Welcome to the Faceoff Family
We are so excited to make history together and create the most epic FACEOFF Season ever.
Here is some important information for the coaches of our eight teams:
FACEOFF Round One // 22nd June 2024
Gymnastikhøjskolen Ollerup
Svendborgvej 3, 5762 Vester Skerninge
FACEOFF Round Two // 2th November 2024
Address TBA (Oslo)
FACEOFF Round Three // 9th November 2024
Vesterås Arena
Vasagatan 89, 722 23 Västerås, Sverige
FACEOFF Main Event // 9th December 2024
Jyske Bank Boxen
Kaj Zartows Vej 7, 7400 Herning
Main Program
A detailed program for each event will be online when we get closer to an event.
Here is the template we will be working on
Thursday
13:00: Athletes Get in and welcome by FACEOFF
13:30: Practice
Friday
08:00 Breakfast
09:00 Practice
Saturday
08:00: Breakfast
09:00: Freetime
11:00: Lunch
12:00: Doors open to FACEOFF x Individual
13.00: FACEOFF x Individuals
14.30: End FACEOFF Individual
15:00: Doors open to FACEOFF x CREW
16.00: FACEOFF x Crew
18.00: Expected end time.
19:00: Clean up EVERYBODY.
22:00: Meetup all athletes, judges, crew, and coaches for FACEOFF insight🔥
Disciplines / Rulebook
The Rulebook will be released 1st May 2024, and will include the disciplines.
FACEOFF 24 will include both Tumbling and mini-trampolin disciplines.
Athletes
A team is composed of a Preliminary squad of 15 athletes
Deadline for choosing the Preliminary squad: 1. May 2024
Ten gymnasts are then picked for an event. In each discipline, a maximum of 8 gymnasts are on the floor at the competition—i.e., there are two substitutions.
To participate in a team, gymnasts must be nationally affiliated with the country where the team is located.
A team is allowed to have two foreign athletes in their preliminary squad.
Team Young Guns
All age restrictions regarding Team Young Guns have been withdrawn from season 2024.
Replacements
Replacement in the Preliminary squad is permitted if the following occurs:
– A gymnast sustains a serious injury and is unable to participate for the remainder of the 2024 season.
If the injury occurs less than one month before a competition, it is not possible to expand the squad.
If the injury occurs more than one month before the competition, it is possible to expand the squad.
– A gymnast qualifies for the Main Event in Individuals and chooses not to participate in the crew.
Clothes
All teams are provided with the following:
15 competition suits
3 coaching sets (with team logo)
16 water bottles
1 sports bag
All clothing is distributed to coaches at the first competition(or before).
The coach is responsible for the clothing and for distributing team numbers to the athletes.
If a suit is damaged during the competition/training, it will be replaced.
If a suit is forgotten/damaged outside of competition, the team must replace it themselves. The price for a top is 500 DKK, and shorts are 400 DKK
Best Of The Rest
After FACEOFF Round Three, all teams that haven’t qualified for the Main Event will be part of “Best Of The Rest” and will have a chance to win an extra spot at the Main Event.
A group of well-picked judges will decide which team gets the ticket. They will judge the teams online through a video link submitted by FACEOFF. The result will be released as soon as possible after FACEOFF Round Three.
More info
Transport
FACEOFF will provide scholarships for each travel the team will have.
In-country travel will be rewarded with €1000,
foreign-country travel will be rewarded with a €2000 scholarship.
Accommodation and catering
All teams are responsible for their own sleeping arrangements and catering during a FACEOFF competition.
FACEOFF assists in facilitating field accommodation if possible and also helps negotiate the possibility of meals during the stay
Finances
Prizemoney FACEOFF Crew 2024
0 €
Salary Coaches
Season 2024: €1250 / team
Sponsorships
It is possible to seek team sponsorship with 4 logo placements:
Chest: 10,000-25,000 DKK
Back: 7,500-15,000 DKK
Left leg shorts: 5,000-10,000 DKK
Right leg shorts: 5,000-10,000 DKK
If the team finds its own sponsor, 75% of the support goes to the team.
If FACEOFF finds a sponsor, 50% of the support goes to the team.
Expenses related to printing on clothing are deducted from the sponsorship.
All sponsorships must be approved by FACEOFF.
Coaches/teams may not contact current FACEOFF partners.
