Nova Trampoline & DMT Club

COACHING - TO BE ADDED SHORTLY

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Judging

CLUB JUDGE

The Club Judge Award is the entry level into the B.G. (Trampoline) Judging scheme and is open to any member of B.G. who is interested in judging and competitions.

Regulations

Minimum Age 15
B.G. Associate Membership is required, Full Membership is also valid.
Course duration (minimum): 12 hours, includes 2 short examinations.

Syllabus

Competition Structure & Procedures
Recording of Individual & Team competitions
Form Judging
Relevant Competition Rules

Examination

Theory Paper: 10 Questions covering the syllabus. Duration 30 minutes. Pass mark 60%.
Practical Examination Form Judge 5 routines below 3.0 difficulty. Pass mark 60%.

Successful Completion
Qualified as Execution Judge at Grade 5 competitions in Great Britain.
Can be selected for Execution Judge at Grade 4 as part of development.

Code Of Practice

Judges are representatives of British Gymnastics and are therefore expected to maintain high standards.

Expectations

Judges are expected to:
Arrive prepared and in good time.
Advise the competition organiser if they are unable to fulfil any of their commitments.
Behave courteously at all times.
Refrain from alcohol abuse both before and during the competition.
Be in place at the specified time(s).
Judge impartially.
Concentrate on the task they have been assigned.
Complete the Judge attendance form.
Be supportive of British Gymnastics.

Uniform

Navy Blue Blazer
White Blouse / Shirt & B.G. tie
Grey Skirt / Trousers
Black Shoes

Juries

COMPETITION JURY

Chair of Judges panel
Execution Judges
Difficulty Judges
Synchronisation Judges
Assistant Judges

If a Judge fails to carry out his duties in a satisfactory manner he must be replaced. This decision is made by the Arbitration Jury upon the recommendation of the Chair of Judges panel.

ARBITRATION JURY

2 Members of the Organising Committee;
The Chair of Judges panel of the event involved;
2 Judges of the event involved.

The composition of the Arbitration Jury must be declared prior to the start of the competition by the Competition Director.

The Chair of Judges panel is President of the Arbitration Jury and has a casting vote in the event of ties.

The Arbitration Jury will decide about the replacement of a Judge.

Duties

EXECUTION (or FORM) JUDGE

Evaluate the execution in the range 0.0 to 1.0 points and write down their deductions on the deduction sheets.

Subtract their deductions from the maximum mark indicated by the Chair of Judges panel.

When instructed display the resultant mark simultaneously with the other Execution Judges.

Execution Deductions:

Deductions for execution (lack of form, consistency of height and control in each skill) are in the range 0.0 to 0.5 points for each move considered part of the routine.

Required Positions:

Depending on the requirements of the movement, the body should be tucked, piked or straight.
The arms should be straight and/or held close to the body whenever possible.
In all positions (except straddle jumps), the feet and legs should be kept together and the feet and toes pointed.
[During the straddle jump, the feet must be at least shoulder width apart.]
In the tucked position the hands should touch the legs below the knees (except in the twisting phase of multiple somersaults).
In the tucked and piked positions the thighs should be close to the upper body (except in the twisting phase of multiple somersaults).
Deductions for lack of stability on or after the last skill:
EITHER landing on both feet but lacking stability and not standing still for 3 seconds, in the range 0.1 to 0.2 points
OR in the range of 0.3 to 1.0 points on the instruction of the Chair of Judges panel
Additional deductions for infringement of other rules (also on the instruction of the Chair of Judges panel) in the range 0.1 to 1.0 points.

Deductions

Responsibility of the Form Judges




Landing upright on both feet but lacking stability and not standing still for 3 seconds (a single deduction for the greater fault only)	0.1-0.2 pts
Make the following deductions on the instruction of the Chair of Judges panel:
Touching the bed with one or both hands	0.4 pts
Touching the bed with the knees or hands & knees Falling to seat, front or back Touching the springs, pads, frame or end deck	0.6 pts
Landing/falling on the the springs, pads, frame, spotter mat or safety platform	0.8 pts
Landing/falling outside the area of the trampoline	1.0 pt
Additional deductions on the instruction of the Chair of Judges panel:
Not landing simultaneously on both feet	Termination
Exceeding the time limit	0.1-0.3 pts
Talking to or giving any form of signal to a competitor by their own spotters or coach during the routine, for each occurrence	0.3 pts
Intermediate (straight) jumps in a Voluntary routine, for each jump. (Where this maximum Penalty applies no execution deduction for the jump is given.)	1.0 pts
Additional skills	1.0 pt

Applying to Grades 1 and 2 : U18 / O18 Men & Ladies, specifically to Compulsory Routines.
Performing a different move from specified	0.1 pts
Failing to complete compulsory elements	1.0 pts
Performing a repeat move	1.0 pts

Protests

Protests are available as a means of appealing against possible errors in decisions. The process described here is unique to Great Britain.
Process:
The protest fee should be publicly announced before the competition start and is usually not less than three times the entry fee.
A Protest can only be handled in by an official representative of a Federation (team manager, competitor or coach).
The written protest, with the protest fee, must be handed to the Chair of Judges panel prior to the start of the next round. In the case of a protest concerning the final round, the protest must be submitted immediately after the end of the round. In any case, no protest can be accepted after the medals have been awarded.

