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Jumping Guidelines and scoring
(Gratefully reproduced from UKWA guidelines)

Jumping Guidelines

Below are a broad generalisation of highest scored manoeuvres to lowest scored manoeuvres. The scores next to them are just to give a guideline for judges and a not a rule. A jump is marked higher for being higher, stalled, one handed and landed well. A jump is scored lower for being low, messy, out of control and crashed landings. A very high jump will not be marked down much if the landing is wet as long as the sailor is in a water start position. As a general rule, the judges want to see what you can do, not what you are learning to do. New manoeuvres are encouraged, but only if executed in a controlled fashion.

		Low						High
1.	DOUBLE BACK LOOPS	7	8	9	10	11	12
2.	DOUBLE FORWARD LOOPS	6	7	8	9	10	11
3.	TABLE TOP FORWARDS	5	6	7	8	9	10
4.	PUSH LOOPS		4	5	6	7	8	9
5.	CLEW FIRST LOOPS		4	5	6	7	8	9
6.	BACK LOOPS		4	5	6	7	8	9
7.	TABLE TOPS		3	4	5	6	7	8
8.	FORWARD LOOPS	2	3	4	5	6	7
9.	CHEESE ROLLS	2	3	4	5	6	7
10.	HIGH JUMPS		1	2	3	4	5	6
11.	LONG JUMPS	0	1	2	3	4	5

Jump Scoring

All jumps will be classed in one of these 4 categories.

F - Forward rotating jump
C - Combined jump (Table/forward,Double)
B - Backward rotating jump
J - Normal jump

Please note a maximum of 2 jumps will be scored from any one category in the pro fleet. (This encourages a variety of manoeuvres and eliminates the need to mark down repeated moves.)