All Bars Proficiency Awards

White

• Make your first catch

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Bronze

• Any 5 different catches

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Silver

• Already have 'bronze'

• Have swung out of lines

• Made a return to a platform

• Have caught at least two different "back end" tricks

• Have caught a trick from sitting

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Gold

• Already have 'silver'

• Have caught a trick from front support position

• Able to maintain height in swing

• Have caught a half-turn or other trick involving twist at catch point

• Have done a a reverse trick with a reverse catch

• Have made a depart without assistance

• Have made a catch out of lines

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Star

• Already have 'gold'

• Able to gain height in swing

• Have caught a layout

• Have made an uprise and a straddle depart

• Have made a reverse remount

• Have caught a forward rotating trick (eg cutaway, flyaway etc, with or without twist)

• Have been caught by top catcher and returned to bar and platform

• Have made a three or more catch sequence

• Have done an iron cross

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Notes:

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The 5 tricks for the Bronze level includes your first catch.

 

Any trick or skill can be done in lines, unless otherwise stated

 

If a trick meets the requirements for multiple categories, it can be applied to all cases

 

A ‘depart without assistance’ (gold level) includes self serving your own bar

 

A “rotation” must be at least ¾ turn, i.e. a shooting star does not qualify for forward rotating category

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A "twist" must be at least 180° 

 

All catches must be done to a bar unless stated otherwise.  A catch is only complete if the flyer leaves one bar and ends on another.

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Tricks at silver level and above should be clean and controlled (may be relaxed for smaller / younger flyers)

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Bronze suggested tricks, hocks off, split, straddle whip, birds nest, bat, toes off, gazelle, knee hang, pike planche, planche

 

Forward rotating tricks include: Cutaway, castaway, flyaway, forward over, forward under, Ian

 

Sitting tricks include: Tweety bird, penny roll and Ian