USAPL Rules & Forms 2009-2010
This page also includes information on the paddle system used at Nationals - RED, BLUE & YELLOW

PADDLE SYSTEM FOR JUDGES
 

SQUAT
BENCH PRESS
DEADLIFT
1. RED
FAILURE TO BEND THE KNEES AND LOWER THE BODY UNTIL THE TOP SURFACE OF THE LEGS AT THE HIP JOINT ARE LOWER THAN THE TOP OF THE KNEES
 
(DEPTH)
1. RED
BAR IS MOTIONLESS ON THE CHEST
 
 
 
(PAUSE)
1. RED
FAILURE TO LOCK THE KNEES STRAIGHT AT THE COMPLETION OF THE LIFT
FAILURE TO STANDD ERECT WITH THE SHOULDERS BACK
 
(LOCK-OUT)
1. BLUE
FAILURE TO ASSUME AN UPRIGHT POSITION WITH THE KNEES LOCKED AT THE COMMENCEMENT AND COMPLETION OF THE LIFT.
(KNEES LOCKED)
CHANGING THE POSITION OF THE BAR ACROSS THE SHOULDERS AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE LIFT. ANY MOVEMENT OF THE BAR ON THE BACK MORE THAN THE DIAMETER/THICKNESS OF THE BAR BELOW THE LIFTER'S CHOSEN STARTING POINT
(BAR MOVEMENT)
 
 
1. BLUE
ANY PRONOUNCED OR EXAGGERATEDC UNEVEN EXTENSION OF THE ARMS DURING THE LIFT
(UNEVEN EXTENSION)
ANY DOWNWARD MOVEMENT OF THE BAR IN THE COURSE OF BEING PRESSED OUT
(BAR DIPPED)
FAILURE TO PRESS THE BAR TO FULL EXTENSION OF THE ARMS SIMULTANEOUSLY AT THE COMPLETION OF THE LIFT
(LOCK-OUT)
 
 
1. BLUE
ANY DOWNWARD MOVEMENT OF THE BAR BEFORE IT REACHES THE FINAL POSITION. (IF THE BAR SETTLES AS THE SHOULDERS COME BACK THIS SHOULD NOT BE REASON TO DISQUALIFY THE LIFT.)
(BAR DIPPED)
SUPPORTING THE BAR ON THE THIGHS DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE LIFT. (IF THE BAR EDCGES UP THE THIGH BUT IS NOT SUPPORTED, THIS IS NOT REASON FOR DISQUALIFICATION)
(HITCHING OR RE-BEND)

 
 
 
 
 

1. YELLOW
STEPPING BACKWARD OR FORWARD
(ALTHOUGH LATERAL MOVEMENT OF THE FOOT AND ROCKING THE FEET BETWEEN THE BALL AND HEEL IS PERMITTED)
 
FAILURE TO OBSERVE CHIEF REFEREES SIGNALS AT HE COMMENCEMENT OR COMPLETION OF THE LIFT
 
DOUBLE BOUNCING OR MORE THAN ONE RECOVERY ATTEMPT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIFT
 
CONTACT WITH BAR OR LIFTER BY THE SPOTTERS/LOADERS BETWEEN CHIEF REFEREES SIGNALS IN ORDER TO MAKE THE LIFTS EASIER
 
CONTACT OF ELBOWS OR UPPER ARMS WITH THE LEGS WHICH HAS SUPPORTED AND BEEN OF AID TO THE LIFTER (SLIGHT CONTACT THAT IS OF NO AID MAY BE IGNORED)
 
ANY DROPPING OR DUMPING OF THE BAR AFTER COMPLETION OF THE LIFT
 
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ANY OF THE REQUIREMENTS CONTAINED IN THE GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE LIFT, WHICH PRECEDES THIS LIST OF DISQUALIFICATIONS
 
 
 
 
 
1. YELLOW
HEAVING, BOUNCING, OR SINKING THE BAR AFTER IT HAS BEEN MOTIONLESS ON THE CHEST IN SUCH A WAY AS TO AID THE LIFTER
 
FAILURE TO OBSERVE CHIEF REFEREES SIGNALS AT HE COMMENCEMENT OR COMPLETION OF THE LIFT
 
ANY CHANGE IN THE ELECTED LIFTING POSITION DURING THE LIFT PROPER, I.E. ANY RAISING MOVEMENT OF THE SHOULDERS, B UTTOCKS, FEET FROM THEIR ORIGINAL POINTS OF CONTACT WITH THE BENCH OR FLOOR OR LATERAL MOVEMENT OF THE HANDS ON THE BAR.
(SLIGHT OR VERY MINOR FOOT MOVEMENT IS ALLOWED)
 
CONTACT WITH BAR OR LIFTER BY THE SPOTTERS/LOADERS BETWEEN CHIEF REFEREES SIGNALS IN ORDER TO MAKE THE LIFTS EASIER
 
ANY CONTACT OF THE LIFTERS FEET WITH THE BENCH OR ITS SUPPORTS
 
DELIBERATE CONTACT BETWEEN THE BAR AND THE BAR REST SUPPORTS DURING THE LIFT TO MAKE THE LIFT EASIER
 
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ANY OF THE REQUIREMENTS CONTAINED IN THE GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE LIFT, WHICH PRECEDES THIS LIST OF DISQUALIFICATIONS
1. YELLOW
LOWERING THE BAR BEFORE RECEIVING THE CHIEF REFEREES SIGNAL
 
ALLOWING THE BAR TO RETURN TO THE PLATFORM WITHOUT MAINTAINING CONTROL WITH BOTH HANDS, I.E. RELEASING THE BAR FROM THE PALMS OF THE HANDS.
 
STEPPING BACKWARD OR FORWARD
(ALTHOUGH LATERAL MOVEMENT OF THE FOOT AND ROCKING THE FEET BETWEEN THE BALL AND HEEL IS PERMITTED)
 
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ANY OF THE REQUIREMENTS CONTAINED IN THE GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE LIFT, WHICH PRECEDES THIS LIST OF DISQUALIFICATIONS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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