TCU Cheerleading FAQ
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TCU CHEERLEADERS
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- Full-time TCU students in good academic and disciplinary standing.
- High school seniors with provisional admission.
- Undergraduate transfer students with provisional admission.
- All potential candidates must have a physical completed by the physician of their choice within the six-month period prior to tryouts. The physical must be completed at the candidate’s expense.
- Candidates must be covered by health/hospitalization insurance in an amount comparable to the minimum coverage offered through the University’s student insurance program.
- Candidates must possess sufficient physical fitness and proper training to execute all required skills. We do not have a weight or height restriction as size ranges fluctuate from year to year.
- TCU spirit squads get to generate and lead crowd involvement and spirit for one of the best Big Twelve athletic programs in the nation! GO FROGS!
- The spirit squad cheers at TCU football home and away games, home volleyball games, and home men's and women's basketball, including post-season tournaments. Limited spots are available for travel games.
- Squad members also make public appearances and perform at many other events for the TCU Athletic Department, the University, and the Fort Worth community throughout the season.
- Cheerleaders perform routines showing their skills and abilities at both home football games and men’s basketball games.
- TCU Cheerleaders get the chance to travel all over the country for bowl games, March Madness, and other opportunities. Limited spots are available for travel games.
- TCU Cheerleaders benefit from receiving healthy cooked meals from the Performance Athletic Dining.
- Members receive sport specific strength training plans.
- As a squad member you have no financial obligation, all uniforms, travel + meal money, practice wear, are graciously covered by TCU!
- TCU Cheerleaders often leave the program having gained lifelong friendships and lessons they’ll carry with them into their future.
- TCU Cheerleading is a major time commitment for both fall and spring semesters. The Cheerleading year begins with tryouts in April, meets again a few weeks before school starts for training and does not stop with games and appearances until tryouts of the following year.
- Practice is canceled along with school classes during holidays. Games during these times are NOT canceled. Local members cheer at the Holiday games. Select team members are chosen for bowl games over winter break and basketball tournaments over spring break. Notice and schedules are available far in advanced for planning purposes.
- Practice is held 2-3 times per week in the early afternoon or evening during both the fall and spring semesters.
- Required strength and conditioning training takes place 2-3 days a week.
- The team has competed in the past; however, we are now focused on game day only and no longer compete.
- Since cheerleading is not an NCAA collegiate sport, we do not “recruit” like other sports. Every interested athlete must try out to be eligible for a position on the team.
- TCU Cheer hosts open practices for males throughout the year and clinics for both males and females in the Spring.
- The male open practices and spring clinics are the BEST way to get noticed by our team and meet the coaches, however they are NOT required to tryout.
- Spring clinic dates and information are updated annually to the tryout page in late January/early February. Our Instagram page will also announce this info.
- TCU Cheer does not host open practices for interested athletes apart from the scheduled open male practices.
- We HIGHLY encourage interested athletes to read and APPLY all the information of what we look for in choosing our team – this is found on the tryout page.
- As always, the best preparation for tryouts is learning and applying what we look for as early as possible through continued practice. We encourage interests to watch the cheerleaders at home games, learn from our Instagram posts and saved highlights, and attend the clinics.
- There are not a set number of spots available. The cut off will be based on the break in scores determined by the judges and squad partnering considerations based on stunting position. All Girl typically ranges between 18 and 25 members, and Coed between 5 to 10 couples. This changes from year to year depending on the talent at tryouts. In the past there have been alternate positions available but is not available every year.
