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Free Cheerleading Registration Form Template
A free cheerleading registration form for squads, gyms and school programs. It collects what a program needs to register athletes, form squads and order uniforms, and it asks the cheer questions a general form leaves out: tumbling and stunting background, last season's level, uniform and shoe sizes, and two injury questions. Put your name on it, change any line, and print it for sign-up day.
What this cheerleading registration form collects
A good cheerleading registration form collects what a program needs to register athletes, form squads and order uniforms, without asking a family for the same thing twice. The form above has five parts, and two of them are cheer's own.
- Athlete and family. Name, date of birth, grade, the squad or level requested, parent or guardian contact details, a second guardian, and an emergency contact who is not a parent.
- Cheer background. The stunt roles the athlete has tried, tumbling background, years of organized cheerleading, last season's program and level, and two health questions about the head and the wrists, ankles, knees, neck and back.
- Uniform and equipment. Uniform top and skirt or shorts sizes, shoe size, warm-up size where the program issues one, and what the athlete already owns, such as shoes and practice wear.
- Medical notes. Allergies, medications and conditions a coach should know about, with the detail left to the medical consent form.
- Money and consent. A fee table, how the family prefers to be contacted, ways to help, and a signature.
Why each cheerleading question is on the form
Every question costs a parent a few seconds and a coach a few more to read, so each one has to change something you do. These are the ones that do.
- Stunt roles tried. Base, flyer, backspot, or none yet. It tells a coach who to watch first and in which role. It is background and not clearance, and the form says so, because a coach decides what an athlete may attempt.
- Tumbling background. None, classes or gymnastics, cheer tumbling, or competitive. A coach decides at the tryout or the first practice what an athlete has been cleared to do. The answer only tells the coach where to begin.
- Years and level last season. It separates a first-season athlete from one who has cheered at a gym or a school, which is the first thing a coach forming squads wants to know. The program and level line lets you ask someone who saw them cheer.
- Squad or level requested. Cheer divisions follow the program's own levels, or age and grade. The form asks for the full birth date, the grade and the squad requested, and leaves the arithmetic to you. Moving up usually needs coach approval, so it has a line of its own.
- Concussion or head injury, and wrist, ankle, knee, neck or back injury. A yes or no each, with the details left to your medical consent and emergency contact form. Stunting, tumbling and landing load those areas, so these are the two health questions that bear on how a coach runs the first practices.
- Uniform, shoe and warm-up sizes. Collected now, the uniform order goes in once, and uniforms are fitted sets that can be hard to reorder. Shoe size tells you who is ready for the first practice.
- Equipment already owned. Shoes, practice wear and a hair bow, as your program requires. It tells you what a family still has to buy.
A form is background, not clearance
This is the one line in the whole form that matters most. A family's answer about tumbling and stunting is a starting point for a coach, and it is never permission.
- Coaches clear skills. By watching the athlete perform them, at the levels your program and its governing body allow, with the people and the matting those rules require.
- The form says so. The note under the section tells a family that what they write is background. That sentence is there on purpose, and it should stay.
- Ask what the athlete has done. Not what the athlete can do now. A past skill an athlete has not practiced in a year is not a skill they should attempt at a tryout.
- New skills are never tried at a tryout. Ask athletes to show what they already do. The guide covers how to run it.
What not to put on a cheerleading registration form
A form that collects more than it needs is a form that has to be guarded for longer. Leave these off.
- A Social Security number. Avoid collecting one unless your organization has a specific, legitimate requirement for it. If your league or competition requires proof of age, follow it, store the copy under lock, and keep it off any sheet that is passed round a table.
- Card numbers. Take cash, a check, or an online payment link. A full card number written on a paper form is a liability for whoever carries the clipboard home.
- A full medical history. The form has room for allergies, medications and one line of conditions. Everything else belongs on the medical consent form, which a coach can carry separately.
- Height, weight or any question about body size. Roles are decided on skill, trust and what the group needs, and a form that asks about size invites the wrong conclusion. Uniform sizes are the only measurements a registration form needs.
How a program uses it on sign-up day
- Print one per athlete and keep a few spares. Sign-up day always has a family with three athletes and one pen.
- Put a medical consent and emergency contact form, a concussion acknowledgment, a photo and video release and a liability waiver in the same folder, with any proof of age your program requires, so a family leaves with nothing outstanding.
- Sort the completed forms by squad or level, not alphabetically. The next job is forming squads, and you will want each level together.
- Copy the sizes onto one sheet for the uniform order, and tell families when the tryout or the first practice is, since skills are cleared there and not on paper.
- Keep the forms in a locked drawer, and follow your program's rules on how long to hold them before they are shredded.
When squads exist, the cheerleading uniform and equipment checkout form is the next paper in the pile, and the cheerleading code of conduct is the one to hand out at the first practice.
