Cheerleaders on a practice mat follow their coach in a gym with bars, mats, and storage shelves.

Cheer Team Practicing With Coach

Four cheerleaders hold sharp high-V arms while their coach counts from the edge of a practice mat in a busy training gym.

Free to print for personal and classroom use. This coloring page is part of the Cheerleading collection, made for ages 8–12 and drawn in a Realistic style.

🎨 How to color it

Try navy blue and white uniforms for the cheerleaders, a red coach jacket, honey-colored wood flooring, and soft gray mats stacked by the bars. Use sharp colored pencils for the shoe laces, ponytail lines, mat lettering, and shelf details, then switch to broader strokes for the open practice mat. Add a fun twist by shading the word “PRACTICE” in a bright team color that matches the cheerleaders’ hair bows.

🔢 How this color by number works

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Find each number in the key and fill its zone: 329 zones and 13 colors, sized for adults. Tiny unnumbered slivers borrow the color of their neighbors, and the little model above shows the finished page whenever you want to check your work. More grids like this live in our color by number gallery.

Prefer classic line art? Open this drawing as a regular coloring page.

The story behind this coloring page

Daphne’s Counting Ribbon — Every afternoon, Daphne lined up on the mat, snapped her arms into a high V, and listened for Coach Marra’s clicker: tick, tick, tick. Read the full story →

Every afternoon, Daphne lined up on the mat, snapped her arms into a high V, and listened for Coach Marra’s clicker: tick, tick, tick. She wanted to know why a frayed orange ribbon was tied to it, because the ribbon smelled faintly of rain and popcorn, not gym chalk.

Until one day, the ribbon slipped loose and skittered across the polished floor. Because of that, Daphne chased it past stacked mats and swinging bars, where it snagged on a tiny brass hook. Because of THAT, the storage shelf creaked open, spilling out an old team map marked with arrows, stars, and one scribbled word: UP. “That’s not part of practice,” Daphne whispered.

Finally, she followed the arrows back to her line and raised both arms. Sunlight from the high windows hit the ribbon, flashing orange on each teammate’s bow like a secret signal. Next time the clicker goes tick, tick, tick, can you spot the ribbon that smelled of rain and popcorn?