Comp Ready : Criteria Guidebook 3.0
You train harder
than most.
But are you
preparing for the
right show?
Comp Ready: Pole Comp Criteria Guidebook 3.0, The judging framework
written by a 4x World Champion and international judge.
Not coaching advice. The actual criteria, decoded from the table.
Written by
4x World Champion
2026 Pole Icon Global Winner
International Competition Judge
The problem.
Most competitors make the same mistake.
They read the criteria sheet once and assume they understand it.
They enter a performance comp with a routine full of tricks and wonder why they placed low in a performance based comp.
The criteria sheet is not self-explanatory. It requires interpretation, from someone who has judged at that table.
What's inside
The Complete
Judging Framework
1
What judges score before the music drops and what your body is already communicating
2
The difference between Technicality and Difficulty and why most competitors train the wrong one
3
What musicality actually means at the judging table, not the definition, the standard
4
How to build a moment deliberately and why forgettable routines always have the same problem
5
Three competition types decoded tricks, performance, fitness. Different criteria, completely different prep.
6
What judges score before the music drops and what your body is already communicating
"Difficulty is one column. Execution and Technicality are two.
This is why most competitors focus on the wrong thing."
Adam Lin, 4x World Champion, International Judge
Who this is for
Made for serious
competitors
Student Results
WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN YOU KNOW
THE CRITERIA
Every student here competed with a full understanding of what judges score and performed in a way that was completely, authentically them.
Competition Result
Working with Adam changed how I think about competing entirely. I stopped trying to impress the judges and started performing for myself and that's when everything clicked. I understood exactly what was being scored and how to show it without compromising a single thing that makes my performance mine.
Kayla R
Pole Instructor & Performer
About Adam
The judge who wrote
this framework
I didn't win four world titles by being the most technical competitor on stage. I won by understanding what judges actually respond to and building every performance around that. This guidebook is the framework I use at the judging table, written for the competitor sitting across from me.
2026 Pole Icon Global : Winner
2022 Pole Icon Australia : Winner
Mr Pole Dance World : 2x Champion
Pole Theatre UK : Overall Winner
2019 APC : Men's Winner
Pole Theatre HK : Overall Winner
2018 APC : Men's Winner / Best Performance
International Judge
Ready to compete with the criteria on your side?
You're competing regardless.
The question is whether you know what you're being scored on.
