TEAM CANADA PREMIER (TCP) AND NATIONAL TEAM TRAINING PROGRAM (NTTP) Selection Process

Cheer Canada is looking for Canada’s best athletes to represent our country as part of Team Canada Premier (TCP) and the National Team Training Program (NTTP).

This season TCP will be competing twice this season:

  • 2024 ICU Pan American Championships in Ottawa, Canada, September 27 – 29, 2024
  • 2025 ICU World Cheerleading Championships in Orlando, Florida, April 2025.

Due to this unique early-season event the first training camp will be in August for both TCP and NTTP. Athletes may get rostered on TCP or NTTP from the video application. Some spots will remain on TCP for the August camp. Athletes from NTTP will have the opportunity in the first block to demonstrate their skills and will be considered to fill remaining spots on TCP.  Athletes on NTPP will be considered to fill any vacancy for TCP and should be ready to be on Premier within the season or two.

Athletes applying must be current members of Cheer Canada and must register to be members in the 2024-2025 season when their provincial platform opens. You can become a member at the following link: https://cheercanadareg.sportlomo.com/ . Please contact your PTSO regarding membership questions. 

REQUIREMENTS 

  • Athletes must be born in 2009 or earlier to be selected for TCP (2008 for NTTP). 
  • Athletes are required to be a minimum of six (6) months consecutive permanent resident in Canada as of September 26, 2024.
  • Athletes must be eligible to travel internationally with a passport valid for a minimum of six (6) months past the date of return from the competition.
  • All TCP athletes will become registered athletes in the National Athlete Pool as per the requirements of the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) and must meet anti-doping requirements year-round. Further information is available here.

APPLICATION PROCESS  

It is highly recommended that athletes try out as a full stunt group of four for AG and pair for Coed. It is possible that not all members of a group will be selected OR work together all season as the coaches MAY mix athletes from different groups to maximize the potential of the team. 

  1. Submit a video (“Unlisted” YouTube Video link) by July 15, 2024*
  2. Complete this application form: https://form.jotform.com/CheerCanada/TCP-NTTP-2024-2025 & application fee

*Athletes who were on TCP 2024 at ICU do not need to submit a new video providing their group/pair is fully intact with all athletes returning. Coaching staff may have other assignments as a replacement to the video application process.

VIDEOS

  • SUBMIT one video per group/pair including videos taken within the past month (if not able to provide explanation on why)
  • Follow skills in the order of the skill list. Any skill you cannot perform, skip it 
  • Tumbling should be on non-sprung floor where possible. Please show the floor surface (ie sprung or non sprung in EVERY tumbling clip)
  • Please do not include any sound (background noise, music, counting, etc. after the introduction)
All Girl Video Requirements
  • Introduction: Your full name, position, province of residence
  • Tumbling: 
    • Toe Touch Back Tuck
    • Back Handspring Back Tuck
    • Best Standing Series
    • Best Running Series
  • Stunting: Include 1-2 of the most difficult variations you have mastered OPTIONAL to add 1 variation that you are safely working towards
    • Rewind to Top
      • Block, 1 leg, Body Position, Round off Entry
    • BHS up
      • Block, 1 leg, Body Position, Full up, Double up
    • Hand in Hand
      • Prep to Extended, Extended to Extended, any level with Body Position
    • Full Around
      • Extended to lib, lib to lib, lib to Body Position, 1 ¼ to Body Position
  • Baskets Bases need to only include most difficult basket mastered Flyers include 1-3 most difficult baskets mastered
    • Tuck X
    • Tuck X Full
    • Back layout full
    • Back layout double full
    • Arabian Full
  • Dismounts
    • Extension, power press:
      • Back Layout Half
      • Back Tuck
      • Arabian
    • Arabesque double down
  • OPTIONAL
    • Diamidov entry into hand in hand
    • front handspring up
    • free release full up
    • fast forward
    • walking lunges while holding shoulder stands
    • reverse grip hand in hand
    • Bananarama
COED Video Requirements
  • Introduction: Your full name, position, province of residence
  • Tumbling: 
    • Standing back tuck or back full
    • Best Standing Series
    • Best Running Series
  • Stunting:
    Include 2-3 of the most difficult variations of each that you have mastered 
    • Rewind to Top
      • Block, 1 leg, Body Position, Round off Entry, Cupie, 1-armed, Full twisting
    • FHS up
      • Block, 1 leg, Body Position, to hand in hand, 1 ½ up 
    • Hand in Hand
      • Prep to Extended, Extended to Extended, any level with Body Position, with twisting 
    • COMBO with 1 twisting mount, 1 transition & 1 dismount
      • Mount examples include (but not limited to): full up, double up
      • Transition examples include (but not limited to): full around
      • Dismount examples include (but not limited to): full twisting pop down, double down to cradle
    • SKILLS if not included in an above variation
      • 1 arm skills cupies, lib, handstands, specialty mounts, etc.
      • flipping dismounts: front & back
    • OPTIONAL no more than 20 seconds
      • Pyramid basing & transitional skills,
      • Back-handspring mounts 
      • Tick-tocks
      • Double-cupies
      • Fast-forwards
      • Side somi
  • Baskets
    Bases do not need to include
    Flyers include both front and side angle video of your 2-3 most difficult baskets mastered
    • Tuck X OR Tuck X Full
    • Back layout full OR Back layout double full
    • Pike Split Full OR Pike Open double
    • Arabian 1.5 OR side somi 1.75
  • Pyramids
    • Twisting mount (full up, double up etc)
    • Flipping mount (rewind, fast forward, side somi, hand in hand, BHS/FHS up etc)
Team Canada Premier - Program Information

TCP 2024 (EN)

TCP 2024 (FR)

National Team Training Program - Program Information

NTTP 2024 (EN)

NTTP 2024 (FR) – Coming Soon!