Scope:

Protests concerning the execution and synchronised scores can only be made in respect of a numerical error.
Protests must be dealt with by the Arbitration Jury prior to the start of the next round and their decision announced immediately.
The decision of the Arbitration Jury is Final and must be abided by.
If the protest is sustained the fee will be returned. If the protest is overruled, the fee will be retained by the organiser.
Protests may be made on any safety rule in the normal way.

FIG Tie Break Rules

After Preliminaries (Set & Vol) - Individual Competitions (FIG Code of Points 2001).

Total Vol Mark (Including Tariff)
Total Vol Form Mark (3 counting Judges - No tariff)
Total Vol Form all 5 Judges
Total Vol Form Highest 4 Judges
Total Vol Form Highest 3 Judges
Total Vol Form Highest 2 Judges
The Highest Judges Form Mark in the Voluntary Routine

There is no Tie Break after Sets, only after Set & Vols

There is no provision in the new FIG Code of Points 2001 for Tie Breakers with all THREE Rounds to Count. The SWESCORE Program uses the existing Tie Break rules of the FIG Code of Points 2000.

Tie Break after Finals with all 3 Rounds to Count (FIG Code of Points 2000)

The Best Vol Score in the Final Round (Including Tariff)
The Competitor with the highest ranking after Set & Vol.

Tie Break - Finals - With Scores returned to Zero (FIG Code of Points 2001)

Total Form Mark (3 counting Judges - No tariff) in the Final Routine
Total Form Scores all 5 Judges in Final Routine
Total Form Highest 4 Judges in the Final Routine
Total Form Highest 3 Judges in the Final Routine
Total Form Highest 2 Judges in the Final Routine
The Highest Judges Form Mark in the Final Routine

(Set & Vol) - Team Competitions (FIG Code of Points 2001).

Best 3 Total Vol Marks (including Tariff)
Best 3 Total Set Marks
TWO Best Vol Totals
ONE Best Vol Totals

Judging changes - are you aware?

The last skill!

Since last year there have been changed to rules on how you may finish a routine. These changes have come from tumbling

In this sport there were so many situations in a tumble pass where the final skills hit the landing area and immediately fell over that the tumbling people added a rule, which basically said. If you didn’t land on your feet and achieve a moment of stillness in a vertical position on the last skill it would not be counted as a skill.

This has now been applied to trampolining. Basically if a performer is doing a front somersault at move 10 and under rotates the skill and therefore does not achieve a vertical point the skill is not complete. Likewise but more difficult to see if they over rotate the somersault and never stop at the vertical point before falling over onto their face hands or front the skill has not been completed. The routine is then marked out of nine completed skills but has no end deduction.

Compare this with a front somersault. which over rotates a little but lands on the feet then the performer falls forward onto hands and knees. If there is a point where the body was basically still in the vertical before they then fell over. The routine is marked out of 10 with an end deduction of 0.6.

The Chair of Judges makes this decision and yes, it all comes down to experience and judgement. However that is why the chair of judges should be an experienced judge. The under rotating skill is easiest to see, the over rotated one is more difficult It’s worth looking at some end deductions and malcing a value judgement of this just to see for yourself The bottom line is, this is the new rule and we in BG should follow it.

The one footed landing rule?

For years all the rules about the termination or interruption of a routine had the same principle running through than. This was, if a routine is interupted you only got marks for the previous skills. You didn’t get marks for the skill when the interruption occurred. This applied to all situations ie if the performer at grade 5 level had to do a pike jump at move 6 of their compulsory routine and when they did the routine they missed out that skill the routine would stop at that point and the performer would only be marked out of 5 correctly performed skills. Logical thought you get marks until it goes wrong! All except the one footed landing rule. For some reason if you did a one footed landing... say. back drop (7) half twist to one foot (8). In theory, skill 8 went wrong and so you shouldn’t be marked for it. but in practice you actually received marks for skill 8 and had a 0.3 additional deduction. This was sometimes very confusing especially for novice judges.

Now the rule states that if a skill lands on one foot the skill will not be counted. So the ½ twist to one foot would not be counted as part of the routine which would then be marked out of 7 completed skills. BUT there would be no additional deduction of 0.3 This rule now makes much more sense.