Everyone at PTC knows how much I hate shallow squats, I come from an era in PL where you had to squat deep.
Same goes with the pause on the bench.
The IPF leads the world in judging as far as I'm concerned.
I watch vids on powerlifting watch all the time and I'm dimayed at what some feds will pass.
You have to squat under parallel. The bar has to come to a deadstop on the bench.
I feel, and this is me thinking aloud, that if a lifter, on his first attempt only, makes a perfect lift but racks a bar too early, he should only be cautioned. Only on an opener.
It just seems tedious and harsh that a tiny slip up on a perfect lift can be deemed as bad as a missed squat or bench.
Taking nerves into account, in experience and such.
as the meet director, I will be on hand for every single lift, and if anyone feels hard done by, they will certainly be allowed to approach me. Not on stuff like depth in a squat, touch and go on a bench or hitching on a deadlift, I mean the tedious stuff.
I wont ever over rule a judges decision on stuff like depth or bum coming off the bench.
I saw plenty of lifters rack the bar early on squats and bench openers, as well as return the bar to the floor before the down command on deadlift openers.
If a lifter questions me about it, and the judges say the lift was good till that point, and its an opener, the lift will pass and the lifter cautioned.
No get out of jail cards on second and third attempts.
I will also allow a lifter to continue if he bombs in a lift. He cant win so he's not hurting anyone. How strong would you have to be to bomb on a lift and win with 2 lifts only lol.
I suppose I saw Jay Nera total 640kg without adding his BP in the 100kg class, raw, not sure how many could beat that lol