Level I, Part 1

Applicants are offered two options for completing this course::

To complete this course at home, applicants must purchase the home study materials. These include:

Applicants attending a part I workshop only need to purchase the manual. Focusing on basic technique, theory and performance skills, participants are trained to evaluate the C and B levels of compulsories and movement technique and to judge basic and military strut. Applicants are also introduced to the Competitive Achievement System and educated in the USTA philosophies and standards by which all judges are held accountable.

Level I, Part 2

To be certified as Level I, Part 2 judges, applicants must:

Participants receive training in developing their skills in recognizing all aspects of technique for all levels of compulsories and movement technique (except Elite) and all foundation events. They also receive instruction in utilizing the scoring scale. Basic design concepts and performance skills are introduced.

Level II

To be certified as Level II judges, applicants must:

With the major focus on beginner and intermediate athletes, the certified Level II judge is trained to understand and recognize the proper developmental sequence of twirls and body moves and priorities at each stage of development of the CAS, foundation and championship events.

Video instruction is given to develop the technical eye, identify degrees of severity of errors, and analyze moves in the setting of longer, denser and more complex programs than those presented in the foundation events.

These judges are educated in using the subjective judging process along with the role models and range descriptions for all levels of championship events.

Workshop participants explore the concepts of composition and design, including musicality, and practice giving appropriate written feedback and taped critiques.

Level III

To be certified as Level III judges, applicants must:

This level is designed for a more intense study of all aspects of judging the championship events than is offered in Level II. The major focus is in recognizing the qualities and differing degrees of proficiency in advanced and elite athletes and groups.

MASTER JUDGE

To become a Master Judge, applicants must:

Applicants must purchase the current U.S. Trials/U.S. PreTrials Judges’ Manual.

This workshop deals only with the judging of those events included in the U.S. Trials, U.S. PreTrials and World Championships: (twirling) teams, elite pairs, elite freestyle and elite compulsories.

Through utilization of role models, range descriptions and concept summaries, participants are trained to recognize skill levels and to appropriately award credit based on the philosophies and priorities of the events. They also learn scoring techniques for judging compulsories (as opposed to the evaluation method of the CAS).