Transcript using the nfhs spirit rule book

Using the NFHS Spirit Rules Book
CONTENTS
Rules Changes for 2014-15
Table of Contents
 Philosophy of Spirit
 RULE 1 – Definitions
 RULE 2 – Cheerleading
 RULE 3 – Dance/Drill/Pom
 Situation Rulings follow each
section of Rules 2 & 3.
Pictures
Points of Emphasis
Comments
Comments on the Rules
Appendices
 Index
REMEMBER
ALL provisions
of the NHFS
rules book
apply to ALL
spirit activities
– practices,
performances,
games,
competition.
Rule Reference Format
2-1-3: 2 = Rule # 1 = Section # 3 = Article #
(Situation/Rulings format: 2.1.3)
Thank you to Diane Wolf and the Idaho Association for permission to use this information.
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Using the NFHS Spirit Rules Book
Rule 1 – Definitions Pg. 7
RULE 1 contains terms that are specifically defined for use elsewhere in
the rules book. If you don’t know what a term is in “NFHS-speak”, how
can you understand the rule? Don’t overlook Rule 1!
Rule 2 – General Risk Management Pg. 10
RULE 2 applies primarily to cheer teams and to dance/drill & pom teams
who perform partner stunts, tosses and tumbling.
Sections 1-General and 2-Sportsmanship apply to ALL spirit teams.
Section 3-Apparel/Accessories applies only to cheer teams.
Rule 3 – Dance/Drill/Pom Risk Management Pg. 30
RULE 3 applies primarily to dance/drill & pom teams and to cheer teams
who stand/perform on props (e.g. boxes).
Section 1-Apparel/Accessories applies only to dance/drill/pom teams.
Section 6-Assisted Inverted Floor Skills applies to ALL spirit teams.
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Book Corrections
Page 19 2.5.2 SITUATION B
A participant in a handstand on the performing
surface: (b) (c) hooks her legs over the shoulders
of a base and transitions to a shoulder sit
without assistance. RULING is correct.
Page 19 2.5.2 SITUATION C
Participants execute chorus line flips in which:
(b) (a) two performers lean…” RULING is correct.
Page 35 3.4.2 SITUATION
A top person executes a forward suspended roll
to the floor from a prop. She is assisted by:
RULING: (b) legal (b and (c) legal.
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2014-15 Major Editorial Changes
RULE 1 – NEW & REVISED DEFINITIONS
 Foldover Stunt: (New) “Inverted stunt in which top person
bends at the waist and is caught on her/his back by multiple
catchers while both of the top person’s ankles/feet remain in
the grip of the base(s).” (e.g. yo-yo, pancake”, etc.)
 Lift: (New) Dance term added to Stunt/Partner Stunt.
 Roll: (Old Forward/Backward Roll) Now “hip over head”.
 Suspended Roll: (Narrows the definition) Adds “upright
base(s) or post(s)”.
 Tumbling: (Narrows the definition) Adds “begins and ends on
the performing surface”.
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2014-15 Major Editorial Changes
RULE 2
 2-4-5; 2-4-6 SPOTTING Added “In stunts that require a spotter, a
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spotter must:” (Clarifies that spotting rules don’t apply to stunts that
don’t require a spotter.)
SEC 5 INVERSIONS Revised Article 2; Suspended Rolls incorporated
into Article 2; Braced Flips are now in Article 3.
2-7-4 HELICOPTERS; 2-7-5 LOG ROLLS Removed NOTES that stated
these stunts were exceptions to other rules. (No longer necessary)
2-7-5 LOG ROLLS Added “and the top person is not in contact with
another released top person”. (Clarifies that a top person in a log roll
can be in contact with a bracer.)
2-9-1 DISMOUNTS Exception added to clarify that bases can make a
quarter turn to catch a cradle; 2-9-8 clarifies that 1 ¼ twists to cradle
are allowed, no matter which direction they begin.
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