CHOPAR, PE-Redskaber, Ingcon, MCH, JMF, Ollerup, Vejstrup, Vesterlund, Flemming, Bøvling, BGI, Bjergnæs, Berns, Brejninggaard, SG, Fynske Bank, Redbull, Cirque,
Disciplines And Rulebook
TBA
Individual
Tumbling xXx
Tumbling xXx will take place on a 20m+9m pro track, and consist of 3 rounds. Each athlete will perform 3 times, and only the best two tricks will count. These two tricks must each contain different combinations.
The Lottery
The Lottery is a trampet discipline where both difficulty and execution impacts the total score.
Before the competition, 8 different categories have been chosen and thrown into the Lottery.
The Categories
The Pikey
The Twister
Half-in
Signature Move
Highroller
Big Shot
The Rebel
Positions – minimum 2
For each of the 3 rounds a category will be drawn from the lottery and the athletes have to perform a jump according to the category to get the highest possible score.
Each athlete will perform 3 times, and only the best two tricks will count. These two tricks must each contain different combinations.
The Plateau vol. 2.0 (Only Men)
In the Plateau discipline, the gymnasts will be competing against each other on an equipment setup consisting of: airtrack → trampet → raised (90 cm), 6m airtrack → Bigtramp (floorlevel) → 9m pro track→Landing area. The discipline has a duration of 10 minutes in which the gymnasts can do as many tries as they want. At the end of the 10 minutes the 2 highest scores of each gymnast will count.
These two tricks must each contain different combinations.
The gymnasts do not need to participate throughout the 10 minutes. They just need to have 2 counting scores.
Double Trouble (Final)
Double Trouble takes place on a 20m pro track, followed by a double mini trampoline to the landing area. The discipline has a duration of 10 minutes in which the athlete can do as many tries as they want. At the end of the 10 minutes the 2 highest scores of each gymnast will count.
These two tricks must each contain different combinations.
The gymnasts do not need to participate throughout the 10 minutes. They just need to have 2 counting scores. If a gymnast wants to pass a round, they must signal that to the judges and speaker, when it would have been their turn.
Crew
The Countdown
In the discipline The Countdown, each team will compete with 5 athletes. The competition takes place within 12 minutes, on a 5+20 meter airtrack to the landing area. The 4 teams alternate in having an athlete perform a trick.
The teams continue taking turns, until the time runs out. When the time runs out, the round will be completed, ensuring that all teams have an equal amount of tricks.
The Challenge
In the discipline The Challenge, the 4 teams compete against each other on the mini-trampoline, through 4 different Challenges. Each Challenge has a Theme/criteria that must be met. If the criteria is not met, it will result in a ridiculously low score. Each team will perform 2 tricks in Challenge 1-3. These has to be performed by 2 different athletes.
A specific athlete must participate at least once and maximum twice in this discipline. Once in challenge 1-3 and once in Level 4 (The team round). The challenge will be executed in the order 1-4.
The different challenges are as follows:
Signature move: Show a skill that is unique for you, or that you think you’re just the best at doing.
Trippel with 1,5 twist: No more or less than 3 somersaults and 1,5 twists pr. gymnast. How you arrange them is up to you.
Big shot: Should be self explanatory… But if you’re in doubt, then go BIG!
Team round: 6 gymnasts are to participate in a team round.
The teams decide which jumps they want to do in a team round. The jumps in a team round don’t have to be the same.
The Playground
Link to setup
In this discipline an equipment setup will be at the athletes disposal. All teams have had the opportunity to train on the setup beforehand.
Each team will alternate in performing on this setup for 1 min 15. sec. There are no restrictions on the use of the setup.
The music will be chosen by FACEOFF and revealed to the teams beforehand.
The Plateau vol. 2.0
In the discipline Plateau vol. 2, each team will compete with 4 athletes. The competition takes place on a setup consisting of: Airtracl → a trampet → raised (90 cm), 6m pro track → Bigtramp (floor level) → 9m pro track→Landing area.
The 4 teams alternate in having an athlete perform a trick, starting with the lowest ranking team.
Each gymnast has to perform 2 tricks on the discipline and the highest score will count towards the teams total.
The Battle
In the final discipline “The Battle” the two leading teams will duel for the final victory.
In case of a tie the tied teams will enter a sudden death. This will be a team round consisting of 4 gymnasts on the Plateau. After each team has performed their round, the judges will vote on which team they think won the sudden death.
The Battle takes place on a 12,5×12,5m airtrack. The teams will alternate in performing various tricks, and will remain off the track when not performing. In each round the teams will have 2 turns on the airtrack. These turns are not restricted with a time limit.
All tricks, performances and collaborative ideas are allowed. The teams are not allowed to use the foampit for landing9