FAQ

A: Yes. If you are unable to make it due to emergency you need to contact your coach Wilkins

Wilkinsj@lisd.net

A: No. Some of our cheerleaders come to us with no prior experience and grow through our program. Having previous experience and skill does help your chances of making a team.

A: All 3 coaches judge tryouts together and work together to give each kid a correct score that reflects the athletes performance throughout the clinic week. We believe as coaches, we should take ownership of our teams, just like every other sport. The scoring system is a rubric and very easy to understand. We believe in transparency and fairness above all things.

A: Shirts: Candidates will wear the specific color shirt for their incoming grade that is listed below. 

Freshman- Red 

Sophomore- Black

Juniors- Grey

Seniors- White

The only day the shirt needs to be in the SOLID color below is formal evaluations on Thursday. Clinic days candidates still need to be in the specified color, but it may have words on it.

Pants/bottoms: All candidates need to wear solid black shorts of some kind

Bow: It does not matter the type of bow you have as long as they are in the school colors Red, black, white or silver. A bow or ribbon is required. 

Shoes: White Cheer shoes are preferred. Any type of athletic shoes are acceptable as long as they are WHITE

A: We do not put a cap on how many we take. We look at the scores and use the natural point break to determine where the cut off is. Cheerleaders are first sorted by score, then we start assigning teams from grade level and score. On Average, each team will have anywhere from 10-20 cheerleaders. Varsity, due to the higher number of kids trying out, might have more. 

A: Not only will your child be placed in our cheerleading period daily on weekdays, but we also have practices, generally on Monday/Tuesday outside of the school day that last until 4:30-5:00. During the Fall, we spend weekends painting the halls for spirit decoration, we attend 2-3 competitions and sometimes have choreography sessions. These practices along with cheering at games is a large time commitment. 

A: Yes. We provide a team for every Marcus cheerleader to be a part of. All grade levels are eligible to make out the Varsity competition/nationals team and our performance tumbling team if they have the necessary tumbling skills. If they do not make a varsity competition team, we have a JV competition team that competes all fall. 

A: Yes. All cheerleading parents are required to attend certain events throughout the year like, Axe and Mounds sign painting, setting up our blackout pep-rally, helping with our booster club, selling shirts at lunch and helping in other various roles. Being a cheer parent is a big deal and can be a lot of fun! 

A: Yes! We have worked very hard to accommodate our practice and choreography times so they do not overlap with all star cheer. Our games and events NOT SET by our cheerleading program are pre-set at the beginning of the year so you will know when your child will be cheering. We do ask that since we work hard to help you, that you and your child keep in close communication with us and the all star gym about events. Dates that are set in advance are mandatory for Marcus cheerleaders, but we do allow 2 “skips” or “freebies” per year. 

A: Please look under the tryout overview tab for this info. 

A:` Depending on which team you make, it can cost anywhere from $2000-$2500. 

This is due in installments 

A: https://youtu.be/DEA2x9eRmNU 

A: No. Tumbling is not required, but it is a great way to score higher. 

Yes! They can choose to tryout as a cheerleader as normal, or they may choose to tryout with no dance, but an additional mandatory coed stunt category.