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:

  • 2025 Cheer Canada Scholastic Championships in Montreal, QC, February 21, 2025
  • 2025 ICU World Cheerleading Championships in Orlando, Florida, April 2026.

Athletes may get rostered on TCP or NTTP from the video application with some spots to remain on TCP for selection during the training camps. Athletes from NTTP will have the opportunity to demonstrate their skills and will be considered to fill remaining spots on TCP.  Athletes on NTTP 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 2025-2026 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 2010 or earlier to be selected for TCP (2009 for NTTP). 
  • Athletes are required to be a minimum of six (6) months consecutive permanent resident in Canada as of April 1, 2026.
  • 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, 2025*
  2. Complete this application form: https://form.jotform.com/CheerCanada/TCP-NTTP-2025 & application fee

*Athletes who were on TCP 2025 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, and province of residence

Tumbling:

  • If you can showcase tumbling as a group, this is preferred
  • Standing Back Tuck / Standing full (preferred)
  • Best Standing Series (Back handspring full is preferred)
  • Round Off back handspring full
  • Best Running Series (Speciality pass to full is preferred)

Stunting:

Include 3 of the most difficult variations you have mastered – OPTIONAL to add a combination of different skills in a continuous sequence ending with the dismount of your choice. Skills in BOLD are the most important skills to showcase

  • Rewind to Top
    • Block, 1 leg, Body Position, Round off Entry
    • Full twisting rewind
  • BHS up
    • Block, 1 leg, Body Position, Full up, Double up
  • Hand in Hand
    • Prep to Extended, Extended to Extended, Variation with ½ or full twist, variation to body position
    • Diamidov entry into hand in hand
    • “Bananarama” release from extended flipping forward to land in extension
  • Full Around
    • Extended to lib, lib to lib, lib to Body Position, 1 ¼ to Body Position
  • Front handspring up
    • ½ twisting to extension
    • 1 & ½ twisting to extension
  • Free release full up
  • Fast forward
    • to extended 2 feet, 1 foot, to body position
  • Holding a basic 2 ½ structure on shoulder stand

Baskets

Bases need to only include the most difficult basket mastered. Flyers include 1-3 most difficult baskets mastered.

  • Tuck X
  • Tuck X or straddle Full
  • Back layout full
  • Back layout double full
  • Arabian ½ – Arabian 1 & ½
  • Pike Open

Dismounts

  • Extension, power press:
    • Back Layout Half
    • Back Tuck
    • Arabian
    • Front Flip ½
  • Arabesque/Heel Stretch double down
COED Video Requirements

Introduction:

Your full name, position, province of residence

  • Tumbling:
    • Standing Back Tuck / Standing full (preferred)
    • Best Standing Series (Back handspring full is preferred)
    • Round Off back handspring full
    • Best Running Series (Speciality pass to full is preferred)
  • 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)
      NTTP Video Requirements

      NTTP All Girl Video Requirements

      Introduction:

      Your full name, position, province of residence

      Tumbling:

      • Standing Tuck
      • Hand Hand Tuck
      • Hand Tuck
      • Hand Layout
      • Hand Hand Layout (Preferred)
      • Round Off Handspring Layout
      • Round Off Handspring Full (Preferred)
      • Specialty to Full (Preferred)

      Stunting: Include 2-3 of the most difficult variations of each that you have mastered

      • Handspring up to 2 Ft to Ext
      • Rewind to 2 Ft to Ext
      • Round off Rewind to Prep
      • Front handspring 1/2 up to Ext
      • Prep hand in hand to 1 ft Ext
      • High Full Around 2ft to 1 ft

      Baskets

      • Back Layout Basket
      • Arabian Basket

      Dismounts

      • Back Tuck Dismount
      • Front Tuck Dismount
      • Layout Half Dismount

      NTTP COED Video Requirements

      Introduction:

      Your full name, position, province of residence

      Tumbling:

      • Standing Tuck
      • Hand Hand Tuck
      • Hand Hand Layout (Preferred)
      • Round Off Handspring Layout
      • Round Off Handspring Full (Preferred)
      • Specialty to Full (Preferred)

      Stunting: Include 2-3 of the most difficult variations of each that you have mastered

      • Unassisted Toss Cupie

      • Unassisted Toss Lib

      • Assisted Rewind to Ext

      • Assisted Hand in Hand (prep or ext) Pop to Ext

      Dismounts

      • Back Tuck Dismount
      • Front Tuck Dismount
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