UCA
Masters Camp

Work with the best of the best this summer!

The UCA Masters Camp Experience

For over 50 years, UCA has been building spirit and training leaders for life! Masters Camps are for competitive & performance teams with curriculum focused on skills training to prepare squads for competition, performance and entertainment. These are high-intensity camps that focus on challenging your squad in skill-building and mastery. All Masters Camps are staffed 1:1 with top UCA instructors from around the country.

*Programming typically varies by location, contact your State Director for details HERE

Sample Schedule & Curriculum Highlights

4 Day Camp Schedule3 Day Camp Schedule
Spirit Prop Workshop
Squads will learn how to create excitement and engage the crowd during a game with poms, signs, megs, flags and proper spiriting techniques in the Spirit Prop Workshop!
Stunt & Pyramid Curriculum
Updated partner stunt and pyramid curriculum from beginner to elite with transitions, inversions and dismounts while still following the UCA progressions squads know and love. Includes a Safety Awareness Test, Spotting Seminar and Stunt Qualification.
Masters Challenges
Exclusive to Masters Camps! Enjoy fun, athletic, team-orientated challenges throughout camp.
Cheer Private Coaching
1:1 time with the UCA Staff incorporating spirit props such as signs, poms, megs and flags along with skills and spirit into a cheer from home.
NEW! Custom 1:1 Skills Private Coaching
Work 1:1 with an instructor on skills of your choice to get your team the help they need while at camp!
Coaches' and Captain's Goal Setting
Coaches and captains come together at UCA cheer camp to set goals, strengthen relationships and enact plans for success at camp and beyond.
Tumbling Critique
Experience tumbling drills and opportunities for feedback from the UCA Staff on technique and group synchronization.
Spirit Night
With UCA, take the first step towards your season’s success at camp! Journey through game day class and stop in stunt class before making memories at final day. Explore Spirit Night with fun-filled activities to promote bold leadership and team unity. UCA Camp is just the first stop on the map…we are here to guide you step by step (summer to spring) till you find X marks the spot!

Dress up for the adventure you want to get lost in – treasure hunt, safari, underwater, or up in outer space!

Team Leader Program
Experience 1:1 time with your UCA Staff Team Leader to guide you through camp and receive additional help to maximize your squad’s potential.
Camp Awards
UCA Camp brings out the very best in teams through daily spirit awards like the Spirit Stick and Top Banana, camp wide leadership and traditions awards and more!
Stunt Troubleshooting Class
Receive instruction and practice time for drills and troubleshooting tips to improve technique for common stunts specific to each team’s stunt class & ability level.
Final Day Evaluations
Get additional feedback after your final performances to ensure you leave camp with quality advice on how to improve for the future!
Additional New Benefits
Added coach resources on Clementune (Stunt Troubleshooting videos)
NEW! Coaches’ Education Seminars
NEW! Choose your own INDIVIDUAL and TEAM Adventure!
1:1 Pyramid Transitions
Extended Coaches’ Stunt Workshop

Coaches' Education & Safety

Educational and Safety Best Practices
UCA’s Coaches’ Meetings are powered with the knowledge of USA Cheer, Varsity University and the NFHS! Learn proven techniques for successful spirit program management as well as elevating your school’s spirit like never before.
Coaches’ Meetings
Attend daily Coaches’ Meetings, a Coaches’ and Captain’s Goal Setting and a Final Coaches’ Q&A with your Head Instructor discussing topics such as safety, new rules, music education credentialing and more. In addition to this – all new coaches’ will attend a First Time Coaches’ Meeting. Then after camp, your State Director is a year-round resource for all your questions and needs!
Coaches' Stunt Workshop
The Head Instructor and UCA Staff will demonstrate skills, stunt technique and stunt progressions–all geared towards training coaches! Gain valuable safety knowledge to support your own stunt coaching after camp is over. Two stunt workshops take place at all of our 4-day overnight camps.
Coaches' Gifts
UCA loves our Coaches! Attend UCA Camp and receive a Game Day Playbook (expanded digital version post-camp), Varsity University Coaches' Education Course, access to our summer material and music, supplemental resource videos available on BAND and a Tryout Kit. For coaches attending Overnight Camps, you'll also receive a special gift to take home!

Squad Credentialing

Ways to get your squad credentialedLearn more about the roles of a cheerleader!

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