About PAFA Spirit
PAFA Spirit offers girls in grades 3-8 the opportunity to participate on a Cheer, Flags or Poms team in support of the Palatine Amateur Football Association's travel football program.
Football games are played in Palatine or surrounding suburbs on either Saturday or Sunday each weekend of the season.
Our season begins in late July/early August and includes a week long skills camp (evenings 6:00-8:30), weekly practices (either on M&W or T&TH), competitions for the older grades, and football games from late August into November.
Cheer
PAFA Cheer is for girls in
grades 3-8. Our primary focus is
teaching sideline cheers and halftime
routines in preparation for junior high
and high school cheer.
Older squads (5th-8th)
have an opportunity to participate in 1
(5th grade) or 2 (6th-8th
grades) competitions during our season.
The competition charges
are included in the registration fee.
Competition details will be provided by
September.
Flags
PAFA Flags is for girls in grades 6-8. Our
primary focus is teaching halftime
routines in preparation for high school
flags.
There are weekly practices during the
season and performances at two games
EACH weekend the Panthers are Home.
There is an optional exhibition at the
end of the season.
Poms
PAFA Poms is for girls in grades 6-8.
Our primary focus is teaching poms
skills through half-time routines in
preparation for junior high and high
school poms.
There are weekly practices during the
season and Poms squads perform at two
football games EACH weekend the Panthers
are Home.
Squads have an opportunity to
participate in competitions during the
season.
The competition charges are included in
the registration fee. Competition
details will be provided by September.
Tumbling
Tumbling is an important part of cheerleading.
PAFA encourages our participants to enroll in additional tumbling classes and clinics if they wish to continue in High School Cheerleading at a varsity or competition level.
PAFA does not include tumbling as part of the cheer program, however tumbling is incorporated into routines for those girls with tumbling experience. Our coaches are not certified gymnastics/tumbling coaches and thus, to ensure safety, they do not spot or instruct on tumbling techniques.
There are a number of fantastic cheer
tumbling programs throughout the
Palatine area. We distribute tumbling
information throughout the season and it
is also here.
