Level 7 Cheerleading Explained

Quick answer: Level 7 is the highest numbered level in the USASF and IASF systems. Its tumbling limit is the same as Level 6 (one flip and two twists); what it adds is more advanced building - free-flipping stunt transitions, flipping basket tosses, coed-style tosses to a new base, and pyramids up to 2½ people high. It's mainly contested by older and international teams.

What Does This Level Mean?

Level 7 sits above Level 6 to give the most advanced teams room for building skills that Level 6 doesn't allow. Routines here have very few remaining skill restrictions, so they're separated mainly by difficulty and execution.

The details below follow the USASF All Star Cheer Rules for 2026–27. Other governing bodies and event producers can differ.

Typical Stunt and Pyramid Categories

• Free-flipping stunt transitions, such as rewinds, with up to 1½ flips and 1½ twists from ground level.
• Coed-style tosses - a single base tossing the flyer from ground level - to a new base.
• Flipping basket tosses (up to 1¼ flips) and flyovers, where the flyer is tossed from one set of bases to another.
• Pyramids up to 2½ people high, including tower pyramids, with dedicated spotters for each top person.
• Twisting up to 2¼ twists in stunts, the same as Level 6.

Typical Tumbling Categories

Level 7 tumbling has the same limit as Level 6: up to one flip and two twists in both running and standing tumbling, such as a double full. Standing skills with more than one twist must be preceded by a non-twisting, backward-travelling skill, and nothing may twist out of a double-twisting skill.

Jumps and Motions

At this level, jump and motion execution is expected to be extremely consistent, since the routine's difficulty ceiling is already high and small execution errors carry proportionally more weight.

What Changes From the Previous Level?

Compared with Level 6, the changes are almost all in building skills - free flips, coed-style tosses and taller pyramids - rather than tumbling.

Division / Governing Body Differences

Level 7 divisions are far less common than Levels 1–6. At the Cheerleading Worlds, Level 7 is offered in the international (IASF) divisions, which US teams may also enter; the US-only (USASF) divisions are Level 6. Many event producers don't offer Level 7 at all, so check your event's division list.

Parent Questions

Parents sometimes ask if Level 7 is the same as "Elite." It isn't - in USASF terms, "All Star Elite" is the standard competitive track that every numbered level belongs to. See What Is Elite Cheer? for more.

Related Levels

See Level 6, or the levels hub for the full system.