North Jersey Cheerleading and Dance is a program designed for Boys and Girls ages 3-16 to enjoy and learn the basics of cheer and dance. Each organization has a team for you in your community for you to experience. Our coaches and instructors are very enthusiastic to teach our athletes of all skill levels.
Cheerleading a a great sport to gain strength and agility along with self confidences and leadership. In North Jersey cheer, your child will cheer for their organizations during football games during the season which runs from August through end of October. At he end of the regular season, each team will register for the NJPW cheer competition. Should your team place, 1st or 2nd, the teams will advance onto the Eastern Regional tournament, held at the cure Insurance arena in Trenton, Nj in early November. Should they place your team will advance to the Pop Warner National tournament in Orlando, Fl in December.
Pop Warner Spirit teams have participated for several decades on the football sidelines (Pep Squads, Majorettes, etc.); however, cheerleading was not officially introduced until the 1970’s.
Today, thousands of youth participate in Pop Warner Cheerleading and Dance teams around the United States.
The Cheer and Dance Program offers teams a wide range of opportunity for young athletes at all skill levels: Novice, Intermediate and Advanced.
Pop Warner has established one set of spirit rules along with JAMZ, the Pop Warner Education Development Partner and the original developer of the Youth Cheer and Dance Alliance (YCADA).
Together with YCADA, Pop Warner is able to provide online educational courses for its coaches, administrators and judges on team skill levels for Cheer Teams (Core Cheer, Show Cheer PW 1-4) and for Dance Teams (Pom Performance, Theme Dance & Hip Hop). Pop Warner also offers additional competition opportunities in Sideline Performance Cheer.
With continued education, the Pop Warner Coaching Staff provides basic instruction, training and conditioning for both football games and competition.
Teams participate on the sidelines at football games for home and most away games through to the Pop Warner Super Bowl. In addition to Game Day, teams participate in qualifying spirit events (League and Region) through to a Pop Warner National Championship.
The Pop Warner National Cheer and Dance Championships (started in 1988) are now held in December located in Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.