Rulebook

The Official Tricklining Rulebook of the American Trickline Association contains a detailed description of the approved scoring system including how to score tricks, how to score rounds, and how to conduct competitions. The rulebook provides a deep understanding of the system but attempting to directly apply the system in the rulebook manually in real-time is infeasible. As such, the American Trickline Association provides a practical implementation of the system which can be found on the scoring software section of our website. That page also includes a description of how to use the software to score a round. It is not necessary to read the rulebook to be able to score a round.

Official Rulebook

When to Use the Rulebook

As mentioned above, it is not necessary to refer to the rulebook to score a round. Here are a few reasons you may want to consult the rulebook:

• To understand how and why a trick received a particular score
• To select a competition format when organizing a competition
• To understand your rights as an athlete when competing in an American Trickline Association sanctioned event
• To propose an adjustment to the scoring system
• To score a new trick
• To refer to the landing criteria, dabbing criteria, or combo completeness criteria when scoring a questionabe trick

Archived Rulebook Revisions

• October 15th, 2015 Revision