What happens if I change skill level during the season?

ISKA has different skill levels to make our competition fairer for all competitors.

If you change skill level during the tournament season, you need to update your skill level in the system.

If you change skill levels during the tournament season, in the rankings table you will have points recorded against different skill levels. To make sure that you are not disadvantaged for any end-of-year awards, at the end of the year you can request for ISKA to combine your points into a single skill level. Email [email protected] to request this.

We will combine your points based on which skill level you have spent the most time competing in during the season.

Here are some examples of the way we can combine points if you move skill levels during the year:

Example 1:

Adam has competed in 1 ISKA tournament in Intermediate. In March, they have been training for 2 years so they switch to Advanced. They compete in 4 more ISKA tournaments and get points in Advanced.

At the end of the year, they have competed in more tournaments in Advanced than Intermediate. They have 30 points in Intermediate and 65 points in Advanced.

ISKA will combine Adam’s points and record them against Advanced level because that is the level they have competed most in during the year.

Example 2:

Jess has competed in 1 ISKA tournament in Intermediate. In March, they have been training for 2 years so they switch to Advanced. They compete in only 1 more ISKA tournament and get points in Advanced.

At the end of the year, they have competed in equal number of tournaments in Intermediate and Advanced. They have 30 points in Intermediate and 24 points in Advanced.

ISKA will combine Jess’s points and record them against Advanced level because that is the level she is in at the end of the year.

Example 3:

Zach has competed in 5 ISKA tournaments in Intermediate. In August, they have been training for 2 years so they switch to Advanced. They compete in 3 more ISKA tournaments and get points in Advanced.

At the end of the year, they competed in more tournaments in Intermediate than Advanced. They have lots of points in Intermediate and lots of points in Advanced.

ISKA will combine Zach’s points and record them against Intermediate level as that is where he competed the most in during the year.

Example 4:

George has competed in 4 ISKA tournaments in Intermediate. In June, they have been training for 2 years so they switch to Advanced. They compete in 4 more ISKA tournaments and get points in Advanced.

At the end of the year, they competed in equal numbers of tournaments in Intermediate and Advanced. They have lots of points in Intermediate and lots of points in Advanced.

ISKA will combine George’s points and record them against the Advanced level because that is the level he is in at the end of the year.

Example 5:

Rose has competed in 4 ISKA tournaments in Intermediate. In April, they have been training for 2 years so they switch to Advanced. They compete in 3 more ISKA tournaments and get points in Advanced.

At the end of the year, they spent more months in Advanced but they competed in more tournaments in Intermediate than Advanced (but only by 1). They have lots of points in Intermediate and lots of points in Advanced.

ISKA will combine Rose’s points and record them against the Intermediate level because that was the level she competed most in for the year (the most number of tournaments).