RBSS organization 2012

[redsforlife]

Lets put it this way. I know you are really worried about Mr. Woo's knowledge of lowers combos and his understanding of their difficulty. Don't you think it's possible that other freestylers that could possibly judge wouldn't understand the difficulty and intricacy of other areas on freestyle? I think freestyle is too broad of an art right now for any individual to genuinely understand everything.

You still have to control the ball LIS. There are still plenty of tricks that are about touch and control. I honestly think Mr. Woo would understand which freestylers have the best touch  and control more than other freestyler judges. I think this, because I see freestylers overlook touch all the time. They don't appreciate it, so how could they judge it?

The fact is we aren't going to find any perfect judge. No one genuinely knows enough about every aspect in freestyle. If we allowed the 3 freestylers to judge all around, not to the stupid criteria, it would be much better. Palle could represent lowers, Mr. Woo represent touch and control, and Touzani represent ground moves. I think this is fair. It's never going to be perfect.

[Yen]

also wanted to point out how I noticed a lot of people complaining about how there were too many back flips in the competition. In my opinion, back flips are just showing more variation which is one of the five criteria; people were complaining as though the back flips won over all five judges and hardcore lowers were being overlooked. A good amount of competitors with acrobatic skills that went far in the competition had other elements that matched their opponents within the criteria and back flips, handstands just showed more variation.

[redsforlife]

I have nothing against back flips. I am just happy that many of the guys doing acrobatics actually did a few different variations, not just ball between knees and back flip. From what I could tell, everyone in the top 16 had a fairly high level without doing any back flips. The acrobatic tricks just made their performances that much more appealing. Doing tricks that the crowd will enjoy is part of freestyle.

I think the only 2 judges that may have been won over by back flips were Roxrite and Cannavaro. Now, the others may have rated the more interesting or difficult variations, but they were looking for more than just flashy looking tricks.

In the end it's freestyle for a reason. We shouldn't be upset that acrobatics are becoming popular. I think that is just another evolution of the sport. The guys not doing acrobatic tricks will just have to find another way to impress.