UCA Traditional Overnight Camps

Experience our most popular camp type!

About UCA Traditional Overnight Camps

Focus on skill progression, crowd leading, leadership training and team bonding in an environment that champions spirit building and memory-making at UCA Cheer Camp! Traditional Overnight Camps typically take place at a university/college where squads stay in dorms and camp takes place inside a field house, arena/gym, or outside on campus. See below for more information on specialty overnight camp locations like Hotel & Campground Camps.  

HOTEL CAMP – The same traditional overnight camp program with a comfortable hotel stay for a top notch UCA Camp Experience! Cheer Camp typically takes place in the hotel ballroom.  
CAMPGROUND CAMP – Squads stay in cabins and camp is held outdoors – it’s the perfect way to make memories while having fun in the sun!

Find a Location Near You

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Sample Schedule & Curriculum Highlights

4 Day Camp Schedule 3 Day Camp Schedule

Spirit Prop Workshop & Game Day Classes

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! During Game Day Classes, teams will learn exciting and crowd effective sidelines, crowd leading material and band chants to become the ultimate cheerleaders at school.

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.

Sideline Private Coaching

Personalized sideline instruction with the UCA Staff for football or basketball with training on motions, voice inflection, incorporating crowd effective skills and more!

FNL Frenzy & Game Day Jams

Squads will learn how to create excitement and engage the crowd in different game situations such as kickoff / tip-off, first down, free throw and more! Become more prepared for your sidelines by experiencing Game Day Jams which teaches your team how to react when short snippets of music play during football & basketball games!

Sideline Stunts

The UCA Staff will help teams work on utilizing simple but fun stunts to coordinate with the band and entertain the crowd at games!

Team Building with UCA!

Build, bond and grow through team building exercises, encouraging evaluations and leadership training.

Cheer Private Coaching

One-on-one time with the UCA Staff incorporating spirit props such as signs, poms, megs and flags along with skills and spirit into a crowd leading material of choice.

Coaches’ & Captains' 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.

Sideline Dances

Squads will learn several short, crowd effective line dances to popular house / band music to get the fans back home involved!

Camp Routine Private Coaching

Individualized time with the UCA Staff to help create an eleven 8-count performance customized to the squad’s unique strengths and abilities.

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!

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

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 Workshops

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!

UCA Offers These Unique Programs at Select Locations

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1:1 Ratio

One UCA Staff Instructor for every team that attends, guaranteed!

Christian Camps

The same, great UCA program in a Christian atmosphere! Varsity Christian Leadership Camps provide a powerful cheer camp with an impacting spiritual program. The Christian Leadership curriculum will be woven into every area of camp through fun, thought-provoking activities and team bonding! Each athlete will receive a Journal to work through and take notes during our Christian Leadership classes.

Combo UDA Camps

Bring your dance team and bond, learn and grow as one spirit program!

UCA Spirit Xpress Camps

UCA Spirit Xpress Camps are a special camp type where you are able learn how to improve your Game Day, Stunting, and Leadership skills just like you would at a traditional UCA Camp combined with learning new tumbling skills from the expertise of Spirit Xpress for this ultimate camp type! (Only offered in North Carolina)

Squad Credentialing

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