Man Corey, I had some of the same thoughts dude. I was thinking of it being handled in one of two ways. In each case, my examples consist of an arbitrary number of twelve participants.
The person running the event would place 12 untweaked TTC bases in a bag.
Each coach would pull one base out of the bag to tweak using their own tools.
(1) Maybe have two F5s, two Pro-line Straight Strong, two Pro-line Rounded Strong, two Miggle Orange, two Brown TTCs and two Frosties.
OR
(2) Have several divisions and in the case of twelve participants, each coach will have a chance to tweak all bases used in the competition. So, that means 12 F5s would be one division, 12 Brown TTCs would be another division, etc…
Each participant should be provided the same type of unpainted figure to compete with. Maybe a Haiti Repro Tackle, Wide-Arm or 67 Wide-Arm figure.
The winners of each division would compete against one another to determine who will be the ultimate strongest on the spot base tweaker.
Of course a time limit will be needed. Lets say somewhere around 5 or 10 minutes max.
While you are testing you can be allowed to test it against one of your own previously tweaked bases. If that’s not acceptable, the coaches will need to use something as a gauge.
Maybe have two coaches tweak on the same field, but have the actual competition on a board that was not used by any of the participants.
OR
Have one coach per table and then have the first 6 coaches compete against each other. And after that’s finished have the second set of six coaches compete. The winner of the first round would go against the winner of the second round.
Have all of the tables lined-up long ways touching each other.
If it is one coach per table/field, then all coaches would sit on the same side of the tables/boards. That way it will be easy to view auto-focus and record the masters at their craft.
There is no second try. What you end-up with at the end of the allotted time frame is what you use to compete.
I know I left-out some things, but maybe some of the above will be considered.
-Adrian-
