Battle Rules |
1/What is Freestyle Slalom ? Freestyle slalom consists in skating through different cone courses, which number of cones and distance vary, doing different tricks. The skater chooses tricks he wants to do but time is limited. A jury evaluates and compares each skater's performance to make a ranking. Skaters may use inline skates or quad skates. 2/Battle concept Several skaters skate together in groups. Each skater have to do better than the others of the group to qualify for next rounds and to reach the final with the best skaters. 3 /Distance between cones There may be 1 to 5 different cone courses depending on organisation's wishes. Distance between cones can be 50cm, 80cm or 120cm (This distance is calculated from centre of the cone to center of next cone). On a same line, distance between cones is the same. The amount of cones per line can change depending the place available and wishes of the organisation. This amount should be between 10 & 30 cones. At least one line has to be composed by minimum 10 cones with a 80cm space between them. For example, if you use 3 lines, the size can be 80cm x 10 cones, 80cm x 20 cones & 50cm x cones & you will need 45 cones or for example, 80cm x 20 cones, 120cm x 20 cones 50cm x 20 cones. If you use only one line of cones, distance will be 80cm x 10 to 30 cones. 4/Size of cones The usual size of cones is 8cm wide, 8-10cm high. They may be cones or cups. 4/ Competition Area The lenght of the competition area has to be at least 16m long (répartition : 8m for minimum 10 cones separated by 80cm, 4m on each side to take speed) ; the width should be minimum 4m (2m for judges & 4m for skaters) There is no maximum size for the area, but the judges should always have a good view of the competitors and the whole area. As much as possible, the 50cm course is the closest from the judge table and the 120cm course is the opposite from judge table. The judge table is centered regarding the cone courses or in an angle of the competition area. (Outdoor, don't place the judges in front of the sun (umbrella) ; this issue can also happen indoor with large windows. Depending on the place and size of the event (public & competitors) it can be necessary to built an area and limit its access to «competitors only » area. (fences, tube, wood base, ... those can be use for advertisment) 5/Competition During Battle Freestyle slalom competition, skaters will be placed in "Battle groups". Each battle group is composed by 2 to 4 skaters (a group may be composed by 5 riders exceptionnally). Each competitor has to go one by one to do his tricks and combos. Each skater has 30 seconds to perform each of his runs (chronometer starts when the skater pass the first cone ). The time of each group is in between 5 and 15 minutes depending on the number of skaters in the group and the number of runs. The quantity of runs per competitor is from 2 to 4, + evntually 1 last trick (see « last trick » explanation below). In each battle group, skaters will have the same amount of runs and everyone will have equal chances to do the best posible. Skaters will be judged on different criterias : Technique, style, originality... after each battle group, each judge has to make a ranking of the skaters of this group, then all judges compare their ranking with other judge's rankings, and deliberate all together to determinate who will qualify for the next round. In the Battle system, competitors are free to do the tricks they want on the course they want, they don't have to use each slalom course available if they don't want to. They don't have to go through all cones of a same line. There is no compulsory trick to do or compulsory trick families, neither minimum of cones to be passed to validate each trick. However, competitors can show their polyvalence using different tricks repertories and using different courses. If a skater makes mistakes during his run, for example doing very difficult trick, he can start again and again in the same run until the end of his 30sec. run. During each run, a competitor can use as much courses as he wants during the time of his run. To go for another run, each competitor has to wait than other skaters of the group have done the same amount of runs and the green light from the speaker. Training : B/Non-ranked competitors 1/Table Judges : 3/ Cone boys/girls : 4/ DJ : 5/Judgement Original: http://worldslalomseries.com/battle.htm |