| Protests PROTESTS WILL BE REVIEWED ONLY UNDER THE FOLLOWING TWO CIRCUMSTANCES: 1. UNEXPECTED OCCURENCES, E.G. SPONSOR BANNER FLIES INTO THE PATH OF A TEAM DURING DEMONSTRATION SKIING 2. SHOW MECHANICS, E.G. MUSIC CD SKIPS IN DEMONSTRATION SKIING. PROTESTS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR EQUIPMENT FAILURE OR ERRORS DUE TO SNOW OR WEATHER CONDITIONS. PROTESTS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY THE TEAM COACH TO THE HEAD JUDGE AT THE JUDGING PLATFORM NO LATER THAN 15 MINUTES AFTER THE RUN IN QUESTION. THE JUDGING PANEL WILL REVIEW THE PROTEST AS A GROUP AND THE HEAD JUDGE WILL NOTIFY THE TEAM COACH OF IT’S DECISION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE JUDGING PANELS‘ DECISION IS FINAL. TEAMS MAY NOT ATTEMPT TO DISCUSS PROTESTS OR ANY OTHER MATTER WITH THE JUDGING PANEL AT ANY OTHER TIME OTHER THAN THROUGH THEIR COACHES AT THE COACHES MEETING. TEAM MEMBERS PHYSICALLY OR VERBALLY HARRASSING A JUDGE OR ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZING STAFF WILL BE DISQUALIFIED FROM THE COMPETITON AND ASKED TO LEAVE THE HOST RESORT IMMEDIATELY. Safety TEAMS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO CONSIDER HELMET USE BY ALL TEAM MEMBERS IN EACH EVENT. TEAMS ARE REMINDED THAT HISTORICALLY, A MORE SIMPLE, SAFER, DEMONSTRATION RUN EXECUTED WELL MOST OFTEN SCORES HIGHER THAN A MORE DIFFICULT, HIGH RISK PASS EXECUTED POORLY. ALL TEAM MEMBERS ACKNOWLEDGE WHEN ENTERING THIS EVENT THAT TEAM DEMONSTRATION SKIING IS INHERENTLY DANGEROUS BY IT’S NATURE AND THAT ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED IN THE HISTORY OF THIS EVENT. ALL TEAM MEMBERS MUST SIGN LIABILITY WAIVERS AT REGISTRATION, CONFIRMING THAT THEY WILL HOLD HARMLESS THE ORGANIZERS, HOST RESORT, ASSOCIATED SPONSORS AND ALL OTHER PARTIES OTHER THAN THEMSELVES. |
| General Rules: Draw and seeding procedures START ORDERS FOR THE FIRST AND SECOND DEMONSTRATION PASSES WILL BE BY 2 DIFFERENT RANDOM DRAWS TO TAKE PLACE AT THE COACHES’S MEETING THE NIGHT BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF COMPETITION. THE 3RD AND FINAL PASS WILL BE SEEDED IN ORDER OF LOWEST TO HIGHEST CUMULATIVE SCORE IN THE OPEN COMPETITION (I.E. TEAM IN LAST PLACE WILL SKI FIRST). TEAMS NOT PRESENT AT THE START IN GOOD TIME FOR THEIR RUN WITHOUT GOOD REASON MAY BE DISQUALIFIED FROM THE COMPETITION. Competition hill dimensions HILL DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATE AND MAY CHANGE ACCORDING TO SNOW CONDITIONS AND GENERAL LOGISTICS, AS MAY THE ACTUAL RUN NAMED AS THE COMPETITION HILL. THE ASPEN NORTH AMERICAN RUN FAIRLY FLAT ON TOP, BECOMING GRADUALLY STEEPER REMAINING A FAIRLY CONSTANT PITCH (Average Blue slope) UNTIL IT IS QUITE FLAT BY THE BOTTOM FENCE. TOTAL LENGTH OF RUN IS APPROXIMATELY 270 METERS, 35 METERS WIDE THE PRACTICE DAY IS PROVIDED SO THAT TEAMS MAY REFINE THEIR DEMONSTRATIONS TO FIT THE ACTUAL COMPETITION HILL. |
