Know the difference
A competition can use one organization’s safety rules and another system’s scoresheet. The rule label is a starting point; the producer’s statement for your team’s division is what makes it specific.
All Star rules & age grids
The U.S. All Star Federation publishes cheer and dance rules, age grids and division information for All Star programs. Its seasonal rules address permitted skills and safety; scoring documents are separate resources.
USASF rules and age grids ↗School, college & other program guidance
USA Cheer publishes college cheer rules and co-publishes the NFHS/USA Cheer Spirit Rule Book for high school cheerleading. Its rules hub distinguishes school, college, youth sideline and All Star guidance, so the team category matters.
USA Cheer rules hub ↗Travel Cheer & Dance Alliance
TCDA publishes cheer rules by division and skill level, along with a separate dance rules packet. Its rules page also provides legality-check and rules-question resources for travel cheer and dance programs.
TCDA rules packets ↗Youth Cheer & Dance Alliance
YCADA publishes rules and scoring guidance for its youth cheer and dance categories, including Youth Independent. Its member pages provide the applicable packet, skill progressions and rules-question resources for that program category.
YCADA rules and scoring resources ↗Rules, divisions & scoring
The Open Championship Series publishes rules, age grids and scoring materials for All Star, recreational, school and dance categories. Its scoring hub separates Novice, Prep, Elite and other division materials, rather than applying one identical scoresheet to every team.
Open Championship Series rules and scoring ↗A scoring system
United Scoring Partners brings participating event producers together around shared scoresheets and judging resources. A United Scoring label identifies a scoring system; the producer’s safety rules and division eligibility still need to be checked separately.
United Scoring Partners ↗Event-specific requirements
Some producers publish their own competition rules, categories and judging requirements, as in the linked dance competition rules. This label is used only when the producer identifies its own system; it is not a default for an event with missing information.
Example of a producer’s published rules ↗Look for the season, the team category, the division or skill level, and the named rules document. Then check whether the producer separately identifies a scoring rubric, age grid, crossover policy or event-specific requirement. The JAMZ rules page, for example, separates safety rules from scoring and provides different resources for All Star, School, Youth and Travel teams.
The index makes these rule and scoring labels searchable. Where multiple systems are published, the details identify the alternatives and their scope; filtering for any published option finds the event. An Open or United scoring choice does not, by itself, establish a team’s safety rule set.
The captured event listing does not specify a rule set. No rule system is inferred from a producer’s membership, a bid logo or a previous season. This label does not mean there are no rules.
Use the linked body’s current documents together with the producer’s event information. Questions about a particular routine or division belong with the producer’s designated rules contact.