Photo by Steve Franz, LSU Staff Photographer

Front Row (l to r): Maria Cortez, Braley Raborn, Chelsea Hebert, Todd Baker, Katherine Whitty, Neil Jarrett, Karrah Drummond, Scott Dufour, Blake Jenevein, Parker Wade, David Patton, Kaylee Elder, Ben Brickner, Jessica Spitale, Daniel Gilbert, Abby Delahoussaye
Middle Row (men, l to r): Chico Garcia (Coach) Mitch Budlong (Coach) John Ross Schexnaildre, Tyler Buentello, Gerald Ellis, Nick Hoenes, Max Poche', Derek Modecut, Steven Bartol, Todd Condoll, Scott Swiler, Sam Crenshaw, Trever Thibodeaux, Pauline Zernott (Director/Coach)
Back Row (ladies, l to r): Shelby Brennan, Megan Miller, Shelton Godwin,Veronica Ridgley, Brittany Day, Reney Mascari, Hannah King, Catherine Messenger, Hannah Lee, Kelsey Collins 

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2010 LSU Cheerleading Tryouts: Important Dates

Pre Tryout Clinic Dates
February 21, 2010
March 21, 2010
April 25, 2010

LSU Cheerleading Tryout Dates | More Info
April 30 - May 2, 2010

NOTE: Must be present to tryout.

Positions will be finalized pending grades and admissions are complete as well as results of students drug test.  All members are subject to a drug test to rule out the use of steroids, recreation drugs, as well as banned substances by the NCAA.

Location
LSU Indoor Football Facility on Skip Bertman Dr.  Please park in Lot K across from the Football Operations Building on Skip Bertman Dr., just past the railroad tracks.

How can I prepare for LSU Cheerleading tryouts?

You must be well rounded. Motions, tumbling and co-ed stunts are 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.
 
As for 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.

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. We try to coordinate games and clinic around the same time so you can attend both. One day clinic dates TBD.

For more information on LSU Cheerleading Tryouts, click here.

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For more information regarding the LSU Cheerleading Squad, contact the LSU Spirit Coordinator at pzernott@lsu.edu.