Making the Squad: High School Cheer Tryouts

with Dana Logan,
Ames (IA) High School Head Cheerleading Coach; Fall (Football ) and Winter (Basketball & Wrestling);
2025 Iowa Cheerleading Coaches' Association (ICCA) Iowa Cheer Coach of the Year;
2024 Iowa High School State Championship titles in Coed Cheer/Dance and Coed Stunt Group;
Championship Productions' Cheerleading Director;
Iowa Cheerleaders Coaches' Association - President / All State Director / Newsletter

Prepare for high school cheerleading tryouts by learning cheer terminology and skills from current varsity cheerleaders! Coach Dana Logan breaks up the entire tryout process into easy-to-follow categories and provides the "do's and don'ts" along the way.

The included categories are as follows:

• Basic Cheer Motion Technique
• Cheers/Chants
• Jumps
• Tumbling
• Spiriting
• Fight Song/Dance

Each component is fully demonstrated and explained to make learning these new skills a fun and easy task. You'll also receive strategic tips on how you can increase your chance of being chosen for the team from the coach's point of view!

This presentation is ideal for newcomers to the sport of cheerleading that wish to join a high school cheerleading squad. No previous cheer or dance experience is required to benefit from the instruction provided!

39 minutes. 2020.