Tag Archives: Spring Floors

Aren’t Spring Floors Banned?

Last weekend Varsity Brands’ Athletic Championships (AC) hosted an event in Tunica, MS and had School teams compete on the Spring Floor. Did AC not get the memo that the NFHS banned that?
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No More Spring Floors

Beginning with the 2007-2008 season, schools following National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) guidelines, which includes most junior high and high schools, will not be allowed to perform or compete on spring floors. This rule was implemented as a safety measure preventing schools from using height increasing apparatus. Please visit the NFHS website for [...]
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In My Cheer World…

The topic today is things I would change about cheerleading. Each company would only be able to host one event billed as a “National Championship” NCAA would host the College National Championship All*Star Division would have an age floor and ceiling Assisted Stunts would score lower than unassisted stunts College Rules would be less restrictive Cheerleaders and Cheerleading Parents would understand [...]
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The Cheer Standard

I’ve heard repeated requests for more standards in cheerleading; standard rules, standard score sheets, standard scoring grids, standard floor types, standard floor colors, standard floor sizes, and so on. I think some of these requests, such as standard rules and floor sizes, are valid because they provide basic boundaries for cheerleading, much like the rule [...]
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