Cheer Team Recruit Questionnaire
This recruitment form is only applicable for students who will be on the New Brunswick campus of Rutgers University.
Please complete the information below to be considered for recruitment. Listed here are guidelines and suggestions for your video. In addition to posting a video, you're also welcome to join us at one of our COLLEGE CHEER CLINICS so we can see you in person (recommended).
Contact us
IMPORTANT NOTE
Due to the number of submissions we receive, we ONLY contact athletes who are viable candidates once we review all materials. If we feel you are a viable recruit, we will be in touch with you within one month of your submission.
Please complete the information below to be considered for recruitment. Listed here are guidelines and suggestions for your video. In addition to posting a video, you're also welcome to join us at one of our COLLEGE CHEER CLINICS so we can see you in person (recommended).
Contact us
Highlight the following items (in detail) in your video:
- NOTE: You can submit more than one video. When you list the video URLs, please put a comma between each in the submission form. Also, consider creating a YouTube channel and submitting the link for that. If you're keeping it private, please make sure that the privacy setting is set for anyone with the link to view. You can also send an Instagram account.
- Introduction (name, hometown, high school and or all-star gym) and tell us the following:
- Why you would like to be on the Rutgers University Scarlet Cheer Team (which competes in the "Coed" category).
- Why you would be an ideal candidate for our team.
- Your best/ proudest athletic memory as a competitor.
- What you hope to pursue academically in college.
- Any other information you wish to share.
- Men — Experience helps, but we're looking for athletic men who are willing to learn.
- Gameday footage if you are a high school cheerleader
- Showcase motion placement/ sharpness/ energy in cheers or sideline chants demonstrated
- Standing tumbling passes — *NON SPRING FLOOR
- Standing backhandspring
- Standing tuck (no step)
- Standing backhandspring back tuck (no step)
- Elite tumbling passes — *NON SPRING FLOOR
- Standing backhandspring backhandspring tuck/ layout/ full (preferred no step)
- Standing backhanspring layout/ full
- Standing fulls
- Running tumbling — *NON SPRING FLOOR
- Roundoff handspring series (prefer power hurdle over two-step or running into)
- Roundoff handspring tuck (prefer power hurdle over 2 step or running into)
- Roundoff handspring layout (prefer power hurdle over 2 step or running into)
- Foundoff handspring full (prefer power hurdle over 2 step or running into)
- Any elite passes (whip to full/ Arabian to full/ full through to full/ kick full/ etc.)
- Partner stunts
IMPORTANT NOTES: Please tell us which position you are performing in each stunt, and please list the name(s) and age(s) of everyone appearing in the stunt in your video. You can list this in the video URL form field, if you'd like.- Single-base stunts (one base, one flyer)
- Hands stunts — hands lib / stretch / cupie
- Walk-in stunts — extension / lib / stretch / arabesque
- Toss stunts — lib / stretch / arabesque / cupie
- Spinning stunts — fullups / hands full around / etc.
- Flipping stunts — roundoff ups / front handspring ups / backhandspring ups / rewinds / hand in hands / double ups / one arm rewinds / etc.
- Single-base stunts (one base, one flyer)
Videos should not be produced in a professional manner but your appearance, introductory information, and skills demonstrated should highlight all of your strengths as a student athlete in a professional manner.
If you're currently on an All Female team and you've never single-base stunted, you can send videos of your multi-base stunts instead of or in addition to any single-base stunts.IMPORTANT NOTE
Due to the number of submissions we receive, we ONLY contact athletes who are viable candidates once we review all materials. If we feel you are a viable recruit, we will be in touch with you within one month of your submission.
