1. 1 Using the NFHS Spirit Rules Book Rule Reference Format 2-1-3: 2 = Rule # 1 = Section # 3 = Article # (Situation/Rulings format: 2.1.3) Rule Reference Format 2-1-3: 2 = Rule # 1 = Section # 3 = Article # (Situation/Rulings format: 2.1.3) REMEMBER ALL provisions of the NHFS rules book apply to ALL spirit activities – practices, performances, games, competition. REMEMBER ALL provisions of the NHFS rules book apply to ALL spirit activities – practices, performances, games, competition. CONTENTS  Rules Changes for 2014-15  Table of Contents  Philosophy of Spirit  RULE 1 – Definitions  RULE 2 – Cheerleading  RULE 3 – Dance/Drill/Pom  Situation Rulings follow each section of Rules 2 & 3.  Pictures  Points of Emphasis  Comments  Comments on the Rules  Appendices  Index CONTENTS  Rules Changes for 2014-15  Table of Contents  Philosophy of Spirit  RULE 1 – Definitions  RULE 2 – Cheerleading  RULE 3 – Dance/Drill/Pom  Situation Rulings follow each section of Rules 2 & 3.  Pictures  Points of Emphasis  Comments  Comments on the Rules  Appendices  Index Thank you to Diane Wolf and the Idaho Association for permission to use this information.

2. 2 Using the NFHS Spirit Rules Book Rule 2 – General Risk Management Pg. 10 RULE 3 applies primarily to dance/drill & pom teams and to cheer teams who stand/perform on props (e.g. boxes). Section 1-Apparel/Accessories applies only to dance/drill/pom teams. Section 6-Assisted Inverted Floor Skills applies to ALL spirit teams. RULE 3 applies primarily to dance/drill & pom teams and to cheer teams who stand/perform on props (e.g. boxes). Section 1-Apparel/Accessories applies only to dance/drill/pom teams. Section 6-Assisted Inverted Floor Skills applies to ALL spirit teams. Rule 3 – Dance/Drill/Pom Risk Management Pg. 30 RULE 2 applies primarily to cheer teams and to dance/drill & pom teams who perform partner stunts, tosses and tumbling. Sections 1-General and 2-Sportsmanship apply to ALL spirit teams. Section 3-Apparel/Accessories applies only to cheer teams. RULE 2 applies primarily to cheer teams and to dance/drill & pom teams who perform partner stunts, tosses and tumbling. Sections 1-General and 2-Sportsmanship apply to ALL spirit teams. Section 3-Apparel/Accessories applies only to cheer teams. RULE 1 contains terms that are specifically defined for use elsewhere in the rules book. If you don’t know what a term is in “NFHS-speak”, how can you understand the rule? Don’t overlook Rule 1! Rule 1 – Definitions Pg. 7

3. 3 Book Corrections Page 19 2.5.2 SITUATION B A participant in a handstand on the performing surface: (b) (c) hooks her legs over the shoulders of a base and transitions to a shoulder sit without assistance. RULING is correct. Page 19 2.5.2 SITUATION C Participants execute chorus line flips in which: (b) (a) two performers lean…” RULING is correct. Page 35 3.4.2 SITUATION A top person executes a forward suspended roll to the floor from a prop. She is assisted by: RULING: (b) legal (b and (c) legal. Page 19 2.5.2 SITUATION B A participant in a handstand on the performing surface: (b) (c) hooks her legs over the shoulders of a base and transitions to a shoulder sit without assistance. RULING is correct. Page 19 2.5.2 SITUATION C Participants execute chorus line flips in which: (b) (a) two performers lean…” RULING is correct. Page 35 3.4.2 SITUATION A top person executes a forward suspended roll to the floor from a prop. She is assisted by: RULING: (b) legal (b and (c) legal.

4. 4 2014-15 Major Editorial Changes RULE 1 – NEW & REVISED DEFINITIONS  Foldover Stunt: (New) “Inverted stunt in which top person bends at the waist and is caught on her/his back by multiple catchers while both of the top person’s ankles/feet remain in the grip of the base(s).” (e.g. yo-yo, pancake”, etc.)  Lift: (New) Dance term added to Stunt/Partner Stunt.  Roll: (Old Forward/Backward Roll) Now “hip over head”.  Suspended Roll: (Narrows the definition) Adds “upright base(s) or post(s)”.  Tumbling: (Narrows the definition) Adds “begins and ends on the performing surface”.

5. 5 2014-15 Major Editorial Changes RULE 2  2-4-5; 2-4-6 SPOTTING Added “In stunts that require a spotter, a spotter must:” (Clarifies that spotting rules don’t apply to stunts that don’t require a spotter.)  SEC 5 INVERSIONS Revised Article 2; Suspended Rolls incorporated into Article 2; Braced Flips are now in Article 3.  2-7-4 HELICOPTERS; 2-7-5 LOG ROLLS Removed NOTES that stated these stunts were exceptions to other rules. (No longer necessary)  2-7-5 LOG ROLLS Added “and the top person is not in contact with another released top person”. (Clarifies that a top person in a log roll can be in contact with a bracer.)  2-9-1 DISMOUNTS Exception added to clarify that bases can make a quarter turn to catch a cradle; 2-9-8 clarifies that 1 ¼ twists to cradle are allowed, no matter which direction they begin.