-I will do my best to organize an unofficial Circle Contest at Worlds.

-It's free.

-It's Open only.

-I could not have an official location for it. So it will be at the casual shred spot they will have for us. 

-I will try to have a Circle registration sheet at the official check-in.

-Or, you will have the whole day Sunday 12th to find me for registration and/or rule explanation. 

-If you want to help with the Circle, email me now or find me on Sunday 12th.

-We have some rule change, see rules below.

SCHEDULE

Saturday 11th

-registration from 5pm to 8pm at official check-in location.

Sunday 12th

-registration from 5pm to 7pm at official check-in location.

-Or find me, from morning to night. (at casual shred spot)

-If you want to help with Circle, find me, from morning to night.

-If you have questions about Circle, find me, from morning to night.

Monday 13th (at casual shred spot)

-players/judges meeting 3:30pm 

-Circle qualification 4:00pm-6:30pm

Tuesday 14th (at casual shred spot)

-Circle quarterfinal 4:00pm-5:30pm

-Circle semifinal 5:45pm-6:45pm

Thursday 16th (at Milkhouse)

-Circle Final 5:00pm

RULES

1- BREAKDOWN

A- Levels

Qualification, quarterfinal, semifinal and final.

B- Circles

-3 to 4 players per Circle. (might be 5 in qualification)

-Players choose 1 footbag to use per Circle.

-Top seed chooses his location in the Circle.

-Lowest seed goes first, top seed goes last.

-Pass clockwise.

-2 player/Circle advance in quarterfinal and semifinal. 1 player advance in final.

C- Rounds

-2 rounds per Circle.

-Each round has a judging requirement:

     1st round: variety + personality

     2nd round: difficulty + personality

-Players rotate position between rounds.

-There is a 15 seconds break between rounds.

D- Turns 

-A turn starts when a player receives the pass.

-Players must receive passes with their feet.

-Players may take a few seconds to get prepared with basics kicks and stalls.

-Once started, players must continu linking non-basic kicks and stalls.

-There is a mandatory passback for each turn from pass reception through 1st real move.

-A turn ends when a player drops or chooses to pass the bag.

-The referee will call the “last turn” of a Circle.

-Turns/round by level:

 qualification: 3 turns

   quarterfinal: 3 turns.

       semifinal: 4 turns.

              final: 5 turns.

2- PERFORMANCE

A- Judging

-Judging is purely subjective. 

-At the end of a round, judges rank the players.

-All Judge’s ranks are added. Smallest number wins.

B- Judging criteria

1-Variety (first round):

-Wide range of components.

-Flipside count as a different component.

2-Difficulty (second round):

-Difficult moves.

-Difficult links.

3-Personality (both rounds):

-Tricks/components/links executed by only 1 player in a Circle.

4-Execution (tie breaker):

-Clean tricks.

-Accurate sets and timing.

-Good balance and posture.

C- Execution

-Execution is used as a tiebreaker inside each round.

-If a player is clearly better than others with the round requirement, execution should not affect his ranking.

-It should only “break the tie” when a judge can’t decide who was best at the round requirement.

3- OFFICIATION

A- Etiquette

For a fair and efficient Circle, all players must respect the official etiquette:

-Give good passes.

-No hand catches from a pass.

-No self-serves.

-Don’t freeze the bag mid-run.

-Don’t use basic kicks and stalls mid-run.

-Don’t distract other players. 

-No unsportsmanlike conduct.

B- Penalty

-Warning.

-Loss of turn by immediate passing of the bag.

C- Referee’s responsibilities

-Make sure everyone agrees on a footbag.

-Give the first pass of a Circle.

-Keep track of number of turns left.

-Call last turn.

-Give the bag to the right player after a passing conflict.

-Make sure passbacks are respected.

-Penalyze disregard of etiquette