Downunder Spirit Camps and Clinics

DUS Camps are the winning choice of champions across Australia. With a strong emphasis on technical execution and creative and innovative skills, we have commited ourselves to transforming the way Australian camps are done. You will leave our camps not only with a basis for correct skill buildling and progression emphasising safety, but also with unique and individualised stunts and pyramids taught ONLY TO YOUR SQUAD!!

Skills Camps - We Come to You!

Kick start your season with a DUS Private Camp!! DUS Instructors will come to your club, studio or school with a camp specifically designed for your squad! You'll learn special stunting techniques and grips that will make stunting easier for your bases and secrets of the trade to help flyer's confidence to stay in the air and stick that stunt! You'll learn techniques and drills to help your team achieve the next level in tumbling. Anything your squad needs to be successful this competition season, a DUS Skills Camp can help you get there!

Camp Details

Stunts and Pyramids: Emphasising safety, DUS instructors will teach your team skills and techniques to help you reach the next level of stunting ability. You'll learn new stunts and pyramids created specifically for, and taught only to your squad!

Tumbling: The DUS instructors will help your athletes achieve the skills they want and need from front and back walkovers to full twists. You'll learn tried and proven drills to help athletes achieve handsprings faster! Material covered will vary according to equipment available at the facility.

Basket Tosses: For L2 and above, you'll learn proper technique to improve your

Jumps: With a focus on technique and timing, DUS instructors will take participants through a variety of jumps, and strength and flexibility exercises.

Team Building: Team bonding is an essential part of any successful season. Our DUS can take your team through some fun team building exercises that are sure to bring your team closer together.

Skills Camps at the ZOO

Maybe your cheerleaders need some time on a spring floor or tumble track to give them that extra bit of confidence to hit that back handspring by themselves for the first time. Maybe you want your team to get away from the distractions and focus on their skills. Whatever the reason, if you're looking for a great facility to host your camp, look no further than a DUS Private Camp at ZOO Athletics.

By holding your camp at the ZOO Athletics training facility in Helensvale, QLD on the Gold Coast, you'll get access to their 9 run sprung cheer floor, air track, trampoline, and other great training tools. You still get to choose what style of camp you want tailored to your team's needs, you still get the same great DUS staff and material PLUS you get to do it all at an awesome facility.

Camp Details:

Stunts and Pyramids: Emphasising safety, DUS instructors will teach your team skills and techniques to help you reach the next level of stunting ability. You'll learn new stunts and pyramids created specifically for, and taught only to your squad!

Tumbling: The DUS instructors will help your athletes achieve the skills they want and need from and back walkovers to full twists. You'll learn tried and proven drills to help athletes achieve handsprings faster! Material covered will vary according to equipment available at the facility.

Basket Tosses: For L2 and above, you'll learn proper technique to improve your abilities.

Jumps: With a focus on technique and timing, DUS instructors will take participants through a variety jumps, and strength and flexibility exercises.

Team Building: Team bonding is an essential part of any successful season. Our DUS Instructors can take your team through some fun team building exercises that are sure to bring your team closer together.

Need a Place to Stay?

For the same reasons we don't make our customers buy "package" plans for our competitions, DUS Skills Camps at the ZOO are not package plans. If you want to commute to ZOO Athletics from your hometown each day - great, we'll give you directions to get there. For those that want to stay in an area hotel, we've negotiated a discounted rate at a fantastic facility within 5 minutes walking distance, but you are always free to find another hotel of your choosing.

DUS-choreography Camp

The DUS-choreographers have created winning routines for teams at the National and International level. Take away the stress and allow our professional DUS-choreographers to design a routine full of cutting edge choreography highlighting your squad's talent. After a DUS-choreography Camp, your team will approach the floor with a newfound confidence in performance!

Camp Details:

Stunts and Pyramids: Emphasising safety, DUS instructors will teach your team skills and techniques help you reach the next level of stunting ability. You'll learn new stunts and pyramids created specifically for, and taught only to your squad!

Complete Customized Routine: You'll receive a complete routine over 2-3 days utilising your teams' best skills and abilities. It will include new stunts and skills you'll learn during the stunt section of your camp. You'll also receive 8 count sheets outlining your new routine.

Note: DUS-choreography Camps do not include music, but can be included at an additional cost.

DUS-choreography Camp Lite

This is a transitional choreography camp designed to help build around the skills you already have. Dance, motions and transitions are often overlooked when dissecting a score sheet, but can be one of the most critical areas. Let DUS-choreography Lite create a seamless look for your routine through the use of innovative transitions. Your DUS-choreographer will give you tips and ideas to move from one section to the next with clean lines and precise motions.

DUS-choreography Lite is an easy way to get a jump on the competition!

Coach Accreditation Courses

Raising the bar of safety expectations starts with you and your coaches. The United States All Star Federation (USASF) Coach Credentialing process organises coaching competency in three core subjects; tumbling, stunts and tosses. These efforts are to create a safer environment by developing standards through proper skill progressions. After a written and hands on assessment, and coach's experience is validated, the coach will receive credentials through the Level(s) passed. These credentials come in Certificate form which lasts 3 years.

Our USASF accredited DUS Instructors can come to your club, school, or studio and take your coaches through the USASF coach credentialing courses. DUS Camps also holds education courses on the Gold Coast when there are enough coaches interested in attending. So register your interest today!!!

Summer Camps

Over the summer, DUS Camps are held monthly at the ZOO Athletics training facility on the Gold Coast. These camps are open to anyone and everyone and focus on improving your squad's skills in jumps, stunts and tumbling. ZOO Athletics boasts a full 9 run sprung cheer floor, air track, and plenty of equipment to assist in improving your skills. The DUS Instructors are some of the best in Australia and will be running your DUS Camp to help your squad achieve their goals. These camps are split into groups by age and ability level to best suit the needs of all participating.

Camp Details

Stunts: Emphasising safety, DUS instructors will teach your team skills and techniques to help your team reach the next level of stunting ability. You'll learn new stunts that can be perfected immediately, including transitions into other stunts and pyramids; as well as the skills and techniques to perform more difficult stunts that can be perfected through time and repetition.

Tumbling: The DUS instructors will help your athletes achieve the skills they want and need from front and back handsprings to full twists. You'll learn tried and proven drills to help athletes achieve handsprings faster! Material covered will vary according to equipment available at the facility.

Basket Tosses: For L2 and above, you'll learn proper technique to improve your

Jumps: With a focus on technique and timing, DUS instructors will take participants through a variety jumps, and strength and flexibility exercises.

Plus More!! DUS Camps t-shirts are available for $10 each; Coaches attend FREE with 10 or more athletes!!