What general safety rules apply to practices and routines?

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From the IASF Cheer Rules 2025-2028 General Rules:

All athletes must be supervised during all official functions by a qualified director or coach.
Coaches must require proficiency before skill progression and consider athlete, group and team skill levels.
All teams, gyms, coaches and directors must have an emergency response plan for an injury.
Stunts, pyramids, tosses and tumbling may not be done on concrete, asphalt, wet or uneven surfaces, or surfaces with obstructions, in practice or performance.
Catchers must be attentive, must not be involved in other choreography, must make physical contact with the top person on catching, and must be on the performing surface when the skill starts.
Drops (knee, seat, front, back, split) from a jump, stunt or inverted position are not allowed unless the majority of weight is first borne on the hands or feet. Shushunovas are allowed.
Height-increasing apparatus used to propel an athlete is not allowed, except a spring floor.
Dismounts may not intentionally travel, and must return to the original base(s) unless dismounting single-based stunts with multiple top persons.