Presentation
Judging Presentation means closely watching the performance of each athlete or team. Presentation judges are responsible for evaluating routines in the categories below. Each category is weighted in the final presentation.
Presentation is evaluated in two steps, first the judges make continuous marks during the routine as they see positive or negative things in a number of categories in the routine. After the routine is over, the marks are summarised and the judge is presented with a preliminary score for each category. They can then modify this score by adjusting each category's score up or down, in case the preliminary score does not match what their overall impression of the routine was.
Presentation judges also make marks for misses. In addition to a miss being a deduction, a miss marked by a presentation judge also automatically counts as a "minus" mark in all five presentation categories when summarising their first-step scores. In other words, judges do not need to manually make a minus mark for each of the presentation categories as the "miss" mark should be treated as such.
It is possible for a routine to score high in one area and low in the other. For example, a routine with many original and imaginative skills and sequences, may have poor technical presentation. It is important to remember that presentation is judged regardless of the difficulty level. Doing a difficult skill poorly should be a detriment to the Presentation score.
Within each component of Presentation below, there is guidance on when judges should make that mark as well as the "baseline" which is where the routine should be when judges are not not making any marks. The goal is to capture the overall essence of the presentation that happened during the routine. It’s not necessary to make a mark for every skill performed, but when the component noted below are showcased well, judges will mark a "+" and when the component is shown poorly, judges will mark "-".
In the second step, judges will be presented with the option to adjust each category's score on a scale from 1 to 24. The scale should be divided as follows:
- Basic: 0-5
- Elementary: 6-10
- Intermediate: 11-15
- Advanced: 16-20
- Mastery: 21-24
Musicality
The use of music to enhance the routine.
Mark +
- The athlete(s) choreograph their routine using music. Athlete(s) should be jumping to the beat of the music. When there are transitions in the music or accents, the athlete(s) is utilizing those to enhance their routine and make the connection between routine and music.
Baseline
- There is some intention by the athlete(s) to choreograph the routine to music, but not consistent throughout the routine.
Mark -
- The routine is not choreographed, and the music is simply used as background music without clear effort to match the style of routine to music using accents and transitions.
- Out of Sync - The athlete(s) were not in sync with each other or with the music for more than two jumps, continue making a mark again every few seconds if they continue to stay out of sync.
Form/Execution
This looks at how athlete(s) execute skills and how they hold themselves (form) while competing the skills.
Mark +
- The athlete(s) perform a skill in the upright postures which includes the correct form of the body when considering skill being performed and rope (no bends/breaks in the rope) and being performed fluently and gracefully. The athlete(s) have high amplitude with a soft landing of the skill in an upright position making the skills completed look effortless when appropriate for the skill being performed.
Baseline
- The athlete(s) are not consistent in their form while completing skills. The form is not negative, but it’s also not done in a way that is gracefully completed with ease.
Mark -
- The athlete(s) has bad posture (such as: hunched over to complete the skill, "tent" push-ups, splits that are not fully extended, low or hard landings in multiples etc.) The athlete(s) show obvious effort to complete the skill and may land very low or hard when completing a skill.
Creativity
This looks to how athlete(s) choreograph their routines with things such as unique skills and movements.
Mark +
- Athlete(s) may move around the competition floor in unpredictable and unique ways and connect skills in ways not often seen to point to the idea that the judge may not know what they will see next. Athlete(s) utilize unique skills.
- The athlete(s) did something unpredictable that looks impressive to an audience and that not all athletes can do.
Baseline
- The athlete(s) show some attention to the flow of the routine and the way the routine moves around the competition floor.
Mark -
- The athlete(s) paid little attention to how the routine flows from one trick to the other or movement around the competition floor is all very predictable.
- The athlete(s) performance is lacking interest, does not look creative and is being predictable and without anything that attracts the audience.
Entertainment
This area pertains to how the athlete(s) entertain the audience and/or judges while performing their routine.
Mark +
- Entertainment accounts for excitement, wow factor, overall impression, ability to connect to the audience, movement, and the way a routine is constructed/designed. The athlete(s) understand that the audience is present and shows showmanship and stage presence to captivate their audience. The skill(s) are performed in a way that interacts or connects with the audience and invites the audience/judges to be "a part" of the routine. The judges/audience are fascinated by the overall impressive nature of the choreographed routine.
Baseline
- The athlete(s) understand the judges and audience are there, but they are not engaging with the audience at all opportunities or at the fullest extent.
Mark -
- The athlete(s) perform in a way that’s hard to see as the audience, looking at the ground and not engaging with the audience. The routine is predictable and/or redundant regarding movement and directionality. The audience/judges are an "after thought" and not included in the routine.
Variety/Repetitiveness
Routines performed by athlete(s) that include a variety of skills and movement while routines are being performs.
Mark +
- The athlete(s) is moving across the floor in a decisive way that they haven’t used before in the routine, or mark if the athlete(s) are continually using the floor in a unique and varied way. The Athletes(s) complete a variety of skills that may be unexpected and uniquely choreographed in a way is not predictable.
Baseline
- The athlete(s) utilize the competition floor well but may be predictable. The athlete(s) use a variety of skills, but not in a way the enhances the routine to keep judges/audience guessing what will come next.
Mark -
- The jumping can be repetitive due to long, uninspiring sequences (multiple after multiple or wrap after wrap); lack of movement across the floor; bringing back the same type of element over and over. When a type of skill is used excessively, if the overall impression of the routine is of similar types of skills with one type of skill dominating the routine.
- A judge would make a "-" mark if the routine is feeling "bland" and should keep making this mark if the routine continues being repetitive.