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We call ourselves Open, but at Worlds, we're IO. I think it's just too much word to say and Open makes it easier. I think the difference come in with the level 5 teams. Senior is 15-18 (I'm not sure, so correct me if I'm wrong) and international open 5 is 14+ with no age cap
Its 12-18 i believe

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Is it possible for an international team (as in, from say Germany, or the UK) to compete in the non-international divisions?

Could a UK team who are all say 12-17 compete in Large AG? If so, how do they get the bids? In the UK we don't compete in IO5, just Level 5 at the bids competitions, so could we technically use that bid to enter a non-international division? And if not, why not?

Also (possibly a dumb questions) but Panthers...BABS...HUH?! What does BABS stand for? Is it an acronym? Why did it come about?
 
Is it possible for an international team (as in, from say Germany, or the UK) to compete in the non-international divisions?

Could a UK team who are all say 12-17 compete in Large AG? If so, how do they get the bids? In the UK we don't compete in IO5, just Level 5 at the bids competitions, so could we technically use that bid to enter a non-international division? And if not, why not?

Also (possibly a dumb questions) but Panthers...BABS...HUH?! What does BABS stand for? Is it an acronym? Why did it come about?

Yes, they can. FTG Pumas from Germany competed in small coed this year, Looney dolphins competed in large senior in 2010 and Frogs (from slovenia) competed in small coed in 2009. So you can use bid for non international division.

BABS stand for Bad A$$ Bitches. That's what I heard.
 
Scoring is super confusing! I'm a judge for multiple companies and everyone operates differently. We could talk for days, literally and things would still be confusing. Just make sure if you're choreographing a routine you understand the USASF guidelines and know which company's events you plan on attending so you can max out as best as possible!! Plus a lot of companies change their sheets/grids annually so stay on top of that too!

So why can't everyone get together and hammer out a unified scoring sheet for all competitions? What is the incentive to keep it tangled like this?
 
There technically isn't one, although I've noticed that most people refer to the level 5 open divisions as IO and the level 6 ones as Open. ANY division at worlds could very well be an international one, you just see more in the level 5s, and some in the level 6.

Technically Open 4 is just open and not International Open. I think the IO refers to the fact that it's a worlds division.
 
So why can't everyone get together and hammer out a unified scoring sheet for all competitions? What is the incentive to keep it tangled like this?
I know one is "in the works" there's just a lot of pride and stubborn-ness involved unfortunately. I'd love a unified scoring system and think it would ultimately strengthen the sport!!



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I know lots of people were talking about the "superman" (as think someone on the boards put it) dismount at Worlds this year, where the flyer lands in prone. I think smoed did it from a lib with a quarter turn. Anyway, I was reading the rules and didn't see any specific rules regarding a dismount to prone (unless I missed it in which case I'm sorry!), so does that mean you can double down to prone in level 5?

Yes. Dismount to prone really is no different than dismount to cradle, & I'm pretty sure the rule says you can twist up to 2 and a quarter to be exact, so there really is no way to justify it being illegal, right?


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Yes. Dismount to prone really is no different than dismount to cradle, & I'm pretty sure the rule says you can twist up to 2 and a quarter to be exact, so there really is no way to justify it being illegal, right?


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It's not a cradle, it's considered a release move (due to landing prone) so has to follow stunt transition rules, limiting it to 2 twists at level 5.


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