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Championship Divisions 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A and 5A:
Preliminary Freestyle Information

In the Championship divisions (1A, 2A, 3A, 4A and 5A) there will a 1-minute preliminary freestyle to qualify the top players into the freestyle finals. The top qualifying players in each division will be advanced to the 3-minute Freestyle Final. Each competitor will have 1-minute on stage to perform a freestyle in the style of play in the division they have entered. Players may enter more than one division.

All players are reminded that they must pre-register if they intent to compete in any of the Championship divisions. Please go to the registration page.

Players who will be competing in the preliminary freestyle of any championship division must be prepared with an appropriate music CD if they wish to use their own music. This CD must meet all of the requirements shown in the general rules for the championship divisions.

The preliminary freestyle replaces the "Compulsory Tricks" used in previous contests.

Each preliminary freestyle will have required trick elements that must be presented as part of the freestyle. It is up to each player to determine how they will incorporate each element into his or her preliminary freestyle performance. It is the players responsibility to ensure that each trick element is presented and completed in a manner that will be obvious to the judging panel.

Scoring for the preliminary freestle will be broken down into two catergories, attempted technical elements (ATE), and technical execution (TE).

As an example, the 1A division has 5 required elements, each element will be worth 5 points if it successfully completed. So the maximum ATE score for 1A will total 25 points. The remaining 25 points will be made up from the TE score for all of the other tricks performed in the preliminary freestyle for a total of 50 points.

Normal deductions will be taken for missed strings, losses of control, missed binds, changing out the yo-yo due to jammed strings, etc.

Some judges will be scoring ATE, while others will be scoring TE.

Trick elements may be presented in any order and at any time during the preliminary freestyle.

For the 1A division, the following elements will be required:

1. Laceration
   Start from a sleeper, any form of laceration is acceptable.
2. Green Triangle (Nebula)
   Any mount into Green Triangle is acceptable. The triangle must be held for approximately 1 second.
3. Grind
   Spinning the yo-yo on a part of your body - a complete catch after performing the grind is required - however you may perform other tricks after the grind and before the catch.
4. Suicide
   Catch the flying loop of string from a trapeze (or any sidestyle hold). The loop may only be released from a single finger. The loop may be caught with the throwing hand or the free hand but should only be caught with a single finger. Both ends of the string must be direct to the yo-yo not a triangle form.
5. Gyroscopic Flop
   The yoyo must rotate at least 180 degress - a half turn. Any form is acceptable. A complete catch of the yo-yo is required after this element - however, you may perform other tricks after the flop and before the catch.

For the 2A division, the following elements will be required:

1. Wrap combo
   1 yoyo looping/punch/hop, 1 yoyo sleeping/around the worlds.
2. Wrap combo
   Both yo-yo's sleeping/around the worlds.
3. Reach for the Moon
   Both hands must clearly complete 5 repetitions each.
4. KuruKuru (rolling) trick
   Looping style or punching style (milk the cow, punching bag, vertical punching bag) both hands must clearly complete 5 repetitions each.
5. Loop combination
   At least 5 repetitions of a two-hand looping trick, any form. This trick may not incorporate punching (milk the cow, punching bag, vertical punching bag). Both hands must clearly complete 5 repetitions.

For the 3A division, the following elements will be required:

1. 2-hand Trapeze
   Throws are to be simultaneous and both yo-yo's should land completely and at the same time.
2. Velvet Roll Style
   Any front style rolling trick - at least 2-rolls for each hand are required.
3. Kink (any form)
   Both yo-yo's land on the strings with a kink form in the middle.

For the 4A division, the following elements will be required:

1. Toss
   3 different style tosses with a catch are required. This is to be performed on one throw with continuous motion from one toss and catch to the next.
2. Boingy (any form)
   At least 3 repetitions are required. Any style is acceptable.
3. Whip (any form)
   Any toss to a whip catch of any form.

For the 5A division, the following elements will be required:

1. Aerial
   Full release of yo-yo and counterweight.
2. Counterweight direction change
   Such as a Dice Kick, Shoulder Pop, etc. Simply stalling the dice and changing direction is not acceptable.
3. Beesting - any style
   A direction change of the yo-yo caused by contact with the string.