The sport of Steinholding has been growing very quickly in recent years, and with more competitions popping up across the country, we often have people reaching out to us and telling us about their personal best competition times and asking to be considered for a state or national record. We wanted to make sure that there is a way for competitors to be recognized for their accomplishments, so we have created the following guidelines for how a competitor can be recognized for officially setting a new Steinholding record at the State and National levels. In addition to the judging certification process, and in order to standardize and promote fairness across all competitions, this review is a final check to ensure competitive standards are met, so that the records represent the absolute best in Steinholding integrity.
Submissions must be from a USSA National Championship Competition, USSA State Championship Competition, or USSA Wild Card Competition. We don't want to see videos of people holding by themselves in their garage. To be considered for a new record, the Steinholder must be participating in actual competition conditions.
At least two USSA-certified judges must be present at the event to oversee the competition in order for the hold to be submitted for consideration. Video can tell us a lot, but we want to know that there were also people there in person who are familiar with the rules officiating the competition and providing real-time strikes and feedback to the competitors to ensure their form was correct.
At least two videos must be submitted taken from two different angles and both filmed from approximately stein height:
The videos will be reviewed by USSA leadership to determine if there is enough evidence to confirm that the competitor's form was acceptable for the duration of the hold and to attempt to confirm the official time. USSA will make this determination at its own sole discretion and there is no guarantee that any given submission will be approved.
The USSA's review of video submissions will also be used to identify the final official time of the competitors in question, and may differ from the time identified by the judges present at the event. The time identified by the USSA video review will be considered the official competition time for the event.
The requirements listed above are our first attempt to codify this process, and USSA reserves the right to change these requirements at any time and to deny any submission for the reasons listed above or for other reasons which USSA deems to be appropriate at USSA's sole discretion.
If you have questions or suggestions for improving this process, or if you plan to submit a new record attempt, please contact the USSA Commissioner's office at jbanko@ussteinholding.com to discuss and coordinate.
