Level 6 Cheerleading Explained

Quick answer: Level 6 is near the top of most numbered level systems, generally permitting advanced twisting tumbling, high-difficulty release stunts and complex pyramids, with few restrictions compared with lower levels.

What Does This Level Mean?

Level 6 teams are typically among the most advanced age-restricted teams in a governing body's system, competing at a high difficulty ceiling while still operating within some age or division-based limits.

Typical Stunt Categories

Level 6 generally allows a wide range of advanced release moves, inversions and pyramid connections, with relatively few skill restrictions compared with the numbered levels below it.

Typical Tumbling Categories

Tumbling at Level 6 commonly includes advanced twisting passes and connected skills, reflecting the high overall difficulty ceiling at this stage.

Jumps and Motions

Jump and motion technique is expected to be highly consistent and clean throughout a demanding routine, with less room for the small technical errors that might be more tolerated at lower levels.

What Changes From the Previous Level?

Compared with Level 5, Level 6 usually raises the ceiling further on tumbling and stunt difficulty, moving closer to the unrestricted skill set seen at Elite.

What Changes at the Next Level?

Where a system includes Level 7, it typically represents the highest numbered level, often with very few remaining skill restrictions.

Division / Governing Body Differences

Not every governing body uses a Level 6 - some systems cap at Level 5 or move directly into an open or Elite division at this point. Always check your governing body's current level structure.

Parent Questions

Parents sometimes ask what separates Level 6 from Elite - broadly, numbered levels like Level 6 still sit within an age- or experience-based structure, while Elite/Open divisions generally remove most remaining skill restrictions.

Related Levels

See Level 5, Level 7, or the levels hub for the full system.