[*Central_Cheer_Chick]

All of the options have an important part, but I'd say THE most important from this list would be:

Crowd involvement and Organization

As I have stated before, as cheerleaders our main priority is to lead cheers and support our teams. Yes it is nice to be able to do that AND have all those elite skills, but before you worry about competition you need to foucs on the basics, or else you'll fall apart in the long run.

To lead cheers, you need to get the crowd involved. That is your job as a cheerleader. You have to make the crowd want to get up and yell with you. You have to have that energy about you and be excited about what is going on. Signs and megaphones always get the crowd's attention. Along with great synchronization (jumps or stunts at a key point in a cheer), but that also falls under organization.

Organization is very key. I absolutely hate it when squads just stand around. Cheers should be constantly going (unless of injury, etc). And you also want to know what is going on in the game. Cause you might feel a little silly if you are yelling 'offense' during defense. (happened several times) Knowing what floor cheer you are doing at what time is important too. It is so sloppy when squads just look around at each other and the coaches and have no idea what is going on! That is why practice is very important.