What Is All-Girl Cheer?

Quick answer: all-girl cheer refers to teams made up entirely of female athletes, competing in separate divisions from coed teams, which include both male and female athletes. The skill rules for each level are the same for both.

What Does This Division Mean?

"All-girl" describes team composition rather than skill level. All-girl teams compete in their own divisions, so that all-female teams are compared with other all-female teams rather than with coed teams that have a different typical strength and stunting profile.

How It Differs From Coed Divisions

Under the USASF All Star Cheer Rules (2026–27), all-girl and coed teams at the same level follow the same legality rules. The difference is in how routines are built: all-girl teams mostly stunt in multi-based stunt groups - typically two bases, a back spot and a flyer - while coed teams often add single-based stunts held by one strong base.

All-girl is the more common team format in All Star cheer.

Division / Governing Body Differences

Whether all-girl and coed are treated as separate divisions, and how many male athletes turn a team into a coed team, varies between governing bodies and event producers. Always check your specific governing body's and event's current rules.

All-Girl Teams in Practice

All-girl stunts are almost always multi-based, so all-girl teams typically put their difficulty into synchronised stunt groups, pyramids, tosses and tumbling rather than single-based stunts. Large all-girl teams can field many stunt groups at once, which is why the number of groups hitting the same skill together is such a visible part of all-girl routines.

Parent Questions

Can my child move between all-girl and coed teams? Usually, yes - the level rules are the same, so the skills carry over. What changes is the team's composition and stunting style, and gyms place athletes based on the teams they're running each season.

Related Levels

See Coed Cheer for the comparison, or the levels hub for the full system.