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CHEER HOME PAGE
Lions Cheerleading!East County Youth Football is a part of the Diablo Valley Youth Football conference which has undoubtedly the most competitive cheer program in the Western United States. It has more National cheer and dance championship teams than any other league.
Last season, the East County cheer squads added 24 first place trophies to the 175 overall total that have been acquired over the past 17 years. Add to that three National Championships and you have an incredibly successful program. Congratulations to the coaches, cheerleaders, and parents that have worked so hard and exhibited and extraordinary level of dedication and commitment to providing the area with such a competitive program.
Cheerleading InformationWe are pleased that your daughter or son has chosen to participate in our cheerleading clinic and tryouts for East County Youth Football. It will be a commitment that requires 100% from both yourself as a parent, and your daughter. This is ECYF's 18th year, and we are looking forward to another positive and exciting year for all. Our teams can consist of a minimum of at least 10 individuals and no more than 20 per squad. The size of the squads will be determined by the number of sign-ups, ability of the girls, experience, age level, and the natural scoring break-down at tryouts. Squad levels and ages are:
** If your daughter has had any cheer or dance experience, she may want to tryout for the higher of the two age levels that she is eligible to cheer. Please note that if she does not make that team that there is no guarantee that she will be placed on another team. ECYF has grown tremendously, and will not be in the position of moving girls from team to team as in previous years. No skipping of teams will be allowed for the 2010 tryout. If you or your daughter is having trouble in knowing which team to tryout for, talk to the coordinators, or at the first day of clinic watch the tryout routines and then make a decision. You have until the beginning of tryout Wednesday of clinic week to make your final decision as to the team that they want to tryout for.
Our clinic dates will be April 27-29, 2010. Our clinic times will be 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. These times enable all of our coaches to attend and for the clinic to still have some light. Our clinic will be held at Liberty High School.
Tryouts will be held on Saturday, May 1st, 2010 from 9-3 at Legends Allstar Gym.
** There will be a mandatory parents meeting the first evening of clinic at 6:00 pm in the bleachers at Liberty High School Field. This is MANDATORY for one parent or representative to attend. We will be taking attendance. Girls who's parents attend will receive 25 points. These points will be figured into their week long clinic scores. We put a lot of emphasis on this meeting as you can see with the point value. We will also be going over the commitment and answer questions that you may have. The girls will be learning a cheer routine, and a dance routine that will be 1 1/2 in length at the clinic. They will learn their dance on Monday, Cheer on Tuesday, and review the two routines for the rest of the week. A mock judging will be on Friday.
** Each girl can accumulate up to a possible total of 125 points for the clinic week. By doing this we feel that we can get an idea of just how responsible and committed that the girls and their parents are, if actually chosen to be an ECYF Cheerleader. This rewards the girls who are consistent and follow the guidelines. These accumulated clinic points will be added to the coaches' recommendation scores, and the tryout totals that each girl receives from the judges at the tryout. Any ties will be broken by the judges review in the showmanship category. Total points from each judge will be as follows:
Each girl will have a coaches recommendation form filled out on them. IF a girl is signing up, and has been a previous ECYF cheerleader, her previous years coach will fill out the form on areas such as:
Total amount that any girl can receive is 50 points. If a girl is a new ECYF cheerleader candidate, they will receive the full 50 points automatically. This form is to be a follow up to the previous season. This allows us to see that there is a commitment and consistency, and to reward the girls for their hard work. The form is meant for positive reinforcement. If a girl has cheered for another city, we will be contacting that city for the coaches' recommendation. ** NOTE: At clinic week there are no restrooms available. We cannot be responsible for taking girls to another location to use restrooms. On May 1st, we will be holding tryouts which begin at 9:00 am with the Jr. Pee Wee Team at Legends Allstar Gym. We will let you know the exact tryout times at the parent meeting on the first night of clinic. Each girl will draw a number before she tries out and it will be written down by the coaches for calculations. When each girl has finished performing her routine, she is required to stay until her entire group is finished. This is in case the girl is called back by the judges. In the past, girls have left early, and it has hurt their chances of making the team. We calculate the higher of the two scores (in the case that there is a call back). All candidates will tryout in pairs. The process of pairing will be determined by the coordinators and coaches by the Thursday night of clinic. We will be posting the teams at our ECYF Lions website (www.ecyflions.com) and at Liberty Field by Sunday May 2nd at 12:00 pm. This list will be by the girls' last names. The extra time taken before posting the names allows us to check the scores thoroughly before we post the teams. Also, posted on the list will be the designated uniform fitting times, and any other details needed by the girls. If a girl can potentially be moved down to another team, please be sure to check all of the team lists. If you have a question about your daughter's score, you can call Koren Summers at 925-516-7372 and schedule an appointment to go over the scores. Koren will only be able to discuss your daughter's scores, as all other scores are confidential. Please do not call any of the coaches as they will not be able to discuss the scores with you. The ECYF uniform fittings will be on Friday May 21st at Legends Allstar Gym, starting at 5:00 pm for those girls chosen to be ECYF Cheerleaders. We will give you specific arrival times for each team. This information will be posted when the girls' names who have made the teams are posted. The fitting will start with Junior Pee Wee team, and then be staggered by team throughout the evening, ending with the Midget team no later than 8:30 pm. Every girl needs to be present at the uniform fitting, because their uniform is sized specifically for each girl, and there will be no other fitting date. There are no exceptions to attending the fitting, so plan for this date. We know that this is a busy week, but we feel that by having the fitting on a Friday night, that we can get everything taken care of within a week of tryouts and not cut in to another weekend. In the past, some girls were unable to come to a fitting, and it affected how their uniform fitted. Please plan ahead now. One parent must come to the fitting to sign uniform forms, collect paper work, and to pay a down payment of $250.00 that same day. This fee is due for all girls whether they are a returnee or not. This is the down payment for the girls' uniform package. Every year there are a few who do not come or forget their down payment. This holds up our uniform order, which only delays our delivery of uniforms in time for the season. Be prepared for the cost, and begin budgeting for this now. ** Each girl needs to wear a swimsuit , and wear 2 pairs of socks for the shoe fitting. The items the girls will be keeping this year are:
If you are a returnee bring the items you will be using for the upcoming year to fittings for approval of condition. If you have outgrown items, you can sell these to the new cheerleaders. Bring them to the earlier uniform fitting time so that new parents may have the option to purchase these items. First payment of $250.00 is due at uniform fittings on May 21st. The second payment will be due on TBD. The final payment is due TBD. This spreads out the cost over a 3 month period. Along with collecting uniform fees, we will be collecting our Great America and Marine World competition fees, end of year trophy and banquet fees, and participation and insurance fees. The collecting of all fees ahead, and letting you know East County Cheer Tryouts
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