| Team Demonstration Skiing - music requirements TEAMS MUST ATTEMPT THEIR DEMONSTRATION PASSES TO MUSIC. TEAMS MAY ATTEMPT TO SKI TOTALLY IN TIME WITH THEIR CHOICE OF MUSIC, ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT CONSIDERED CRITICAL TO ANY OF THE JUDGING CRITERIA. TEAMS MUST PROVIDE THEIR OWN FULL SIZE MUSIC CD (NOT MINI DISKS) FOR THEIR 4 DEMONSTRATIONS INCLUDING THE SCHOOL FIGURE. (PREFERABLY ON ONE CD IF POSSIBLE.) TEAM COACH MUST COMPLETE THE MUSIC SHEET PROVIDED ON THE WEBSITE (WWW.ASPENTEAMDIVA.COM/MUSICSHEET) AND TURN IT IN AT THE EVENT REGISTRATION. PLEASE HAND THIS IN AS ONE CD BURNED AT SLOW SPEED (4X) WITH EACH TRACK CORRESPONDING TO THE PASS. (PASS ONE-TRACK ONE, ETC.) OTHERWISE, HAND IN FOUR FULL SIZE MUSIC CD’S CLEARLY LABELED ON THE ACTUAL DISK AND ON THE CASE, WITH TEAM RESORT NAME, DIVISION, PASS NUMBER, (1, 2, 3 OR 4) (PASS #2 IS THE SCHOOL FIGURE) AND TRACK NUMBER AND SONG NAME TO BE PLAYED. PLEASE KEEP MUSIC TRACKS G-RATED, IE: NO PROFANE OR INDECENTLY SUGGUESTIVE LYRICS. Team Demonstration Skiing - repetition TEAMS MAY NOT SKI THE SAME DEMONSTRATION TWICE. Team Demonstration Skiing - substitutions ONE RESERVE SKIER MAY BE SUBSTITUTED INTO A TEAM AT ANY TIME AT THE DISCRETION OF EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM COACH OR CAPTAIN. (TEAMS USUALLY CONSIST OF 9 MEMBERS WITH 8 SKIERS/RIDERS SKIING IN EACH PASS) THE SUBSTITUTE (9th PERSON) MAY ALTERNATE IN AND OUT OF THE TEAM ANY NUMBER OF TIMES. THE SUBSTITUTE (9th PERSON) MUST BE THE INDIVIDUAL LISTED ON THE OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM. TEAMS ATTEMPTING TO SUBSTITUE A 10th PERSON BEYOND THE 9 REGISTERED TEAM MEMBERS WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. TEAMS WHICH SUFFER TWO ATHLETE INJURIES LEAVING THEM WITH ONLY SEVEN FIT MEMBERS MUST RETIRE FROM THE COMPETITION. |
| Team Demonstration Skiing - degree of difficulty ALL 6 OF THE SUBJECTIVE JUDGES WILL SCORE THE OVERALL APPEARANCE OF EACH DEMONSTRATION. THE DIFFICULTY OF EACH DEMONSTRATION BEING ATTEMPTED WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION ON THIS SCORE. FORMATION(S) BEING ATTEMPTED: (POSITIONS OF TEAM MEMBERS CHANGING TO CREATE (A) NEW PATTERN(S)). THE RHYTHM(S) (CHANGES) BEING ATTEMPTED: (CHANGES IN THE TURN COUNT) TURN SHAPES BEING ATTEMPTED (SHORT, MEDIUM OR LONG TURNS, COMBINATIONS) EXTREMELY DIFFICULY MANOUVERS BEING ATTEMPTED. (EXTREMELY DIFFICULT MANOUVERS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: