Team Australia Dance/Cheer/All Abilities 2026

The Australian Cheer Union is pleased to accept submissions from athletes interested in representing Australia at the 2026 International Cheer Union World Championships and Junior World Championships.

 

CHEER

2025/26 Divisions

• Senior All-Girl Premier, equivalent level 7 (TAAG)
• Senior Coed Premier, equivalent level 7 (TACO)
• Junior All-Girl Elite, equivalent level 5/6 (JAAG)
• Junior Coed Elite, equivalent level 5/6 (JUCO)
• Youth All-Girl Median, equivalent level 3 ( YUAG)
• Youth Coed Advanced, equivalent level 4 (YUCO)

Age Eligibility requirements -
Note it is not required for your birthday to be prior to the ICU world Championships. Only that you are born in/between the year listed for each division below:

• Youth Divisions - 2011-2014
• Junior Divisions - 2007-2011
• Senior Divisions - 2010 or before

ICU Residence of Athlete requirements -
All athletes are required to be a legal citizen or must have a minimum of six (6) month consecutive permanent resident of their respective nation on the date of competition, 22nd April 2026.

Applications close midnight in your respective state Sunday, Oct 6 2025

Selection and Preferred Teams
It is the intention to align selection according to your preferred team however, we reserve the right to assess all athletes for any team they are age eligible and deemed capable of.

Offers and Acceptance
Offers are intended to be sent on or before the 19th October 2025 with acceptance or rejection of the offered team to be received five (5) days after, currently 24th Octobe 2025.

Please email teamaus@australiancheerunion.org if you have questions or issues with the form.

Tryout Video Requirements:

• Introduction (athlete's name/s, current gym, recent/relevant competing division)
• Why I want to be a part of Team Australia?
• Required Sequence
• Individual Stunt/Baskets/tumble skills
• Flyers - Body lines
• Chant

Require Sequence

• On continuous unedited video
• All skills to be on a 1 or a 5 with a maximum of an 8 to 12 count transition between sections
• If unable to perform prescirbe skills, a lower difficulty skill is acceptable but may imapct selection
• If trying out as an individual, perform as much of the sequence as possible.

Individual skills

• Performed as part of the stunt sequence or as individual skills and videos
• Skills in the required sequence are not required to be repeated
• Flyer are to show all body lines on both legs

Chant

• To be performed with props (improvised). See chant link on ACU website for reference.
• Can be performed as a individual or a part of a group.

 Other

• No Longer than 4 minutes
• Filmed or edited in landscape

The Australian Cheer Union is pleased to accept submissions from eligible athletes interested in representing Australia at the 2026 International Cheer Union World Championships in Dance.

Age Eligibility requirements

-Note it is not required for your birthday to be prior to the ICU world Championships. Only that you are born in the year listed for each division below:

Youth Divisions - 2011-2014

Junior Divisions - 2007-2011

Senior Divisions - 2010 or before

 

ICU Residence of Athlete requirements

-All athletes are required to be a legal citizen or must have a minimum of six (6) month consecutive permanent resident of their respective nation on the date of competition, 22nd April 2026.

Applications close midnight in your respective state Sunday, Oct 19 2025

Selection and Preferred Teams

It is the intention to align selection according to your preferred team however, we reserve the right to assess all athletes for any team they are age eligible and deemed capable of.

Offers and Acceptance

Offers are intended to be sent on or before the 16th November 2025 with acceptance or rejection of the offered team to be received five (7) days after, currently 23rd November 2025.

Please email teamaus_dance@australiancheerunion.org if you have questions or issues with the form.

DANCE

Please ensure you have referenced the following criteria as outlined before submitting your video:

1. Athletes should be dressed in generic, non-branded clothing.
2. Video should be filmed from front centre angle 
3. Athletes should introduce themsleves (to camera) with their name, age, a brief explanation of their dance experience, which teams they are interested in trying out for and why they would like to be on Team Australia.
4. Athletes are to perform the set choreography (that will be sent via link once head coaches have been appointed) focusing on precision, detail & style
5. Athletes are to perform the desired skill list (will be sent when head coaches are appointed) to the best of their ability
6. Athletes are welcome to film other skills they posess relevent to the style & genre they are trying out for.

Any submissions not adhering to the above guidelines will be excluded from judging.

This should include your dance (or relevant) experience, your current team and teacher contact details. 

Coach Reference can be written or verbal, or contact information above will be used for the coaching team to make contact with them for a reference. 

 Link for ALL ABILITIES information pack: 

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1S8dp3VYR5aqs6MU8kPmI0lSXTO6X1hxH?usp=sharing

Age requirements for ALL cheer and dance teams... 

