2020 NDA Tryout Kit

Virtual Tryout Guide

At Varsity Spirit, the health and safety of our athletes and coaches is our top priority. We are diligently monitoring the impact of COVID-19/Coronavirus, and have a dedicated team working on solutions to support you as the situation evolves. Varsity Spirit wants to help support you with some suggestions on ways to conduct a virtual tryout, keep student engagement and navigate your athletes through these uncertain times.

Virtual Tryout Guide

Virtual Tryout Guide

Virtual Tryout Resources

Virtual Auditions
If you are unable to host a live tryout, put together a virtual audition.  Ask students to provide a video submission with clear outlined requirements by a designated date. You could use Youtube, Skype, BAND or another method to allow students to audition live. For a simple way to submit videos and a step by step on how to host your virtual tryout, click here.

Athletic Director FAQs
Does your Athletic Director have questions about virtual auditions? Virtual auditions are a great way to keep your dance program moving forward in these uncertain times. For a helpful resource to keep your program connected and moving forward, click here.

How to Conduct Virtual Auditions
Not sure where to start? Check out this detailed step by step on how to conduct your very own Virtual Audition, click here.

Virtual Judges
In times of rapid change, our commitment to you and your athletes remains the same. With our mission in mind, we – Varsity Spirit, want to do everything we can to help you kick your season off to a spirited and successful start. Therefore, we are offering FREE virtual judges this year to help you select your team, for those who are currently registered for a Varsity Spirit Summer Camp. Our Varsity Spirit corporate employees and top judges will be able to judge your tryouts at no cost to you. If you need outside judges, please fill out this form and we can help provide virtual judges for you!

Tryout BAND Group
BAND, the official team communication app of Varsity Spirit, is the best way to organize your virtual tryout. Simply create a BAND and invite everyone who is interested in trying out. Within the BAND, you are able to post all of your tryout paperwork, host a virtual meeting, and share all the materials needed for your athletes to practice in the safety of their own homes. For step by step details on creating your BAND group and for information regarding the safety measures BAND takes for school groups, click here.

What's Included

We have the material, music and documents needed to run a successful tryout this season!

  • Jazz Routine
    Includes front view video with music, back view video with counts
  • Pom Routine
    Includes front view video with music, back view video with counts
  • Hip Hop Routine
    Includes front view video with music, back view video with counts
  • Game Day Routine
    Includes front view video with music, back view video with counts
  • Music for all Routines
  • Sample Tryout Documents

Getting Started

  • First, preview the routines on our YouTube channel and decide what you want to use. Directly from the videos, you’ll be able to download for your personal use. Open the VIDEOS section below to get started.
  • Next, download the routine music! Just open the MUSIC section below for access.
  • Finally, don’t forget the planning tools. View and download documents to make tryout preparation a breeze. Find everything you need to plan the perfect tryout in the DOCUMENTS section below.

Videos

Each routine has a front view and back view for easy learning! Included is a Game Day routine, as well as beginner and advanced Jazz, Hip Hop, and Pom routines.

View Routines Here

Helpful Download Tips:
If you decide to download the videos for personal use, be sure and view the video on its own page instead of viewing it on the Collection Page of all videos. To do this, click on the name of the video and it will open on a new page. Then 
simply click on the download icon below the player.

Music

Download the Routine Music:

Hip Hop
Download Here

Jazz
Download Here

Pom
Download Here

Helpful Download Tips:
The easiest way to download the music is to right click on the link. From there, based on your browser, select the following:

  • Firefox and Google Chrome – Save Link As
  • Internet Explorer – Save Target As
  • Safari – Download Linked File As

Music provided by unleashthebeats.com.