Welcome to the Lake Nona Youth Sports Pop Warner Cheerleading Program
Lake Nona Youth Sports is pleased to announce that Pop Warner Football & Cheer registration is open!
We invite you to join our Pop Warner cheer squads. Pop Warner is the largest youth football and cheerleading organization in the United States and is the only national youth sports program to require satisfactory academic progress to participate. Our goals for the upcoming season is to train our cheer athletes, to teach safety, leadership, responsibility all while having fun!
We have squads for children in Pre-K through 8th grade. Each squad consists of a maximum of 35 cheer members and will be divided by age and experience. Each season may be different based on enrollment and team sizes.
Registration Cost is $400
Our practices begin on July 15th in which teams will practice up to 10 hours per week. After school starts, practices will decrease to 6 hours per week. All competing teams cheer through the second week of December after qualifying for the Pop Warner National Competition.
Practice Information:
- Practice location – Heroes Community Park practice field.
- Practice time – 6 to 8:00, Mon, Tues and Thurs.
- Practice Attire – your practice uniform. T-shirt, shorts, bow and old cheer sneakers.
- NO EARRINGS, RINGS, BODY OR HAIR JEWELRY OF ANY KIND AT PRACTICE OR GAMES.
- NO ARTIFICIAL NAILS OR FINGERNAIL POLISH AT PRACTICE OR GAMES
- Must bring water bottle to practice filled with water only.
- Hair must be of natural color and pulled back in ponytail away from face.
The season begins with cheering for our respective football teams. Games are held on Saturdays and will require local travel for our away games. As we move into September, we will begin to work on competition preparation where the focus is learning our competition routine. Our teams will compete in the Mid Florida Cheer Competition held at the end of October. Teams placing 1st and 2nd will then advance to Regionals which is held during Thanksgiving weekend. Any advancing teams (placing 1st or 2nd) will compete at Nationals which is held in December in North Carolina. Each Cheer Family will receive a Cheer Packet at registration which will contain more detailed information and expectations for the season. We look forward to seeing all of our returning families as well as welcoming new members to our Lake Nona Youth Sports Family.
Volunteer Requirements:
Every family will be responsible for a total of 20 hours of volunteer work during the season. If you do not wish to volunteer during the season, there is a $100 mandatory non-volunteer fee that will be charged at time of registration. Leading up to the season, our volunteer coordinator will reach out to you to get you signed up for your volunteer hours. Possible volunteer jobs include but are not limited to: game day set up and break down, admission table, chains during games as well as volunteer opportunities through our partnership with the Lake Nona High School to help them on their game days.
Refund Policy:
• A $100 non-refundable deposit is required at the time of registration
• There will be no refunds after registration closes on June 5, 2026.
• Refund requests prior to registration closing will be a full refund less $25 to cover the cost of registration (credit card processing fees)
In order to process a refund the following information must be submitted at the time of request.
• Athlete Name
• Parent Name (as you want the check to be made out to)
• Address
• Email address
• Phone number
For football and cheer registration questions, please email Ms. Terri Landis, Director of Registration at [email protected]
For cheer related questions, please contact Ms. Amy Kleiner, Director of Cheer at cheer@lakenonayouthsports.org