  3. Following the evaluation, we will let you know of available spots in our program and what further steps need to be taken.

 

Our coaching staff will evaluate each athlete based on the following criteria:

  • Tumbling Difficulty
  • Tumbling Execution
  • Athleticism
  • Dance Ability
  • Showmanship
  • Willingness to Accept and Apply Instruction
  • Stunting Position (flyer, base, or back spot)
    • Occasionally 1-3 Tumbling Only positions can be offered on a team
  • Jump Technique
  • Overall attitude and attendance from the past season, if applicable

 

Please check the two team box on your Information Card if you wish to be considered for two teams.  Crossover considerations are ultimately selected by the coaching staff