CHEER
About Our Cheerleading Classes | Fort Collins | Mountain Kids
Ready to join the fun? Our cheer programs in Fort Collins teach kids essential tumbling and cheer skills in a supportive, high-energy environment. Sign up for a class now!
Beyond our core youth cheerleading programs in Fort Collins, we offer a variety of specialized classes designed to meet every athlete’s needs and goals. If your child is just starting out, our beginner cheerleading classes provide the perfect foundation for learning basic motions, jumps, and teamwork. For those looking to master specific skills, our dedicated tumbling sessions focus on building powerful tumbling skills for the mat. We also provide private cheerleading lessons for one-on-one coaching and host an exciting cheer clinic during the winter. As a top-rated cheer gym in Fort Collins, we also hold annual cheer tryouts for our all star competitive teams, offering a path for athletes to take their skills to the next level. All ages welcome.
Cheerleading Class Schedule
Placement Note:
When registering, please use your child’s age as the initial guideline. However, our instructors may recommend moving your dancer up or down a level based on ability, experience, and readiness. This ensures every child is challenged while still building confidence and joy in their dance journey.
Mini Mountains is a class that is designed for 4-7 years old. It combines Cheerleading and gymnastics. Kids will go through the process of jumping on the trampoline, going over arm motions, and learning the process of how cheerleaders jump. On the gymnastics side, kids will be learning the beginning process of floor stations. Learning how to do a forward &backward roll, levers & lever hops, cartwheels, and bridge kickovers.
An introductory class to cheerleading designed for 4-6 year olds. Focusing on getting used to the arm motions, jumping sequence, basics of stunting, and tumbling. This class is for cheerleaders to understand how cheerleading works and what cheerleaders do. We will work on jumps like toe-touches and pikes. Introduction to cheer also focuses on the beginning stages of tumbling like holding a bridge, cartwheels, lever & lever hops, forward and backward rolls.
Shooting Stars is a class designed to refine the basics of cheerleading. Kids will work on technical tumbling such as cartwheels, handstands, forward and backward rolls. They will also work on the correct form for learning jumps like Toe-touch, Pike, and double toe touch. Cheerleaders will also learn the basics of stunting like thigh stands, and the beginning stages of prep level stunts. This class is meant for the ages 6 – 13.
This class is an intermediate class for ages 6 – 13. Created for cheerleaders who already have some cheer knowledge. In Super Novas, cheerleaders work on tumbling skills like round offs, handstand forward rolls, and backbend kick-overs. Cheerleaders will also be working on jumps such as toe-touch, pike, and double toe-touch. Stunting in this class is more advanced than the beginner class. This class introduces extensions, libs and baskets to the mix of stunts they learn.
Sun Flares is our advanced cheerleading class. This class requires cheerleading experience and is designed to be for the ages 6 – 13 years old. Sun Flares require that the following skills must be mastered: Roundoff, Cartwheel, handstand, backward and forward roll. Cheerleaders with the mastered skills will then learn backhandsprings along with more advanced tumbling skills. Cheerleaders should already know how to jump and stunt when coming to this class.
Our sideline cheer class is meant for cheerleaders who are wanting to participate in Middle School or High School level cheer teams. This class is to help them prepare for these teams. It allows a space for cheerleaders to work on tumbling skills like cartwheels, roundoffs, backhandsprings, backwalk-overs and more! Side line cheer also helps cheerleaders with learning cheers that schools use along with working on jumps. If your cheerleader is interested in doing those activities in school this class would be a great starting point! Open for the ages 6 – 13.
Tumble technique is a class that is dedicated to improving cheerleaders tumbling skills. Doesn’t matter if they start from the very beginning or need a light spot! We created this class for the kids that are always looking to tumble! Either looking to learn the basics like cartwheel, handstand, or forward roll. Or if they are looking for more advanced tumbling skills and techniques to help landing those skills everytime! Open to ages 6 – 13 years old.
As a cheer program we are trying to start a competitive cheerleading team. We would compete in the All Star category. However, Mountain Kids will not practice like a usual All Star gym. We only require two days of practice for a total of 4 hours a week. Cheerleaders do not need prior experience to join the team! All experience levels are welcome! Ages 6 – 17.
All Star cheer teams are competitive cheerleading teams that compete at cheerleading competitions around the U.S. However, we would stay local in Colorado. Teams would perform a routine that involves dance, jumps, and stunts to high paced music.
What to wear to practice:
Proper cheer attire is super crucial for practice! It helps keep everyone safe when stunting, jumping, and tumbling.
- Athletic clothing (leo with shorts is ok)
- NO jeans, skirts, or dresses!!! It is super difficult and uncomfortable to practice in clothing that is not meant for sports!
- Cheer shoes or tennis shoes with low tred/soft soles (amazon has great options)
- Hair must be tied back for practice
- NO dangling jewelry (keeping jewelry to a minimum) or long nails