Other sports, and the general version
This is the cheerleading version. The general player registration form works for any sport, and the cheerleading forms and templates page lists the other 5 cheerleading documents.
Playbook Logix provides customizable templates for informational and administrative use. They are not legal advice and will not meet the requirements of every organization, sport or jurisdiction. Review anything you intend to rely on with your own attorney or your insurance carrier, and check your league and state requirements.
Common questions
What should a cheerleading registration form include?
The basics every form needs (athlete, parent or guardian, an emergency contact who is not the parent, a medical summary, fees and a signature) plus the cheer questions: tumbling and stunting background, the roles an athlete has tried, last season's program and level, the squad or level being registered for, uniform and shoe sizes, and injury history.
Does the form clear an athlete to tumble or stunt?
No. What a family writes is background for a coach, not clearance. A coach clears skills, at the levels your program and its governing body allow, by watching the athlete perform them. The form says so on its face, so a family does not read its own answer as permission.
Should the form ask which role an athlete wants?
It can ask which roles an athlete has tried, as information, and the form says that roles are assigned by the coaches. A role is decided on skills, trust and what the group needs, so asking for a preference invites disappointment before anyone has performed anything.
Why ask about tumbling and stunting background?
Because it tells a coach where to start watching and which athletes to see first. It is a starting point for the tryout, never a substitute for it, and it should be asked as a list of what the athlete has done, not as a list of what the athlete can do now.
Why ask about wrist, ankle, knee, neck and back injuries?
Because stunting, tumbling and landing load those areas, and a coach needs to know before the first practice. It is a yes or no with the detail left to the medical consent form, and it sits beside whatever concussion information your program, league or state requires.
Do we need a copy of every athlete's birth certificate?
That depends on your program, league or competition. Many require proof of age for the division and set their own rules for how, so follow yours. If you collect a copy, keep it somewhere locked and off any sheet that gets passed along a table.
Do I still need a liability waiver and a medical form?
Most programs do, and your school, gym or insurer may require them, along with any concussion acknowledgment your program or state wants signed. A registration form collects information; it is not a release and not a medical record. The liability waiver generator loads cheerleading risk lines, and the photo and video release covers the pictures cheer programs share.
Can parents register for cheer online instead of on paper?
They can with Playbook Logix: you build the registration form once, share a link, and parents fill it in and pay on their phone. The paper form here is for sign-up day and for the families who still hand you a clipboard.
More cheerleading tools
The rest of the cheerleading toolkit
Cheerleading Code of Conduct
Cleared-skills, spotting, surface and injury rules for athletes, and distraction, filming and placement rules for parents, on one page with one signature.
Open the generatorCheerleading Tryout Evaluation Form
A scoring grid for jumps, tumbling, stunting, motions, dance and projection, with a table for the jumps and counts you record.
Open the generatorCheerleading Player Evaluation Form
A mid-season report for a parent: cheer skills against the age group, a section for each role, and room for words.
Open the generatorCheerleading Tryouts & Evaluation Guide
A 90-minute run of show, seven stations from jumps to voice, a staffing plan, how to assign roles, and a safety plan.
Read the guideCheerleading Uniform & Equipment Checkout
Uniform set, warm-ups, bow and poms, with set number, size, condition and replacement cost, and a return date.
Open the generatorDo this online instead
Playbook Logix
Run cheerleading registration online
Playbook Logix is registration, rosters, payments, schedules and team messaging for youth and adult sports, in one place. The form on this page prints and works with no account. When you would rather have families fill it in on their phone, this is what it turns into.
Build the form yourself
Ask the same questions this template does, such as "Stunt roles tried before", "Tumbling background" and "Program and gym or school last season", with seven question types, required fields and an Agreement box a parent has to check. Birth-date limits are checked on the server, so a player outside the age group cannot finish the form, and a cap closes the program when it is full. Free on every plan.
How it worksTake the money without chasing it
Families pay by card online and the money goes straight into your own Stripe account, or you record cash, checks and Venmo and the balance updates once you verify them. Payment plans, promo codes and sibling discounts are on the Coach plan and above.
How it worksSort them into teams afterward
Everyone registers once and you place players on teams afterward, in a roster that is the same on every phone. Each family keeps a profile, so a second child or next season is a pick from a list and not a retyped form.
How it worksThe Starter plan is free, and the iPhone and Android app is free on every plan. Anything described above as Coach plan and above needs a paid plan. See the plans or the mobile app. Nothing you type into the template above is sent to us, whether or not you ever sign up.
Tired of chasing paper forms?
Playbook Logix runs cheerleading registration online. Parents fill in the form, sign the waiver and pay on their phone, and you see who is missing what without opening a binder.