Cheerleaders

Practice planning

Cheer Practice Plans Built in Minutes, Reused All Season.

A cheer practice plan splits gym time into timed blocks: warmup, stunts, tumbling, full-outs, cooldown. Cheerleaders builds a 90 minute plan in about 4 minutes, saves it as a template and reuses it every week of the season.

See it in action
01 The block method

90 minutes, five blocks, no dead time on the mat.

Every plan is a stack of timed blocks. Drag a block to reorder, stretch it by five minutes, or swap tumbling for pyramid work. The clock math updates itself, so 90 minutes stays 90 minutes.

Want the structure on paper first? The cheer practice plan template on our blog walks through the same 90 minute method.

Time Block Focus Minutes
0:00 Warmup + stretch Dynamic warmup, wrists and ankles, jump prep 15
0:15 Stunt sequences Group stunts by level, L2 preps to L4 full-ups 25
0:40 Tumbling lines Standing and running passes, spotters assigned 20
1:00 Full-outs Routine at performance pace, three runs, notes between 20
1:20 Cooldown + notes Stretch, corrections recap, next practice goals 10
1:30 Done Attendance already logged, notes saved to the team 90

A default 90 minute plan. Blocks, focus and minutes are fully editable per team.

02 One plan, two weeks

Comp week? Swap the template, keep the clock.

This is the plan strip for one practice. Toggle between a regular week and a comp week: the blocks re-balance toward full-outs and the total stays honest. Most coaches keep 3 or 4 templates for the whole season.

  • Templates copy to any week in one tap.
  • Coach notes attach per block, visible to your staff only.
  • Parents get an attendance ping 24 hours before every practice.

Wednesday practice · 6:00 PM

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Saved as a template · reusable any week

17/18 confirmed

Sunday night, retired

Plan a month of practices in one sitting.

Build the plan once, copy it across the month, adjust for comp weeks. The schedule, attendance and parent pings run themselves from there.

4 min

To build a 90 min plan

26

Weeks one template can run

24h

Parent ping before practice

03 Built around your roster

Templates

A library your season runs on

Regular week, comp week, choreography camp, game-day prep. Save each once, drop it on any date.

Skills

Progressions tied to levels

Track each athlete's verified skills from L1 to L6, so stunt blocks group flyers, bases and backspots that are ready.

Attendance

Know who is on the mat

Parents confirm from the automatic ping. You see 17/18 before you leave the office, not at the gym door.

Staff

Assistants see the same plan

Edits sync instantly to every coach's phone. Whoever runs warmups is running today's plan, not last week's.

Practice planning starts the day your roster is set: run tryouts on digital cheer tryout score sheets and athletes flow straight into your first week of blocks. As comps approach, plans line up with your cheer competition schedule so full-out weeks land where they should.

04 How it fits your week
  • Sunday Ten minutes: copy templates onto the week, tweak comp-week minutes.
  • 24h before Parents get the automatic attendance ping. Confirmations roll in.
  • At practice The plan is on every coach's phone. Blocks keep the clock honest.
  • After Notes and corrections save to the team, ready for the next plan.

Practice planning is included on every plan, starting at $29 per month. See full cheer gym software pricing.

Practice questions, answered

Can I reuse a practice plan?

Yes. Save any plan as a template and drop it onto any week. Most coaches keep 3 or 4 templates, one per season phase, and adjust minutes as comps get close.

Do parents and athletes see the plan?

Athletes and parents see practice times and locations on a read-only schedule, and parents get an automatic attendance ping 24 hours before. Block-by-block coaching notes stay coach-only.

Can assistant coaches edit plans?

Yes. Give assistants edit access to specific teams. Changes sync instantly, so the person running warmups always has the current plan.

Game day, every day

Get your Sunday nights back

Timed blocks, reusable templates, automatic attendance pings. Build your first cheer practice plan in about 4 minutes.

Takes 30 seconds. No credit card needed.