Community / education
School/community performance area with safe floor and supervised movement zones.
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INDOOR HALL · CHEER & PERFORMANCE TECHNICAL CENTRE
Cheer & Performance facility technical centre.
Cheer and performance facilities combine floor performance, tumbling/landing safety, clear height, team circulation, music/scoring and spectator/event operations. Training floors and competition floors should be planned around the relevant discipline rather than generic multipurpose-room assumptions.
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Apollo Technical Reference · Edition 2026.1 · Governing references reviewed October 2026 · always verify the current competition documents for final design.
01Cheer + Performance Cheer
022026 ICU safety rules
03Approx. 12.8 × 12.8 m ICU Cup performance floor reference
04Floor + clear-height + storage critical
INTERACTIVE FACILITY MAP
See the cheer & performance facility as one connected system.
Select a layer to see why it matters. This is a conceptual coordination map—not a dimensioned court, field, structural or compliance drawing.
CHEER & PERFORMANCEPLAYING AREA
FACILITY ENVELOPE · CIRCULATION · TECHNICAL INTERFACES
SPORT→SURFACE→EQUIPMENT→STRUCTURE→LIGHT→SPECTATORS→TECHNOLOGY→OPERATIONS
FACILITY LEVEL MATRIX
The technical brief changes with the level of venue.
Do not copy elite-event requirements into every community project—or under-specify a competition venue from a school checklist.
Club / academy
Club/academy hall with dedicated floor, tumbling/training systems and storage.
Competition
Competition-capable venue aligned to current ICU discipline and event requirements.
Elite / major venue
Major event hall with show floor, warm-up, spectators, audio, displays and professional operations.
12 TECHNICAL TOPICS
Design the complete cheer & performance environment.
Each topic is part of the same facility. Changing one layer can affect several others, which is why product selection should follow the complete brief.
01
Playing geometry
Define the exact cheer/performance discipline, floor size, boundary, warm-up and team holding areas from the current event brief.
02
Surface / playing system
Competition/training floors may use different sprung, mat or performance-surface systems; impact and joint stability need to match the discipline.
03
Sport equipment
Mats, sprung systems, training aids, tumbling systems and music/event equipment require safe setup and storage.
04
Lighting
Provide even visibility without glare in upward athlete sightlines and without camera flicker at events.
05
Spectators
Separate performance/warm-up/team zones from spectators while maintaining clear event circulation and accessible viewing.
06
Structure + building interface
Clear height, roof services, rigging and floor/slab interface should be coordinated around lifts/tosses and equipment.
07
Environment
Ventilation, temperature, humidity and chalk/cleaning conditions affect comfort and floor performance.
08
Accessibility
Plan inclusive/adaptive participation and accessible spectator routes where the programme requires them.
09
Storage + changeover
Roll floors, mats, training aids, sound equipment and event furniture need large, nearby storage and safe handling.
10
Technology + controls
Music playback, scoring/judging, cameras, FÍSVOR and event timing should share a controlled operating layer.
11
Evidence + standards
Use the current ICU safety rules and event rules for the applicable discipline; exact floor/equipment and building evidence remain separate.
12
Maintenance + lifecycle
Inspect seams, mats/sprung floor, training aids, sound/scoring, lighting and storage/handling systems.
EVIDENCE LADDER
Do not collapse different kinds of evidence into one “approved” claim.
Official rule / governing reference
Defines the sport or competition requirement. It does not automatically approve a supplier or construction detail.
Product test / approval
Applies to an exact surface, equipment item or system configuration and the scope stated by the governing programme.
Installed facility test / certification
Where the sport offers it, field/court/facility testing confirms the finished installation rather than only the product.
Project engineering
Foundations, supports, wind/seismic loads, electrical, building interfaces and local-code compliance remain project-specific.
Commercial release
Warranty, documentation, spares, freight, installation responsibility and exact quoted configuration are closed before order.
SPECIFICATION INPUTS
Information a useful cheer & performance specification should contain.
These inputs can become a consultant brief, RFP schedule or Apollo project review without prematurely inventing an exact model.
01
Cheer / performance discipline
02
Training / competition use
03
Floor dimensions
04
Floor / impact system
05
Clear height
06
Warm-up / holding areas
07
Lighting
08
Audio / scoring
09
Spectators
10
Storage
11
Adaptive/inclusive requirements
PERFORMANCE-SPECIFICATION STARTERS
Clause intent that can be developed into the project specification.
These are performance-based starting points, not a substitute for the project architect, engineer, governing body or exact selected-system data.
Playing environment
Define the exact cheer/performance discipline, floor size, boundary, warm-up and team holding areas from the current event brief.
Surface performance
Competition/training floors may use different sprung, mat or performance-surface systems; impact and joint stability need to match the discipline.
Evidence and approvals
Use the current ICU safety rules and event rules for the applicable discipline; exact floor/equipment and building evidence remain separate.