OUTRIGGERS, ROYAL CHRISTIES, TURNS IN A CROSSED LEG POSITION, ONE OR MORE ATTEMPT AT 360 SPINS ON THE SNOW, ATTEMPTINGTHE JUMPS, HOLDING A VERTICAL LINE IN TWO OR MORE LONG TURNS, (AS IN THE SCHOOL FIGURE). THE TECHNICAL JUDGES HAVE THE RIGHT TO INCLUDE ANY MANOUVER IN THE “EXTREMELY DIFFICULT MANOUVER” CATEGORY STOPS BEING ATTEMPTED - TEAMS THAT MEASURE THEIR RUNS TO STOP CLOSER TO THE BOTTOM FENCE WILL SCORE HIGHER THAN THOSE THAT FINISH HIGHER UP THE HILL. COACHES ARE REMINDED THAT HISTORICALLY, SIMPLE DEMONSTRATIONS EXECUTED WELL HAVE MOST OFTEN SCORED HIGHER THAN MORE DIFFICULT DEMONSTRATION EXECUTED POORLY. TEAMS ARE NOT RECOMMENDED TO ATTEMPT MORE THAN FOUR CHANGES IN RHYTHM, TURN SHAPE OR FORMATION DURING A DEMONSTRATION PASS. Team Demonstration Skiing - mandatory deductions ALL MANDATORY DEDUCTIONS WILL BE MULTIPLIED BY 4 AND DEDUCTED FROM THE TOTAL OF THE 6 SUBJECTIVE JUDGE'S SCORES. FAILURE TO COMPLETE A PASS WITH ALL EIGHT TEAM MEMBERS - 2 POINTS PER SUBJECTIVE JUDGE. SLIDING OUT OF POSITION ON A STOP - 0.5 POINTS PER SUBJECTIVE JUDGE FALL BY A TEAM MEMBER 1.0 PER FALL WITH A MAXIMUM OF 5 POINTS PER SUBJECITVE JUDGE. FAILURE TO HAVE THE LEAD TEAM MEMBER PAST THE FINISH LINE WHEN THE PASS IS COMPLETE - 1 POINT PER SUBJECTIVE JUDGE.???????? A FALL IS DEFINED BY THE UPPER BODY (ABOVE THE HIPS) IMPACTING THE SNOW UNINTENTIONALLY. HANDS TOUCHING THE SNOW, HIPS TOUCHING THE SNOW, DO NOT INCUR MANDATORY DEDUCTIONS, ALTHOUGH IT IS PROBABLE THAT SUCH OCCURANCES WILL RESULT IN DISCRIMINATORY DEDUCTIONS. EACH JUDGE WILL MAKE A MANDATORY DEDUCTION OF 3 POINTS FROM THE OVERALL APPEARANCE CATEGORY IF THE SCHOOL FIGURE IS NOT PERFORMED EXACTLY AS DESCRIBED IN THE RULEBOOK DIAGRAM |
| Team Demonstration Skiing Requirements TEAMS MUST PREPARE FOUR (4) DEMONSTRATION PASSES (RUNS). ONE OF THOSE DEMONSTRATION PASSES WILL BE THE COMPULSORY SCHOOL FIGURE. EACH PASS MUST INCLUDE EIGHT TEAM MEMBERS EXACTLY. EACH PASS WILL COUNT TOWARDS THE TOTAL SCORE. THERE WILL BE NO THROW OUT RULE TEAMS SHOULD CREATE A NAME FOR EACH PASS BY WHICH TO IDENTIFY IT, E.G. POP – OUT, DOUBLE TROUBLE, TURKISH DELIGHT, ETC. Team Demonstration Skiing - Subjective judging criteria THE THREE CRITERIAS (WEIGHTINGS SHOWN IN PARENTHESES) FOR SUBJECTIVE JUDGING ARE: 1. SYNCHRONICITY: (33.33% OF TOTAL MARK) ALL SKIERS MOVEMENTS EXACTLY IN TIME WITH ONE ANOTHER, WITH CONSIDERATION TO THE DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY OF THE MANOUVER BEING ATTEMPTED. 2. SKI TECHNIQUE: (33.33% OF TOTAL MARK) ALL SKIERS MAKING CONTROLLED, AGGRESSIVE, CARVED TURNS WITH AESTHETICALLY PLEASING STANCE, DISCIPLINE AND ECONOMY OF MOTION. 