2009 Official Wisconsin State Yo-Yo Contest

Results:
Results of the 2009 Wisconsin State Yo-Yo Contest are now available online.

There will be three divisions for the WI State Yo-yo Contest: Sport Ladder, 1A Freestyle, and Open Freestyle. The top placing player in the Single A and Open Divisions will be seeded into the Midwest Regional Contest that will be held at the Mall of America on Saturday, June 20th 2009. The player from the Open Division will be seeded into the division that they used the most in their Freestyle.

The WI State Yo-Yo Contest will use one-minute preliminary freestyles for 1A and any other division that has over 15 entrants in it.

All final freestyles will be 2 minutes long.

Division Rules

Specific Rules for 1A Freestyles:

1. In a 1A freestyle, at no time shall there be more than one yo-yo in play (including slave or prop yo-yos) at the same time. During any periods of time that this rule is violated, the judges shall not grant any points for Technical Execution or Performance Style but shall deduct points for any mistakes, loss of control restarts, yo-yo replacements, etc.
2. In a 1A freestyle, at no time shall the yo-yo be removed fromt he string (i.e. no offstring tricks are allowed). During any periods of time that this rule is violated, the judges shall not grant any points for Technical Execution or Performance Style but shall deduct points for any mistakes, loss of control restarts, yo-yo replacements, etc.
3. In a 1A freestyle, Mobius style is allowed. Skyrockety type tricks are also allowed. In a 1A freestyle, typical scoring elements include but are not limited to: mounts, dismounts, string hits, hops, grinds, lacerations, release catches (like suicides/Iron Whips), slack catches, regenerations and binds.

Specific Rules for Open Freestyles:

1. In a 2A or 3A freestyle, the judges shall not grant any points for Technical Execution or Performance Style unless both yo-yos are in play simultaneously.
2. In a 2A freestyle, typical scoring elements include but are not limited to: loops, punches, wraps, tanglers, moons, hops, stalls, worlds, transitions, regenerations and various combinations and/or variations of these elements.
3. In a 4A and 5A freestyle there is no restriction on the number of yo-yos that may be in play at the same time.
4. In a 4A freestyle, typical scoring elements include but are not limited to: launches, tosses, catches, regenerations, grinds, intentional bounces off body parts or the stage back to a catch, boingys or other types of bounces between strings.
5. In a 5A freestyle, points shall only be awarded only while the counter weight (or multiple counter weights) is in play, or in the act of being moved from hand to hand. Any trick done while the counterweight is being held for the entire duration of the trick shall be considered 1A trick, and shall not be scored.

Sport Ladder

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The Sports Ladder is designed to be a challenging and fair contest format beginning with easier tricks and quickly ramping up to much more difficult ones. In the ladder, a player is allowed only one attempt on each trick, successful completion of the trick advances the player to the next trick. If a trick is missed, the miss is noted, and the player also moves on to the next trick. The second time a trick is missed in a ladder, the player is retired from that ladder and will start the second ladder.

Successful completion of the tricks will be determined based on the judging criteria from the General Rules listed below.

The combined score from the two ladders will be used to determine the awards.

A player receives a COMBINED SCORE equal to the sum of the last trick made in each ladder. Highest score wins. Ties will be broken by the greatest sum of the first trick missed in each ladder, further ties will be broken by the greatest sum of the second trick missed in each ladder.

1. A trick is complete when the string is fully wound around the axle and back in the hand. (i.e. More than five inches of string remaining outside the yo-yo when caught is considered a miss.)
2. If a yo-yo becomes bound up, the string breaks, the yo-yo comes apart, or otherwise malfunctions during a trick it will be considered a miss.
3. Significant loss of control of a yo-yo during a trick may be considered a miss.
4. On all 1S tricks, the yo-yo may be returned to the Throwhand utilizing a bind if you so desire. However, an unsuccessful bind attempt will be considered a miss.
5. The yo-yo must be caught with one hand, the hand that originally threw the yo-yo, and not trapped against the body.
6. Flipovers or string misses will not be allowed in the 1S ladder.
7. A trick starts and finishes within the trick box. A player must keep feet planted on all tricks except trick number 22 "Staircase" in the 2S ladder.
8. A throw made within the trick box counts as an attempt. Outside the 1S trick box a player may only toss sleepers and string adjustments. Outside the 2S trick box a player may only toss sleepers, forward passes, a few loops, a few hops and string adjustments.
9. Practicing a contest trick outside the trick box during the judging session will be considered a miss.
10. During the 1S ladder you may change your yo-yo only one time.
11. During the 2S ladder you may not change your yo-yo during the first 15 one-hand tricks. After trick number 15, yo-yo(s) may be changed to perform the two-hand tricks. The same two yo-yos must then be used for tricks 16-25.
12. An unintentional broken or knotted string may be replaced.
13. A judge has the discretion to allow replacement of a yo-yo if the yo-yo is unintentionally damaged.
14. On all 1S tricks, the yo-yo may be returned to the Throwhand utilizing a bind if you so desire. However, an unsuccessful bind attempt will be considered a miss.

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