USASF rules, divisions and categories create a safe, consistent and fair platform for athletes to cheer and dance at All Star events and exercises. Safety, followed by skill progression and fair play, is a top priority when establishing or adjusting rules or policies. The USASF also establishes best practice guidelines in areas of All Star that are not directly related to safety rules, but are important to the integrity of the sport. Here is the USASF`s proposal to change the public rules for the 2022-23 season. Proposed rule: Allow untwisted/non-reverse unlock movements to expand when connected to a wristband at readiness level or below. Reason: The International Open 6 division can have exactly the same squad. The Senior Open 6 was created due to uncertainty about the direction the IASF is taking in terms of ratings, rules, etc. Remember that these are just suggestions, not final rules! Current rule: requires 2 bracelets at readiness level or lower. Reason: The first level where you can fall off a flip is flip/flip not a good progress. While I agree with your comment to some extent, the comment about college age is wrong, what if a college-aged child doesn`t go to college? Or without a cheer team or club? And shouldn`t ALL kids focus on other things, including work? Is there an age when a person should stop playing sports? Health and well-being should always be at the forefront, regardless of age. Organized sports help people of all ages with a variety of things.
Eliminating them for some is a mistake. As of November 10, 2021, we are currently in the fifth stage of the rule change process. The sixth step, “Ask members for feedback,” is as follows. Calls have already been made to make the process more transparent and the USASF is expected to publish the results of the survey to members. The USASF recently announced new rule proposals that would apply from the 2022-2023 season. It is not guaranteed that these proposals will become new rules, but offer ideas and discussions on the development of cheerleading in the future. Reasoning – This would help balance divisions in the worlds. Currently, the big senior has 4 teams and the smallest has about 50. This change would essentially combine the current medium and large teams into a single division and create better competition.
Small and extra small teams would complement the new medium and small divisions. The USASF is strengthening its safety rules and policies by certifying coaches to ensure that cheer coaches are able to teach the advancement of appropriate skills and certification of security judges, providing safety judges with the knowledge and resources to enforce safety rules during competition. In October 2021, the USASF announced proposed rules for the 2022-23 season and the rule change process. The proposed regulation outlines various changes for the 2022-23 season, not the current 2021-22 season. Changes range from tumbling skills, building skills, age grid, cheerleading Worlds departments and D1/D2 parameters. Rationale: The additional male athlete provides options for creating stunt groups that can be completed at a competitive level with more age-appropriate athletes. It is necessary to pilot older and suitable pilots, and another male will help to do this. The average team of 24 people will do 5 stunts, this would eventually put 1 man in each stunt group. This would also allow teams with stronger female stunts to add men with elite rockers to help them in tumbling categories. In these divisions, men are strongly presented, another male who can contribute to a category where the team as a whole is absent. There is such a jump of 5 to 12 men in the Grand Open Coed 6 and 5 to 16 men in International Large 6 & 7, so the smaller divisions will help one more man close that gap. Reason: Level 4 can combine bounding jumps, and then Level 6 can combine limitation skills with double twist.
Adjustment progression reasoning: This would allow all 6 senior divisions to have two remaining athletes after creating stunt groups. It also separates each division by 8 athletes. Currently, 38 athletes are allowed at Level 6, but only 30 at Levels 1 to 5. It doesn`t make sense. There is a greater likelihood of injury as 38 athletes fall to the ground. This is especially true if these athletes perform level 6 tumbling. The maximum team size should be lowered to 30 so that it matches all other elite levels and reduces the risk of injury. Also, most gyms can`t field a team of 30+ athletes.
It is not necessary. Reasoning – This would help balance divisions in the worlds. Currently, the big senior has 4 teams and the smallest has about 50. This change would essentially combine the current medium and large teams into a single division and create better competition. Small and extra small teams would complement the new medium and small divisions. The rules would affect teams on multiple levels and are big changes for some divisions! You could even remove some divisions from the Worlds. Elite Level 3: Insert 2 (+) rear springs. Speaking of new cheerleading rules. Did you know that the IASF has a new uniform rule that will apply from 2022? Read all about it here: What is the IASF`s new Full Top uniform rule? (Current rule: must be run in the folded position). Do not resize Senior Large 6. Size is the show.
Do not break what is not broken!!! New this season, the USASF has begun the process of these rule changes, a welcome moment of transparency.