Making the Team

There is no roster limit for how many athletes we take, meaning that anyone that shows potential, or demonstrates skills has a very high chance of making the team. In order to be in the competition routine, more strict guidelines may apply but all team members will know of them during the season.

We look for slightly different physical skills between men and women, however there are universal mental criteria for making the team.

We look for athletes that:

1. Learn easily and take direction and criticism well.
   This means an ability to imagine your role in a skill, how to execute that role, and what you may be doing wrong. It also means having respect for your teacher, since they have been in your position before, and it also means asking questions when you dont understand.
2. Are self-motivated.
   The ability to train on your own time is important because there simply is not enough practice hours to learn everything or train everything, and workouts can't be forced. You have to want to get better, in gradual steps.
3. Can perform well in front of a crowd.
   This is rarely a problem, since there is time to overcome initial nervousness.

For most people, this just means trying hard at the tryouts, and keeping that dedication once you are on the team.

If you are one of those people that will train or prepare for the tryout process, or just need to know what testing we'll be doing, here are the Tryout Tests. Any questions you have; about training for tryouts, the tryout test or any questions about anything school or team related, feel free to ask the team on the wall at the Waterloo Cheerleading Tryouts Facebook Group.