MEMBERSHIP
RCCA Objectives

  • To provide the tools for educating, certifying and empowering coaches
  • To provide a vehicle for communicating with present members and potential members world-wide
  • To recognize youth excellence and encourage healthy competition
  • To establish continuity in evaluating performance
  • To provide opportunities for sharing ideas, methods, and resources
  • To provide a safer environment through risk management and safety training
  • To develop management, leadership, and coaching skills • To provide purchasing power

Coaches’ Requirements

  • Chance to network
  • Support system
  • Purchasing power
  • Training
  • A voice in the development of recreation cheerleading
  • A common meeting place to dispense and receive information
  • Uniformity in terms and evaluations
  • Respect
  • Acknowledgement of recreation cheerleading as a worthy activity
   

RCCA Meeting the Needs

  • Providing classes and certifications in related areas: youth leadership, safety, stunting, spotting, tumbling, and choreography
  • Creating: WWW.CHEERCOACHES.COM
  • Developing message board online
  • Creating member's directory
  • Providing events for youth
  • Adopting guidelines created by recreation coaches
  • Holding conferences, meetings and socials
  • Creating publications and classes
  • Offering opportunities to chair and serve as directors or delegates
  • Having a say in the development and perimeters of recreation cheerleading
  • Providing group purchasing power

RCCA Supplies Cost Analysis

  • Purchasing power through our sponsors
  • Purchasing power through negotiations with suppliers

RCCA Strengths


RCCA Key Benefits

  • Positive youth leadership changes lives POSITIVELY
  • Professional Development
  • Certifications and education
  • Recognition by community
  • Leadership opportunities
  • Teamwork opportunities
  • Personal Development
  • Gain peer contacts
  • Influence personal, family relationships
  • Gain confidence and satisfaction

RCCA Member’s Actions required

  • Be involved; volunteer to recruit members, work on committees and be part of organization decision making
  • Use the website for its benefits
  • Support the members
  • Attend member's events
  • Communicate with members
  • Continue your training
  • Support our sponsors

 

RCCA Recreation Division Guidelines

In keeping with nationally recognized spirit rules
  Partner Stunts Dismounts/Tosses Tumbling

Novice

Cherubs, Anklebiters, Youth

Jr. Prep, 120’s, Unlimiteds
(Jr. Rec., Sr. Rec)

 -No free standing, one-footed extended stunts

-No stunts beyond 2 persons high 		-No twist dismounts
-No basket tosses 		No running and standing tumbling beyond handsprings

-No full team tumbling beyond basic skills such as round offs

Intermediate

Cherubs, Anklebiters, Youth

Jr. Prep, 120’s, Unlimiteds

(Jr. Rec., Sr. Rec)

No stunts beyond 2 persons high No double twist dismounts except from two-legged stunts at shoulder level or below

-No double twist tosses

-No tumbling series after back tucks

-No twist tumbling

-No full team tumbling beyond handsprings

Advanced

Jr. Prep,

120’s, Unlimiteds (Jr. Rec., Sr. Rec)

 No stunts beyond 2 persons high -No triple twisting dismounts

-No triple twisting tosses

-No somersaulting tosses 		-No triple twisting tumbling

* All stunts and pyramids are limited to two persons high.
* No somersaulting tosses permitted by any team.