Level 4: Cheer
Rules and Guidelines
2008 -09 Season
Level 4 General Tumbling
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All tumbling must originate from and land on the performing surface. (Exception: Tumbler may [without hip-over-head rotation] rebound from his/her feet into a stunt transition. Rebounding to a prone position is allowed.)
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Tumbling over, under, or through a stunt, individual, or prop, is prohibited. (Exception: forward/backward rolls over a prop are legal.)
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Tumbling while holding or in contact with any prop is prohibited.
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Spotted, assisted, or connected tumbling is prohibited. (Example: Double cartwheels and chorus line flips are illegal.)
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Dive rolls performed in a swan or layout position are prohibited.
Level 4 Standing Tumbling
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Standing flips and flips from a back handspring entry are allowed.
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No jump skills are allowed in immediate combination with a standing flip (e.g. no toe touch back tucks, no back tuck toe touches, or pike jump front flips, etc - However, toe touch back handspring back tucks are allowed because the flip skill is not connected immediately after the jump skill).
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No consecutive flip-flip combinations are allowed (e.g. back tuck-back tuck, back tuck-punch front, etc).
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Skills are allowed up to 1 flipping and 0 twisting rotations. (Exception: aerial cartwheel, Onodi)
Level 4 Running Tumbling
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Skills are allowed up to 1 flipping and 0 twisting rotations. (Exception: aerial cartwheel, Onodi)
