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Advanced Cheer Skills Camp
Elevate your cheer skills this summer! This 4-day camp helps you sharpen technique, build confidence, and grow as a cheerleader, designed for athletes in grades 4–8. Throughout the week, you’ll receive focused instruction in motions, jumps, flexibility, stunting progressions, dance routines, and performance skills. This camp is designed for cheerleaders with prior experience ready to take the next step in their journey. You’ll work with our Minnetonka coaches who emphasize proper form, safe stunt technique, teamwork, and leadership. Over four days of upbeat training, you’ll develop a polished routine to perform for families on the final day.Waitlist -
Cheer Routine Camp
Explore the fundamentals of cheerleading and learn a cheer routine with your team! Coaches will emphasize safety, skill development and sportsmanship. A shirt and hair bow will be provided. Parents are welcome to attend the last practice to watch their performance! More details will follow. -
Cheer Stunt Camp
Explore the fundamentals of cheerleading and learn a cheer routine with your team! Coaches will emphasize safety, skill development and sportsmanship. Athletes are welcome to come and learn the foundation of stunting. Athletes will learn the importance of technique while growing their stunting ability. Campers will perform on July 9th & July 23rd @ 10:45 AM based upon their respective camp dates. Shirt and hair bow will be provided. -
Cheerleading
Learn the essential skills to lead the crowd and support the home team! Learn cheers, proper hand/body movements and jumping techniques. There is no stunting, just a big focus on fun while each cheerleader learns important life skills such as teamwork, leadership and more. The program concludes with a final cheer performance that parents are welcome to watch! For more information on Skyhawks, please click here! -
Elementary Cheer Tryouts
Discover the excitement of cheerleading in a fun, team-oriented and competitive setting. Coaches will focus on safety, teamwork, sportsmanship and making positive choices to help athletes improve their skills and prepare for advanced cheer teams in the future. The Elementary Cheer team is designed for grades 2-5 and is focused on fostering development in the sport of cheerleading. Previous cheer/gymnastics/dance experience helps but is not mandatory. The season runs from September - February. Practices are on Monday nights at Minnetonka Middle School East. Participants are expected to fully commit to the team and be present before signing up and becoming a member. The team will perform at school sporting events, community events, and local/state cheer competitions. *Please Note The Universal Cheer Association (UCA) states that participants must attend school within the Minnetonka district to be eligible for this Minnetonka program. To accommodate summer schedules, we are offering 2 sessions of the learning clinics. Both sessions will be the same. During the 2 days of camp, cheerleaders will learn the foundational skills of cheerleading; which consists of tumbling, stunting, jumps, and motions. Your cheerleaders will learn everything they need to know for tryouts. Cheerleaders may attend both sessions, but only 1 is required for tryouts. Tryout Day: Tryout day will be August 13th at MME Small Gym. Each athlete will attend a 30-minute time spot based on the grade they are going into. Athletes will wear white shoes, all black athletic outfit, a bow with low curled ponytail, and red lipstick. The 30 minute tryout will include: Effort & Coachability, Jump lines (double toe touch & pike) Tumbling skill of choice, and Tryout cheer. We judge stunting ability during learning clinics. Tryout Tips: We are looking for strong effort, energy, coachability, the ability to lead a crowd, and a positive attitude. Cheerleaders must be passionate about cheerleading both inside and outside of practice. Cheerleaders are not expected to have material 100% memorized but should be able to demonstrate the majority of it, and know what is being asked. All required material will be taught at the learning camps. Please note divisions are very competitive, and team placements will be as well. Team placements will be emailed by the team coaches. -
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Elementary Competition Cheer Team
Explore the sport of cheerleading in a fun, team-focused environment. Coaches will emphasize skill development, safety, teamwork, good sportsmanship and making good choices to become a better athlete. The competition team is primarily geared towards participants in grades 2-6. This team will have a high level of commitment and competition. *Please note the Universal Cheer Association (UCA) states that participants have to attend a Minnetonka School to be eligible for this Minnetonka program. The season runs from September - February; practices are on Monday nights at Minnetonka Middle School East. Participants will perform at Minnetonka school sporting events, and competitions throughout the metro area, as well as other community events! ***Participants will also be fitted for shoes and uniforms. -
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Elementary Rec Cheer
Explore the sport of cheerleading in a fun, team-focused environment. Coaches will emphasize skill development, safety, teamwork, good sportsmanship and making good choices to become a better athlete. Registration will not open up until Tuesday, August 18th. There will be two rec cheer teams this season: Sailors and Skippers. The Sailors will be our Level 1 rec team that is perfect for beginner cheerleaders, while the Skippers will be our Level 2 team that is tailored to participants with past cheerleading experience. We strongly encourage anyone hoping to register for either of these teams, to participate in our cheer tryouts in early August. Link to Register Here. Priority registration will be given to anyone that participates in these tryouts. While we encourage each participant to participate in at least one of our learning camps as well as the tryout, our main goal is wanting each participant to get comfortable with the tryout process. As a result, if you only prefer to choose one or the other, please pick the tryout over the learning camps. Any remaining open spots for these two teams will become available after tryouts have been completed. -
Introduction to Cheer
Learn beginner cheers, jumps, motions and body control while building teamwork, sportsmanship and positivity. Perform alongside NFL Flag Football scrimmages for an extra boost of excitement. This camp runs alongside NFL Flag Football. Each participant receives poms to keep. Athletes should wear athletic clothing and shoes, sunscreen and bring a water bottle and a snack. -
Middle School Cheer Team
Discover the excitement of cheerleading in a fun, team-oriented, and competitive setting. Coaches will focus on safety, teamwork, sportsmanship and making positive choices to help athletes improve their skills and prepare for advanced cheer teams in the future. The Middle School Competitive Cheer team is designed for grades 5-8 and is focused on fostering development in the sport of cheerleading. Previous cheer/gymnastics/dance experience is helpful for participating on this team, but not mandatory. The season runs June to January. June through August summer practices are from 5:00-7:00 pm on Wednesdays at Groveland Elementary. Practices will occur each Wednesday following the first practice on June 23rd. September-January practices are Tuesdays and Wednesday nights at Minnetonka Middle School East from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. This is a competitive team - all practices are mandatory and critical to team safety and success. Participants are expected to fully commit to the team and be present prior to signing up and becoming a member. The team will perform at middle school sporting events, community events, and local/state cheer competitions. *Please Note The Universal Cheer Association (UCA) states that participants must attend a school within the Minnetonka district to be eligible for this Minnetonka program. Class fee covers: Full uniform and fees for events. -
Minnetonka Cheer Fall Clinic
Join the Minnetonka High School Cheerleaders for this fun and energetic clinic. You will learn cheer motions, jumps and simple stunts and perform a cheer routine at the end of the clinic! Parents are welcome to watch the final routine at 2:45 PM. -
Minnetonka Cheer Summer Clinic
Join the Minnetonka cheerleaders and coaches to learn motions, jumps, stunts, and Minnetonka cheers while building confidence through practice and a fun performance. Designed for future cheerleaders in grades K-5 and 6-8, the clinic will be divided into elementary and middle school groups. Participants will perform their routines for parents during the last half hour of the camp. Please bring a water bottle, lunch, a snack, and wear athletic shoes with comfortable clothing.