
It is up to you as a coach to resubmit the video to be re-reviewed. *If the video is inconclusive, you will receive a response as to why we were unable to make a judgement. If the video receives an “illegal” response, the entire video will not be reviewed but stopped at the point that the video was illegal. All videos will either receive either a “legal” or “illegal” response.While this does limit the video size, you are able to submit multiple videos.
Links, video sharing and YouTube style videos will not be accepted.
The recording will be limited to attachments only. Videos are limited to 30 seconds and must be able to be viewed upright without rotating. The recording will be reviewed as if every person in the video is included in the skill. All submissions must include the coach, team, and division. We are unable to accept videos from performances, competitions, or of other teams. The skill in question must be recorded by the team at practice. To email a video, the following must be included: Teams are not required, but encouraged, to submit a safety video. This service will help teams get a response with a video attached back to use in situations where the skill may be in question. Teams will be able to email skills in throughout the year to receive a legality or safety response. Universal Cheerleaders Association offers a service to help teams with legality and safety questions. Every effort will be made to ensure that a judge with a potential Conflict of Interest is not scheduled to judge that team or school’s divisions.Ĭlick here for the UCA Scoring Review Process. Due to the size of our National Championships, judge’s with conflicts may be selected. Married / Partner / Dating / Related to coach. Did not go to any practices or performances in the last 5 years. Must not have had any contact with a team this season. Former Coach and/or Choreographer and/or Athlete. With that said, our selected panel of judges must have no affiliation with teams in a division they are scheduled to judge.Įxample of potential Conflicts of Interest: Providing accurate, fair, and unbiased feedback for our customers is one of our top priorities. Judge Selection – Example Conflicts of Interest Preferred to have been a judge or equitable experience for at least 3 years. Preferred to have judged or will judge 2 or more “Regional” type events during the 2021-2022 season. In addition to the regional event standards these additional criteria will be used when selecting our National Championship Judges. Judges will be informed that any behavior deemed to be unsupportive of Varsity Spirit’s mission may be factored into the final selection of judges. Must be well-respected in the cheerleading, dance, band and/or song/pom industry. Understanding, Recognizing and Reporting the Maltreatment of Children. Must complete Varsity Spirit Compliance Course to include. Must possess and maintain the highest standards of integrity, ethics and professionalism. Must be of the highest ethical and moral values. Must pass and be trained and educated in one or more of the category scoresheets that are used for judging.
Must be available for pre-event training via webinar at a time/date to be determined.This includes coaching, choreographing, cleaning, etc. Have no direct affiliation with any team/gym who will be attending (or potentially will be attending) in a division they will judge.Judges selected for one of our regional events should meet these standards To achieve this, we will follow the four guiding principles of transparency, fairness, integrity, and safety. Our goal is to evolve and provide the tools needed to all school teams this season for a clear understanding of divisions, rules, and scoring. We remain committed to fair and consistent scoring.