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How does cheer scoring work?

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Asked by: Sonya Jenkins

Your score is based on “score drivers” given to coaches over the summer and is comparative to the other teams at each individual event. When considering building, including more ELITE level appropriate skills in both stunts and pyramids will drive the scores higher within the range.

What is the highest score for cheer?

10 Highest-Scoring Routines From Day 1 Of The Cheerleading Worlds 2021

  • Brandon All-Stars – Senior Black. Performance Score: 142.7. …
  • Cheer Extreme – Raleigh – SSX. Performance Score: 139.9. …
  • Cheer Extreme – Coed Elite. Performance Score: 138.05. …
  • Woodlands Elite – OR – Black Ops.


What does it mean to hit zero in cheer?

Hit Zero. Hitting Zero means that all stunts, tumbling, jumps, dance in the performance of a routine have been executed without any deductions from the judging panel. In other words “HIT ZERO” means ZERO deductions in a routine.

What is the raw score in cheer?

“Raw Score” means points scored excluding Safety and Deductions. “Raw Score Max” is the total points possible for that particular division. (Raw Score / Raw Score Max) x 100 = TOTAL TEAM SCORE (% of perfection). The Final Competition Score is what is used to determine rankings.

What does Hiit mean in cheer?

with no deductions

It’s hitting. For those of you who don’t know, “hitting” a routine means executing it with no deductions. While this might not be your team’s definition of perfect, it does mean that, to the judges, you did everything you could do to get the highest score possible.

Has any Cheer team scored 100?

But the biggest WOW!!! and certainly most talked about event this year was when a four-year old gym, Reign Elite Cheer Allstar from Bakersfield, California, at its second NCA appearance ever, earned a score of 99.9 on Day 2 in its Div.

Has any Cheer team gotten a 100 score?

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Local cheer gym, Reign Elite is celebrating a history breaking score this week, after competing in a national competition. The athletes scored a 99.9 score in their division at the NCA All-Star competition in Dallas February 28.

Is Jerry from Cheer in jail?

Since his September 2020 arrest, Jerry Harris, now 22 years old, has been held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago. In October 2020, a judge denied him bond, suggesting Harris is a danger to the community. He will remain in prison until his sentencing, which is set for June 28.

What does BB mean in Cheer?

building bobble

BB = building bobble



A “bobble” is when a stunt or basket toss almost drops or falls, but is saved. This includes flyers having trouble balancing, extended stunts dropping to a lower level, and dismount mistakes.

What does 51 full-outs mean in Cheer?

In 2019, when Navarro was going for its 14th national championship title, “we flipped the numbers and said we’d do 41 full-outs,” Aldama said. (It’s a superstition.) Choreographer Andy Cosferent suggested that they do the same thing for 2020, so they flipped their attempted 15th championship win — hence, 51.

What is a whip double?


Squeeze your hollow body absorb your landing. And stick and spin you.

What does Fttb mean Cheer?

Fierce To The Bone.

FTTB. These sayings seem to be a Cheer Athletics thing! One of their Worlds teams, Wildcats says FTTB, which seems to mean “Fierce To The Bone.”