Updated Tryout Information

(as of October 14, 2024)

 Hello Future Aztecs, 

Our tryouts for the 2025-2026 season will be hosted by invitation only. Each prospective athlete must submit a video with the requirements listed below no later than April 1st, 2025. Each candidate will be notified on or before April 5th, if they receive an invite to attend tryouts. At that time, those who receive an invitation to tryouts will receive a tryout packet to complete via email. In person tryouts will be held May 8th, 9th & 10th.

VIDEO REQUIREMENTS

Please email videos to jllong@sdsu.edu. To ensure that the entire video comes through please send it via a YouTube link or Vimeo.

All applicants need to also send a copy of their acceptance letter or appeal confirmation.

For tryout videos, we ask that all candidates be in full game day. This means full make-up and hair for females and clean shaven for the males. Examples of Game Day are as follows:

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Please start your video by introducing yourself with your first and last name and what grade you are in currently and then answer the following questions.

  1. How did you become a cheerleader?

  2. What is your cheerleading experience and where do you cheer currently?

  3. Why do you want to cheer at SDSU?

  4. What strong qualities do you think you can bring to the team?

  5. What else would you like us to know about you?

  6. If you make the SDSU Cheer program, will you be attending SDSU? Or are you considering attending other universities?

    1. This question is being asked purely so that we can adjust our numbers for the selection process.

Game Day material

  • Include yourself doing any sideline cheer/chant of your choice

  • Include yourself doing any 4-eight count dance/band dance of your choice (females only)

Jumps/Tumbling

  • Toe touch and a second jump of your choice

  • Standing tuck (If you have a standing full, then that is preferable)

  • Standing tumbling to full (least amount of handsprings possible)

  • Running tumbling to full 

  • Combo pass through to full

If you do not have a full, then do these skills to layouts.  If you do not have a layout, then do these skills to a tuck. Please film all skills on a regular cheer floor or grass.  No spring floor.

Stunts for female bases and back spots

  • Include AT LEAST two clips of twisting skills (full ups, 1 & 1/2 half ups, double ups, full arounds, etc.)

  • Include AT LEAST two clips of inversions (round-off ups, back-handspring ups, shoulder inversions, hand in hands, etc.)

  • Include AT LEAST two clips of variety stunts (tic-tocks, creative stunts, dismounts, etc.)

Stunts for flyers

  • Include AT LEAST two clips of twisting skills (full ups, 1 and a half ups, double ups, full arounds etc.)

  • Include AT LEAST two clips of inversions (round off ups, back handspring ups, shoulder inverts, hand in hands etc.)

  • Include AT LEAST two clips of dismounts (full downs, double downs, pop downs, waterfalls, creative dismounts etc.)

  • Include the following body lines: Heel stretch, arabesque, scorpion and scale. 

Stunts for males

One clip of each:

  • Toss hands press extension pop down

  • Toss extension

  • Toss lib OR toss stretch

  • Stunt of your choice with a cradle or full down

Tryout Material