Male Cheerleader Tryouts
July 16-19, 2010
The LSU cheerleaders will be holding an open tryout July 16 -19 at the LSU Indoor Football Practice Facility. E-mail PZernott@lsu.edu for times. Experience not required. We are looking for four (4) male LSU students that love LSU athletics. Come out and give it a try!
Spirit Squad 2010 Tryout Schedule
* approximate times subject to change.
* always look your best during clinics. Hair, make-up (ladies), well groomed neat appearance.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Cheer
6-9 p.m.
Location: Indoor Football Facility, Skip Bertman Dr. Park in Lot K.
Attire: Females shorts and sports tops. Males shorts and t-shirts. Learn sidelines, fight song, standing tumbling cut
Dance
6-9 p.m.
Location: PMAC across from Tiger Stadium
Attire: black hot shorts, black crop top, jazz shoes. Technique and overall impression cut. Learn Jazz Dance
Mascot
6-9 p.m.
Location: Indoor Football Facility (See above)
Attire: comfortable shirt and shorts
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Cheer
9 a.m. - noon
Location: PMAC main floor Attire same as Friday.
Present material and tumbling, possibly stunt. Cuts
Lunch Break
2-5 p.m.
Location: PMAC downstairs aux gym
Coed Stunts and open workshop
Dance
Noon-'til
Location: PMAC main floor. Will present jazz dance then cut. Learn hip hop and fight song then cut. Break will be taken as needed.
Attire: black hot shorts, crop top jazz shoes for jazz. Sweatpants, crop top and sneakers for hip hop and fight song.
Mascot
9 a.m.
Location: PMAC main floor.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Cheer
9-'til
Location: PMAC main floor Same attire
Final cuts. Team meeting after lunch approximately 3 p.m.
Dance
Practice at precision athletics. Sweats and sneakers
Mascot
1-2 p.m.
Location: PMAC main floor Final cuts
3 p.m.
SPIRIT SQUAD MEETING
Location: 5th Floor of Athletic Department, left out of elevators
General Information
All participants must be currently enrolled or have applied to the University. Those currently enrolled at LSU must attach a copy of their spring schedule as well as degree audit showing overall cumulative GPA. Those with admissions pending must attach a copy of their admissions application and any paperwork they have received from the admissions office. Also an audit of grades to show GPA and ACT or SAT scores will be high enough to be accepted to LSU.
IMPORTANT: Application and forms must be received by the Wednesday prior to the tryout.
Please mail to:
LSU Athletics, Pauline Zernott
Cheerleading Tryouts
P.O. Box 25095
Baton Rouge, LA 70894
Overnight Address:
LSU Athletics Department
Pauline Zernott - Cheerleader Tryotus
North Stadium Dr
Baton Rouge LA 70803
225-578-4734
- If you are under 18, your tryout application form MUST BE SIGNED by a parent or guardian in order to participate.
- Applicants must provide complete insurance information to participate in the clinics and tryouts.
- All portions of tryouts are closed to the public. Only applicants, coaching staff, and LSU athletic department staff will be allowed inside.
- Evaluators will consist of the coaches and athletic department staff members. The purpose of the tryout is to choose the best all-around representatives for LSU.
- Generally, 16 males and 16 females are chosen to make up the squad.
How can I prepare for LSU Cheerleading tryouts?
We are looking for a well rounded individual. First and formost an outgoing personality as well as a good character is very important. The LSU cheerleaders are highly visable within our community and therefore must be able to represent the University in a positive way. Grades and how well you have worked with coaches from prior squads will be considered. Motions, tumbling and co-ed stunts are also all important. If you do not have co-ed stunt experience it is imperative to get experience prior to tryouts. Local cheer gyms and college squads are good resources for private stunt lessons. Our gold squad members typically have full up stunts, rewinds and handspring up stunts. Purple squad members have basic stunts such as extensions, liberties, walk-in stunts as well as toss stunts. Being able to stunt with several people and not just one person is also a benefit. When we are choosing our team, we consider who easy to work with and can be used with different partners.
Tumbling: Standing back tucks and standing back handspring tucks are the norm for our squad. Running tumbling ranges. Most girls have layouts and fulls and our guys range with no running tumbling to fulls. Both girls and guys have a first round motion cut so it is important to also have good collegiate style motions. Tumbling is usually the key factor in the first cut along with motions. Do not spend time on jumps as we do not use them.
In addition, if you do not cheer on a high school squad and you are on a competitive team only, please consider getting a private coach to assist you in learning "game day" cheerleading. Being talented is important but you must also know how to "lead a crowd" and cheer in front of fans and not just judges. Yelling loud and natural, natural collegiate cheering expressions, sharp motions and good motion placement is all something that you may not work on if only on an all star team.
While we do not have a weight or height restriction, our girls range in size from 95 pounds to 125 pounds and 4'11 to 5'3. Our guys range in size from 5'8 to 6'2 and 160 to 206. This is a typical size range and fluctuates from year to year. As long as you are adaptable to stunt with several partners you will be considered. Therefore experience is esential.
Consider attending one of our spring one day clinics. You will gain an inside perspective on our tryout process. It is also a good idea to attend one of our games to see our cheerleaders in action.
For more information regarding the LSU Cheerleading Squad, contact the LSU Spirit Coordinator at pzernott@lsu.edu.
