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Light-Up LED Pom Poms
Metallic streamers with LEDs built into the pom, a rechargeable pack, and one remote that changes the whole team’s color at once.
$145 USD per pair
The best Friday night lights cheer ideas give the far bleachers something to see: a lit run-through, a color switch on every touchdown, theme nights by remote and a fourth-quarter cue for the student section. Light-up poms make the whole stadium glow. Team pricing is $120 a pair on 10 or more pairs.
Planning a Friday night the far bleachers can see
High school football has its own name for the feeling. Friday Night Lights was H. G. Bissinger’s 1990 book about the 1988 Permian High School Panthers of Odessa, Texas, later a 2004 film and a 2006–11 TV series (source: Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream (Wikipedia)). Coaches still use the phrase for the nights a whole town turns out.
Every squad has the same problem on those nights. The cheer squad stands on the track, the visitors’ bleachers are a football field away, and the student section is behind you. Light-up poms close the distance. The diodes are built into the pom itself, so every motion reads as light from the top row, and one remote switches the whole squad on the same count. The ideas below are built around that. For every other kind of team, see light-up pom poms for every kind of team.
Run-through and kickoff ideas
- Light the tunnel. Two lines of cheerleaders from the run-through sign to the field, poms in team color, switching to white as the captains break through.
- Hold for the kickoff. Poms high and still on the kicking team’s approach, then a shake on the kick.
- Greet the band. When the band marches in, the squad lines its path in school colors.
- Open the first home game with a countdown. A pregame chant that ends with the remote press on the last count.
Pick one entrance and keep it all season. By the third home game the crowd knows it and starts doing it with you.
What should the squad do when your team scores?
Pick one touchdown cue and keep it all season so the crowd learns it: team color to white on W, a shake through the extra point, back to team color for the kickoff. A field goal gets poms up and still until the kick is good. Save the rainbow (AUTO) for one moment only, such as a defensive score or the final whistle of a win, so it still means something in week ten.
The same rule applies to the band: if the band plays the fight song after every score, time the color switch to its first note so the stadium hears and sees the score at once.
Which theme nights work best by remote?
| Theme night | Pom color | Student section |
|---|---|---|
| Whiteout | White (W) | Everyone in white |
| Pink or cause night | Pink | Pink shirts and cause signs |
| Military appreciation | Red and blue split pairs, white for the salute | Red, white and blue |
| Homecoming | School colors split across each pair | School colors, alumni welcome |
| Neon or glow night | Rainbow (AUTO) | Neon shirts and glow sticks |
| Senior night | White as each senior is announced | Signs with senior names |
Ideas for the stands are in student section themes for blackout night games and homecoming themes. For the salute game, see military appreciation night ideas.
How do you cue the student section from the track?
The squad conducts the student section, and on a loud night nobody hears the captain. Light carries where voices do not. Agree on three signals with the student council before the season:
- Poms up, all one color: stand up.
- Color switch: start the chant.
- White: the fourth-quarter defensive stand; everyone loud.
The captain or coach holds the remote, which switches every pom in range together. Rehearse the cues with the full squad on the field before the first home game, so you know where the remote holder should stand. The setup videos cover the remote and charging, and pep rally ideas and games help you teach the signals to the school before Friday.
What it looks like on a college sideline
The Texas Tech University pom squad (@ttupom) ordered 28 pairs from us in October 2026 and used them on the sidelines and in the end zone at a night home football game, under red stadium lights and smoke, in front of a packed crowd. A fan, @braypartyof5, filmed it. That is the effect at full scale. A high school stadium is smaller, so the far stands are closer. Read the Texas Tech pom squad case study, and see how light-up and metallic poms compare by venue. The game-day photos in this post are video stills from that game.
Video still: @braypartyof5
Getting through four quarters on one charge
Each battery pack runs 3 to 4 hours per charge and charges by USB-C, with a red light while it charges. White and rainbow use more. A football night runs long, so plan it: on for the run-through, off through the first quarter, on for every score, halftime and the fourth quarter. Charge Thursday night, not Friday afternoon. Each pom weighs 7 oz.
Ordering before your next home game
One pair per athlete at $120 a pair on 10 or more pairs: a 16-member squad is $1,920. Bring that number to your boosters with the home schedule. If your dance team performs at halftime too, high school dance team poms shows how the two teams plan colors together, and our 2027 season plan carries the set into basketball and the banquet. Apply on our team pricing page.
Apply with your school, your squad size, your colors and your next home game or homecoming date. We make the poms ourselves and will tell you plainly what fits your date. Team pricing is $120 a pair on 10 or more pairs.
Frequently asked questions
Can you see light-up poms under stadium lights?
They show best at night and whenever the lights dip. The Texas Tech pom squad used ours under red stadium lights and smoke at a night home game.
What is your team pricing?
$120 a pair on 10 or more pairs, one pair per athlete. A 16-member squad is $1,920.
Can we get them in our team colors?
Yes. Choose the metallic streamer color when you apply. The lights switch by remote, and one pair can show both team colors, raised pom one and low pom the other.
How do they work?
The diodes are built into each pom. The battery pack charges by USB-C, and one remote with W (white), MODE and AUTO buttons switches every pom in range together.
Can we get them in time for homecoming?
Send us your homecoming date and the home games before it when you apply, and we will tell you plainly what fits.
Will they last a whole football game?
Each charge runs 3 to 4 hours, less on white and rainbow. Switch them on for the moments that need light and charge the night before.
See also: light-up pom poms for every team, basketball cheer season and football halftime show poms.
Sources: Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream (Wikipedia).
Friday Night Lights is the title of H. G. Bissinger’s book and of the film and TV series based on it; the phrase is used here as the common name for high school football nights. None of their owners is affiliated with Neon Cowboys.
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