Maintenance and lifecycle
Inspect seams, mats/sprung floor, training aids, sound/scoring, lighting and storage/handling systems.
DRAWING ROADMAP
Draw the interfaces that words usually miss.
Public planning diagrams can define intent. Exact fabrication, foundation, fixing and model drawings should follow only when the selected system is verified.
Performance-floor plan
Clear-height section
Floor build-up
Warm-up/team flow
Lighting plan
Spectator layout
Audio/scoring schematic
Storage plan
TECHNICAL DIAGRAM PACK
Cheer & Performance planning diagrams for the interfaces that written specifications miss.
Four vector sheets cover plan geometry, vertical coordination, equipment/operations and spectator/technology interfaces. Verified sport dimensions are shown only where the technical baseline supports them; conceptual allowances remain explicitly labelled.
PACKLTV-CHEER-PERFORMANCE
SPORTCheer & Performance
REFERENCE REVIEW04 OCT 2026
STATUSPLANNING / COORDINATION
01
Dimensioned Plan
02
Vertical / Section Coordination
03
Equipment + Operations Zoning
04
Spectator + Lighting + Technology
Planning diagram status
These diagrams organise coordination information. They are not fabrication drawings, engineering drawings, construction details, certified court/field layouts or statutory documentation. Current governing-body requirements, exact selected-system drawings and local professional design take precedence.
MAINTENANCE & LIFECYCLE
Make performance maintainable.
01Floor seams/surface
02Mats / sprung system
03Training aids
04Lighting
05Audio
06Scoring
07Storage
08Cleaning
TROUBLESHOOTING
Common symptoms worth investigating.
Floor gaps / movement
Review installation, joins and storage/handling.
Hard landing response
Inspect floor/mat system and replace damaged impact components.
Clear-height conflict
Review roof services/fixtures and discipline requirements.
Music/audio failure
Check playback, redundancy, cabling and operator setup.
Warm-up congestion
Review team flow, holding and performance-floor access.
Spectator encroachment
Strengthen barriers/circulation and event controls.
SPORTS PLANNING CALCULATORS
Turn early ideas into measurable planning inputs.
These are concept-planning tools—not engineering, certification, accessibility or photometric calculators. Every input is visible and editable so assumptions stay explicit.
Approximate 12.8 × 12.8 m ICU Cup performance-floor reference with an editable 2 m conceptual operating allowance around the performance area.
CALCULATOR 01
Facility footprint
16.8 × 16.8 mconcept precinct rectangle
282.2 m²concept footprint
1playing units
CALCULATOR 02
Surface planning quantity
163.8 m²playing-area total
173.7 m²planning quantity incl. allowance
This is area arithmetic only. Roll widths, tile modules, seams, line systems, perimeter details and manufacturer-specific waste factors can change the final order quantity.
CALCULATOR 03
Spectator concept
50seats per row concept
27 mapproximate row length
Not a code or sightline calculation. Final rows, aisles, vomitories, accessible positions, guards, rake and egress must be developed by the project team.
BUILDER 04
Lighting brief
01Confirm the sport and exact competition level.
02Define the playing area plus spectator, camera and officials zones.
03Coordinate luminaire locations with structure, roof services, poles and maintenance access.
04Control glare for players, officials and spectators.
05Confirm local electrical, emergency-lighting and spill-light requirements.
06Define training, match and reduced-energy operating modes where controls support them.
NEXT STEP
Carry the assumptions into the technical and specification workflow.
Floor size and safety/operating zones vary by cheer/performance discipline and event rules. Verify the current ICU event packet, warm-up, team holding and clear-height requirements before final design.
PRIMARY GOVERNING REFERENCES
Use Apollo to navigate the technical problem—then verify the rule at source.
We link to the governing organisation rather than republishing whole standards. Rules, manuals, approval lists and competition requirements change.
International Cheer Union 2026 Safety Rules
Official ICU 2026 sport-of-cheer, performance-cheer and adaptive/special-abilities rule resources.
Open official sourceICU 2026 International Cheerleading Cup Rules
Competition packet includes an approximately 12.8 × 12.8 m performance-floor reference and professional-grade surface requirement.
Open official sourceReference review date: 4 October 2026. Governing-body content remains owned and controlled by the relevant organisation. Apollo's summaries are planning aids, not substitutes for the current official rules or local professional advice.
CITE THIS RESOURCE
Cheer & Performance Facility Technical Centre
- Publisher
- Apollo NZ Global
- Edition
- 2026.1
- Reviewed
- 4 October 2026
Apollo NZ Global. Cheer & Performance Facility Technical Centre. LUTHVAR Global Sports Technical Library, 2026.1. https://apollonzglobal.com/sports/cheer-performance/technical-centre
Technical reference & source policyPROJECT-SPECIFIC REVIEW
Turn the technical reference into a controlled cheer & performance project brief.
Apollo remains supply-only. Local design, foundations, civil works, installation, statutory approvals and professional sign-off remain with the appropriate project parties unless a specific support item is expressly included.