Deductions
Misses
Please refer to the Single Rope freestyle section
Space violations
Please refer to the Single Rope freestyle section
Time violations
If the athlete(s) moves to start their routine before their music is audible, or if the athlete(s) performs any jumps or routine-related moves after the length of the event or the end of their music, or if the athletes stop jumping or performing routine-related moves before enough time has elapsed from the start of the routine, a time violation has occurred.
If athletes start too early, the judges should mark one time violation.
If athletes end too late, the judges should mark one time violation.
If the routine is shorter than the event max time, specified in the Competition Manual - Competitions, the judges should mark based on how much shorter the routine was.
- More than 15 seconds too short: 12 time violations
- More than 10 seconds too short but less than 15 seconds too short: 8 time violations
- More than 5 seconds too short but less than 10 seconds too short: 4 time violations
- Less than 5 seconds too short: no time violations
For Double Dutch Pair Freestyle in the Senior Competition, this means that a routine that is 70 or 73 seconds long will receive no time violations, a routine that is 65 or 68 seconds long will receive 4 time violations, a routine that is 60 or 64 seconds long will receive 8 time violations, and a routine that is 45, 50, 57, 59 seconds long will receive 12 time violations.
The event max time may vary for other events and judges should be well understood with the timing of the event they are judging.
Judges must count all time violations during the routine.