Competition Information

Brief Outline of the East Region Open Structure:

Competitors must perform either a set that they have previously competed in regional competition or one for which they have qualified. (The region’s technical sub-committee will arbitrate on any issues arising from this).
Voluntary routines are a free choice (i.e. no mandated repeat of set) but must be within the tariff constraints which are intended to permit a routine that could be the next higher set whilst discouraging a ‘simpler’ routine (the minimum in each case could be ‘repeat of set’ of course). Failure to adhere to these limits will result in a 0.5 deduction per judge.
Qualification between grade bands to be awarded on achieving an aggregate form score over 2 rounds of 45.0 or greater.
All incomplete routines will receive a score reflecting the moves completed.

The agreed bands based on tariff ranges are as follows:

Individual trampoline

The Mapped Routines column is intended only for guidance, the defining requirement will be the difficulty of the declared (first) set routine.

Grade Set Range Voluntary Range Mapped Routines

Band N Novice Novice See below. (Optional Band)

Band 0 DD <0.7 DD ≤1.0 I, CDP1 (Optional Band)

Band 1 DD ≥ 0.7, ≤1.0 DD ≥ 0.7 , ≤ 2.5 H, CDP2

Before the competition.

The running list and estimated time of flight will be issued to your head coach via email. This indicates how many competitors there are in your group, what panel you will be competing on, what time your group are due to start warm-up and what order you are placed in for this. Normal competition times start at 9am and finish 5pm, trampoline competitions generally operate on a voluntary basis where club/entry fees cover contributions to the running/organisation of the competition, medals and so there is a lot of ‘mucking in’ to make the rest run as smoothly as possible.

Uniform.

Compulsory: Black leotard (preferably stretch velour) and White socks, hair tied back, no jewellery whatsoever!

Optional: Club applique badge to be sown on to leotard. Club warm-up t-shirt. You will need to check with the head judge if you are allowed to wear shorts/leggings to compete in.

Arrival & Duration.

Please arrive in/with your competition kit/uniform.

No jewellery is permitted.

Hair must be tied back.

White socks or trampoline shoes must be worn.

Please find your head coach upon arrival to ‘sign-in’.

Your head coach/team leader will be situated in the spectator area in front of your competition panel. If you are late please find your head coach or team leader asap as this may affect your competition. Once you have signed-in you and your team are together you will participate in a short floor warm-up. Trophies and medals etc. are normally presented at the end of the competition so please be careful and make sure you know your individual and team places just in case you miss out.

Judges.

There are normally 5 form judges with the middle three scores counting towards your total score. Form judges like to see competitors who smile and have good in-bounces. There is normally 1 tariff judge, sometimes there are two. They check that you have done the routine in the right order without any little extra bounces between skills. There is a head judge, sometimes called a ‘chair of judges’. They check any little mistakes e.g. if you take longer than 30 seconds of in-bounces before you start your routine, if you are talking to your spotters for help or shuffling your feet instead of standing still for 3 seconds, if you are holding the landing shape instead or ‘landing and standing’ tall and up right (a rule we found out at the November Regional last year) and tell the form judges how many extra points to take away. These are called ‘end deductions’.

Warm-up.

A marshal will put you in the ‘line-up’ order and you will then be permitted ~two warm-ups for your set routine.

You will have a choice of warming up on the near bed (nearest the judges) or far bed (furthest from the judges). You could have one warm-up on each before deciding which you like best. If you like the first bed it is best to stay there and take the time to get used to it. If you do not like your first choice, try the other bed and then decided which one you want to compete on. It is highly unlikely that at your first regional/open competition you will get the best trampolines, these are normally on panel 3 where the advanced and older competitors perform difficult routines.

Each competitor will ge the chance to warm-up their set and vol twice. For those competing routines with somersaults, if you wish to practise your somersault you must do this at the start of your warm-up for the routine which consists of said somersault or you may miss out on any further opportunities to prepare. Warm-ups may be all at once e.g. before the first round or before each respective round e.g. 2 set warm-ups before competing the set routine.

A warm-up marshal will organise all competitors to take turns to warm-up. It is your responsibility to make sure you have enough spotters. Each warm-up is normally the routine which you are going to compete for the round. You may notice some of the advance performers warm-up skills e.g. my first skill of my vol is the Double Back Tucked somersault, my normal warm-up for this is simply 10 high jumps with 3x double tuck jumps! My second warm-up is to be ‘counted in’ arm set on ‘2’ and have the mat pushed in for 1x Dbl BSS (T).

Each competitor will have a third warm-up just before competing, this is either called a ‘control warm-up’ or a ‘5-up’. This is where the first 5 competitors warm-up the routine for the round while the judges warm-up judging! Again, you may notice some of the advance competitors do not do full routines. When my routines became more complicated I took to warming-up the first half of the routine 1. So that I didn’t’ get too tired and 2. So that I didn’t peek too soon. Once the 5th competitor has had their third warm-up of the round the 1st competitor will compete followed by the 6th competitor to warm-up while the judges collect the scores for the first competitor. This alternating of warming-up and competing continues until everyone has competed for that round.

Competing.

Make sure you have two spotters, if the trampoline is very high you may have to ask someone taller to spot for you. The marshal will call out your name. You will need to go to your trampoline with your spotters. You may get on your trampoline and sit or stand and wait in the middle. The head judge will then ask your name and check that the judges are ready. The head judge may not tell you when to begin, you must make sure you listen to all that the head judge does say and when you are ready to present to the judges make sure that they are already and watching you otherwise you may get a no-score! About 3 seconds should be enough time to check the judges while you are presenting.

Smile and present to the judges, take a few straight jumps to get going/in-bounces, for grades H, G and above you MUST arm-set and then immediately begin your routine. You MUST perform your routine in 10 bounces. You make take ONE out bounce but you must then stop; land and stand still for at least 3 seconds. Smile, even if you don’t feel like it, show them you are professional and present again to the judges. Team mates may/should applaud. Sit down, slide off and wait for your scores. If you jump off, talk to your spotters, misbehave or perform little bounces in the routine you may be terminated! If you do the wrong move just keep going as the judges may not notice!!

Teams and Qualification Scores.

3-4 competitors in the same classification are part of Teams’. Previous East Region Open award Team medals for 1st place with the club being able to issue 2nd place certificates internally. Team scores are normally the total of 3x set + 3x vol. sometimes this will include 3x final, where finals are conducted. Where teams consist of 4 competitors normally the ‘top’ 3 scores count from each ‘round’. A ‘round’ is each time a competitor is given a score. Qualification scores for grading purposes normally consist of the score from the first two rounds e.g. set + vol ~ 45.0 (= average form score of 7.5x 3 judges x 2 rounds).

Goals.

Have Fun
Support your team mates
Find out what it’s like to compete on the ‘big stage’ in front of lots of people
Write all your scores down in a note book or your folder so that next time, especially if this is your second regional, you can aim to do better – you are your biggest rival.

GOOD LUCK :)