Quick answer: move the sliders and tick the deductions below to see how difficulty, execution and deductions combine into a single score - conceptually. Each part of the routine earns points for both how hard it is and how well it's done, and deductions are then subtracted. The point values are invented for illustration only.

Illustrative only

This tool uses made-up point values to show how the pieces of a score sheet interact. The deduction categories are the ones commonly used at All Star events, but the numbers are not taken from any governing body's or event producer's real score sheet. See What Is a Score Sheet? for why, and always use your event's own published score sheet for anything that actually matters.

Difficulty

How technically demanding the skills are in each part of the routine. See What Is Difficulty?

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Execution

How cleanly, confidently and in sync each part was performed - small wobbles and timing slips lower these scores rather than being deducted. See What Is Execution?

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Deductions

Tick anything that "happened" in this run-through. See What Is a Deduction?

Result (illustrative)

Difficulty subtotal
0
Execution subtotal
0
Deductions
0
Applied deductions
None selected

Total: 0 out of 40

What to Try

  • Raise difficulty, lower execution. Push a difficulty slider up but drop the matching execution slider - harder skills performed poorly can score no better than easier skills done well.
  • Add a single fall. Tick "Building fall" and see how much difficulty you'd have to add to win those points back.
  • Compare a "safe" and a "risky" routine. A clean routine with slightly lower difficulty often beats a harder routine with a couple of deductions - which is why teams aim to hit zero.

Why We Built This Instead of Copying a Real Score Sheet

Real score sheets vary in structure, category weighting and point values between governing bodies and event producers, and change between seasons - see What Is a Score Sheet?. Presenting one specific system's numbers as "how cheer is scored" would be misleading. This tool keeps the numbers deliberately generic so you can see the shape of the trade-off - difficulty versus execution versus deductions - without mistaking it for a real event's rules.

Rules note: Level, skill and division details on this site follow the USASF All Star Cheer Rules for 2026–27, which most US All Star programs use and which closely match the IASF rules used in many other countries. Other governing bodies, school associations and event producers can differ, and rules change every season - always confirm current requirements against the official rules for your team's governing body and event.
Checked against: USASF All Star Cheer Rules and Cheer Age Grid, 2026–27 (updated 18 May 2026) on 15 October 2026

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