3. OVERALL APPEARANCE: (33.33% OF TOTAL MARK) ENTERTAINING, EXCITING CHOREOGRAPHY AND SHOWMANSHIP AS WELL AS DIFFICULTY OF THE FIGURE. Team Demonstration Skiing - judging panel THE JUDGING PANEL WILL BE MADE UP OF SIX JUDGES (REPRESENTING AT LEAST 3 DIFFERENT SKI AREAS) THERE WILL BE SIX “SUBJECTIVE” JUDGES WHO WILL SCORE ALL THREE ELEMENTS OF THE CRITERIA, INCLUDING THE DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY, FOR EACH PASS. Team Demonstration skiing - scoring system ALL TEAMS WILL BE JUDGED TOGETHER IN ONE DIVISION. THE POINT SYSTEM FOR SCORING EACH PASS IS AS FOLLOWS: CRITERIA MAXIMUM SCORE PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL SCORE JUDGE TYPE SYNCHRO 5 33.33% SUBJECTIVE JUDGE SKI TECHNIQUE 5 33.33% SUBJECTIVE JUDGE OVERALL APPEARANCE 5 33.33% SUBJECTIVE JUDGE TOTAL 15 100% ALL JUDGES WILL SCORE IN INCREMENTS OF (0.50), E.G. 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 ETC.. THE SIX SUBJECTIVE JUDGES WILL GIVE A SCORE (MAXIMUM 5 POINTS) FOR EACH OF THE THREE CRITERIA: SYNCHRONICITY, SKI TECHNIQUE AND OVERALL APPEARANCE, MAXIMUM 15 POINTS. (MAX TOTAL FOR SUBJECTIVE JUDGES 90 POINTS) AT THE END OF EACH ROUND OF DEMONSTRATION PASSES, THE RESULTS WILL BE ASSIGNED POINTS AS FOLLOWS: 1ST PLACE - 100 POINTS 2ND 95 3RD 90 4TH 85 5TH 80 6TH 75 7TH 70 8TH 65 etc. THE POINTS FOR EACH DEMONSTRATION PASS WILL BE ADDED CUMULATIVELY TO GIVE A RUNNING TOTAL FROM ONE RUN TO THE NEXT, UNTIL THE FINAL TOTAL OF POINTS IS REACHED AFTER THE 4 PASSES. IF THERE ARE TIE SCORES IN THE FINAL RESULTS AFTER ALL FOUR PASSES ARE COMPLETED, THE HIGHER SCORING TEAM IN THE SCHOOL FIGURE WILL TAKE THE LEAD BETWEEN THE TIED TEAMS. THE ACTUAL JUDGE'S SCORE WILL BE USED RATHER THAN THE POINTS ASSIGNED AFTER RANKING THE TEAMS. IF THERE IS STILL A TIE, THE 2 TEAMS MAY DO A FIFTH REPEAT PASS OF THEIR CHOICE. |
| Aspen World Synchro Championship 2009 Rulebook HOME UPDATED this page March 30, 2008 Important: We have made some changes to the scoring format for 2009 Please see this link for a summary of the changes. www.aspenteamdiva.com/rules There is no jump in the 2009 competition. These are the UPDATED rules we started using in 2008. Divisions COMPETITION IS OPEN TO TEAMS OF NINE (9), (EIGHT (8) PLUS ONE (1) SUBSTITUTE. ALL TEAMS WILL COMPETE IN ONE CATEGORY. TEAMS WILL BE REFERRED TO BY THE NAME YOU PROVIDE ON THE REGISTRATION FORM OR THE NAME OF THE RESORT / AREA WHICH THEY REPRESENT, THE NATION OF THE RESORT, OR THE NAME OF THE TEAMS’ PRIMARY SPONSOR. PRIZES ARE AWARDED TO: 1st and 2nd placing teams Competition Format EIGHT PERSON TEAM DEMONSTRATION SKIING / RIDING OR BOTH - 4 RUNS THE POINT TOTALS ARE ADDED OVER THE 4 PASSES TO PRODUCE FINAL RESULTS |