Rules & regulations INTERNATIONAL BODYBUILDING AND FITNESS FEDERATION A JUDGES CONCEPT OF ACTUAL ADJUDICATION INTRODUCTION 1. OUR AIM It is for the IBFF competitors to have confidence in their Judges. 2. The purpose of a Bodybuilding event is to determine the best athletes on the day. 3. All Judges must strive towards selecting the best athlete. 4. A Judge must be neutral while judging - no personal feelings towards an athlete should interfere with a Judges decision otherwise you may have failed the test of being a good Judge. IBFF CONTESTANT RULES a. No watches, jewelry, sunshades or footwear shall be worn on stage during pre judging. b. No chewing of food or gum is permitted. c. Competitors numbers must be pinned securely to the left side of the costume and must be worn throughout the championships. POSING TIME a. Posing time for men is limited to 60 seconds. b. Posing time for women is limited to max. 120 seconds.
COSTUME a. Costumes must be one color for pre judging. b. Bikinis and underwear are not permitted at men pre judging. HAIR Hair must be worn off the shoulders not to hide the muscularity of the shoulder and upper back. JUDGES OFFICIAL DRESS UNIFORM IBFF Judges of all grades are obligated to wear the recommended official dress uniform when officiating at all levels of IBFF championships. The IBFF dress uniform shall consist of a blazer jacket dark of naval blue in color with the appropriate IBFF or national Judge s emblem neatly sewn on to the left breast pocket (note neatly sewn on and not pinned thereon), trousers of a light grey or black color, black shirt with the IBFF tie placed neatly in position, shoes of plain black or brown color, hair if worn short or long shall be neatly groomed, alternatively a Judge may wear his national uniform. RULES OF CONDUCT DURING PRE JUDGING AND EVENING SHOW a. No talking with other Judges. b. Do not influence the decision of other Judges. c. No coaching and comunication with any athlete. COMPULSARY POSING SEQUENCE
PHASE 1: IBFF categories is paraded on stage in numerical order A: The Head Judge shall allow the Judges to view the category, front on, for a few minutes. Subject to the number of competitors, the Head Judge shall split the category into half, or quarters, moving the athletes to the left or right of the stage to allow all the Judges to view all the contestants, finally returning the competitors to their numerical order. The Head Judge shall call upon the Judges to select groups of competitors by their numbers for further comparisons. Judges record their selected contestant s numbers on Judges Comparisons Sheet B. The Head Judge controls the Judges selected comparisons, for the ten Compulsory poses. PHASE 2: Optional Posing Routine performed to the competitors music Competitors come on stage individually in numerical order. Maximum time limit to be adhered to, timed from the start of the music to the end of the music. (Walking on, stage with the music playing, counts as part of your time allowance). There are no comparisons for the Optional Posing time for men is limited to 60 seconds and women max. 120 seconds. GOOD POINTS TO LOOK FOR a. Wide shoulder and narrow hips. b. The upper body and lower body should be in proportion. c. Good shoulder development arms should not overpower the shoulder caps. d. The biceps and triceps should be in proportion. Look for long and full muscles. e. The lats should be low into the waist no high lat developments. f. Thigh sweeps should be full, good development around knee area. g. Calves should be long and full.
An ideal men s bodybuilder physique looks as follows: The best overall symmetry combined with hard-defined muscle size will always look better than the larger bodybuilder lacking in definition quality is better than quantity. HOW TO ASSESS AN ATHLETE S BODY When assessing a competitor s physique, a Judge should follow a routine procedure, which will allow a comprehensive assessment of the physique as a whole. During the anatomical stands the Judge should first look at the primary muscle group being displayed, the Judge should then survey the whole physique, starting from the head, and looking at every part of the physique in a downward sequence beginning with general impressions and looking for muscular bulk balance development, muscular density and definition. The downward survey should take in the head, neck, shoulders, chest, all of the arms muscles, front of the trunk for pectorals, pec-delt tie-in, abdominals, waist thighs, legs, calves and feet. The same procedure for back stands will also take in the upper and lower trapezius, teres and infraspinatus, erector spinae, the gluteus group, the leg biceps group, the leg biceps group at the back of the thighs, calves and feet. A detailed assessment of the various muscle groups should be made during the comparisons, at which time it helps the judge to compare muscle shape, density, and definition while still bearing in mind the competitor s overall balanced development. The comparisons of the compulsory poses cannot be over-emphasized as these comparisons will help the Judge to decide which competitor has the superior physique from the standpoint of muscular bulk, balanced development, muscular density and definition. NATIONAL JUDGE a. A National Judge known as a IBFF National Judges is awarded to the candidate successfully passing the National Judges examination. b. A Candidate for a National Judges Card has to have minimum of two years continues experience in Judging IBFF Contests below and test Judges at National level. INTERNATIONAL JUDGE:
a. An International Judge can become someone who has successfully been an IBFF National judge for at least two years. b. International IBFF president and National IBFF presidents are the only one who have the power to suggest their own National judges to judge on International level championships.