What are the major changes to the judging panels?
There are now only 2 panels (as compared to 4 panels in previous cycles). They are:
Instead of potentially a max of 16 panel judges, the maximum is now 9 (4 difficulty and 5 execution judges).
What is the biggest change in body difficulties?
Flexibility as its own body group is now gone. The body groups are now leap/jumps, balances and rotations. The old flexibility elements can be found inside either balances or rotations.
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