2020 Cheer Squad Information
7/13/2018 1:00:00 PM | Spirit Squads
2020 Mizzou Cheerleading Tryout Updates
Submit your Tryout packet and Pre-lim video submission by May 1!
UPDATE: Please send packets to:
Coach Cynthia Metz
1109 Rainbow Trout Circle
Columbia, MO 65203
- Cheer Application/Tryout Info
- Sports Medicine Waiver | Assumption of Risk Major
- Mizzou Cheerleading Expectations
Applications must be received no later than May 1, 2020. Only applicants accepted and full-time University of Missouri-Columbia students for Fall 2020 may audition. Feel free to contact me with any questions by emailing metzch@missouri.edu.
Upon packet submission, you will receive a confirmation email from Coach Cynthia Metz. Included in this will be a link to our YouTube channel with a video of the Mizzou Fight Song. All video submissions can be uploaded through a Google Form sent to you, titled Mizzou Cheer Preliminary Tryout 2020. You will upload your video to YouTube and mark as unlisted. Copy the link into the appropriate section on the Google Form. Download the Band App and look for an invitation to the Mizzou Cheer Tryouts 2020.
There are 4 video sections:
- Introduction and Jumps
- Fight Song
- Tumbling
- Stunting
Please film each section in continuum, with the exception of the stunting section. The stunting section may include current and recent videos showcasing the skills listed below. You may make multiple attempts in the same section if needed (limit 3).
Tips
- Hold camera horizontally.
- Females: Do hair and makeup as though you are trying out in person and wear appropriate athletic attire.
- Males should be clean shaven and wear appropriate athletic attire.
- Please refer to and sign the Mizzou Cheerleading/Mascot Expectations Agreement
Prelim Qualifiers will be notified on May 8.
Live Final Tryouts will be on a later date, TBD.
*If live delays continue, there will be further instructions for Final Qualifiers*
1. Introduction
- Name
- Grade
- Brief Cheer background
- Favorite part of Cheerleading
- Stunt position(s)
Jumps
- Toe Touch
- Pike
2. Fight Song
*See Youtube Channel for Front and Back view of Mizzou Fight Song.
Please perform with music, facing the camera, and use Poms.
3. Tumbling
- Standing Back tuck- Please use Poms
- Optional Standing pass (recommended)
- Possibilities include: Standing full, 1/2/3 to full or layout, cartwheel full, toe back
- Best Running Tumbling pass
*Tumbling must be on a dead mat, grass, or rubberized track- NOT a spring floor*
4. Stunting
Please showcase your best stunt and indicate your position. You may submit more than one position.
Coed
- Toss Chair
- Walk in/Toss hands- Extension
- Toss Lib
- Optional Elite Sequences
- Dismount (Double downs preferred)
All Girl
- Toss Extension
- Toss Lib
- Full up or Inversion
- Optional Elite Sequences
- Dismount (Double downs preferred)
*If additionally submitting videos (within a year) from recent practices, performances or games, please make sure you can be visibly seen and indicate your position.
