Pop Warner Spirit teams have participated for several decades on the football sidelines (Pep Squads, Majorettes, etc.); however, cheerleading was not officially introduced until the 1970’s. Today, thousands of youth participate in Pop Warner Cheerleading and Dance teams around the United States.
The Cheer and Dance Program offers teams a wide range of opportunity for young athletes at all skill levels: Novice, Intermediate and Advanced. Pop Warner has established one set of spirit rules along with JAMZ, the Pop Warner Education Development Partner and the original developer of the Youth Cheer and Dance Alliance (YCADA).
Together with YCADA, Pop Warner is able to provide online educational courses for its coaches, administrators and judges on team skill levels for Cheer Teams (Core Cheer, Show Cheer PW 1-4) and for Dance Teams (Pom Performance, Theme Dance & Hip Hop). Pop Warner also offers additional competition opportunities in Sideline Performance Cheer.
With continued education, the Pop Warner Coaching Staff provides basic instruction, training and conditioning for both football games and competition. Teams participate on the sidelines at football games for home and most away games through to the Pop Warner Super Bowl. In addition to Game Day, teams participate in qualifying spirit events (League and Region) through to a Pop Warner National Championship.
The Pop Warner National Cheer and Dance Championships (started in 1988) are currently located in Florida and occur in early December.
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The Executive Board and coaching staff of Topsail Junior Pirates Cheer are ultimately focused on your child's safety. Because there is such value placed on the overall safety of our athletes, our registration expenses are set in a manner that ensures the program's ability to fund much needed safety equipment.
In addition to costs associated with safety equipment, the cheer organization's expenses include but are not limited to:
--Insurance costs
--Equipment storage
--Coaching equipment
--Post season fees
--First aid supplies
--Concession stand equipment
--Scholarships
--Music expenses
--Tournament fees
--Mats for practicing and performing high level skills
The cheer registration fee includes the use of the following equipment, which must be turned in immediately following the last game of the season:
Game Day Uniform
Poms
Each participant will receive the following items to keep:
Game Day Bow
Game Day T-Shirt
The following items must be provided by the player:
Socks
Shoes
Briefs
DIVISION AGES INCLUSIVE BIRTH DATES
| TM | 5/6/7 | 8/1/2015 - 7/31/18 | |
| MM | 7/8/9 | 8/1/13 - 7/31/16 | |
| JPW | 8/9/10/11 | 8/1/11 - 7/31/15 | |
| PW | 9/10/11/12 | 8/1/10 - 7/31/14 | |
| JV | 10/11/12/13 | 8/1/09 - 7/31/13 | |