 

 

Ages 12 years old (within the year of the 2026 Championships) and up.

 

 

CHEER DIVISIONS FOR 2025-26

- Adaptive Abilities Cheer Unified Level Three (athletes with and without a disability)

- Special Abilities Cheer (athletes with a disability)

 

DANCE

DIVISIONS FOR 2025-26

 

- Adaptive Abilities Hip Hop Unified (athletes with and without a disability)

- Adaptive Abilities Pom Unified (athletes with and without a disability)

- Special Abilities Pom (athletes with a disability)

 

 

Adaptive Abilities Cheer Unified Level Three Tryout Requirements:

You may try out as a stunter or a stunter AND tumbler

 

Tryout video that includes...

- Introduction video introducing yourself. Tell us why you would like to be on Team Australia. 

- Make sure you explain in your introduction who you are in the video and which position you are trying out for (base, backspot, flyer)

- Please let us know in your introduction what experience you have in the position you are trying out for (base, backspot, flyer) how many years, which competitions you have competed at, the level etc. 

- If you are trying out as a flyer please show us all body positions on both legs.

- Explain if you are trying out as a stunter or stunter AND tumbler 

- Tell us your height in cm (from floor to head) AND your height in cm (from floor to fingertips in an EXTENDED arm position) 

If you are trying out for a stunt athlete, include video footage of you executing...

- ½ twist extended single leg from inversion at prep or below
- Waist to prep stretch to stretch tic toc
- Prep tic full around lib to body position
- Full down dismount from two legs

If you cannot safely or confidently execute any of these skills please adapt them accordingly. 

If you are trying out for a tumble athlete, include video footage of you executing...

- 3 x standing back handspring series
- Jump to back handpsring
- Roundoff tuck
- Roundoff backhandspring tuck

If you cannot execute all of these skills, please demonstrate the ones you can safely do.

 

 

 

ADAPTIVE ABILITIES UNIFIED HIP HOP tryout requirements:

Tryout video that includes...

- Introduction video introducing yourself. Tell us why you would like to be on Team Australia. 

CLICK ON THIS LINK TO LEARN THE TRYOUT COMBINATION:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1S8dp3VYR5aqs6MU8kPmI0lSXTO6X1hxH?usp=sharing

- video of yourself performing the tryout combination. 

- 3 - 6 x 8 counts of improvisation movement... show us what you are made of!

Skills:

If you have the following skills, please show footage of yourself executing them.

- Kip Up
- Rubber Band
- Headspring
- Freezes
- Breaking skills
- Tumbling tricks
- Headstand

 

 

ADAPTIVE ABILITIES UNIFIED POM tryout requirements:

Tryout video that includes...

- Introduction video introducing yourself. Tell us why you would like to be on Team Australia. 

CLICK ON THIS LINK TO LEARN THE TRYOUT COMBINATION:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1S8dp3VYR5aqs6MU8kPmI0lSXTO6X1hxH?usp=sharing

- video of yourself performing the tryout combination. 

Video of yourself executing these desired skills:

- double pirouette
- turn sequences
- leaps (jetes, turning toe, calypso)

If you cannot safely execute these skills, feel free to share modified versions of these skills. We still want to see what you can do!

Video of yourself doing any additional skills you may have:

If you have any additional skills, tricks or flexibility you would like to show us you can choose to add these onto the end of your video submission.

 

 

SPECIAL ABILITIES CHEER tryout requirements:

- Introduction video introducing yourself. Tell us why you would like to be on Team Australia (you may have a support person help you with this)

- Make sure you explain in your introduction who you are in the video and which position you are trying out for (base, backspot, flyer)

If you can tumble please include in your video:

- Execution of 2 standing tumble skills

- Execution of 2 running tumble skills

If you can stunt LEVEL ONE skills please include in your video footage of you and any stunt group executing:

- Level 1 ¼ up to prep

- Single leg prep braced

- 3 other skills of your choice

If you can stunt LEVEL TWO skills please include in your video footage of you and any stunt group executing:

- ½ up to extension

- Single leg tic toc at prep

- 3 other skills of your choice

 

 

SPECIAL ABILITIES POM tryout requirements:

Tryout video that includes...

- Introduction video introducing yourself. Tell us why you would like to be on Team Australia. 

CLICK ON THIS LINK TO LEARN THE TRYOUT COMBINATION:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1S8dp3VYR5aqs6MU8kPmI0lSXTO6X1hxH?usp=sharing

- video of yourself performing the tryout combination. 

Extra skills:

Got extra skills? Show us! If you can tumble, jump, leap, or have any fun tricks, add them to your video after you show us your tryout combination.

 

 

 

 

 

Please upload a written reference from your current or previous coach.