Yup. The term qualify comes from the IJA numbers competitions, that happen only once a year, and means you've done enough catches of one number of objects so you can move on to the next higher number. The idea was morphed when applied to WJF competitions, where a juggler must get two rounds of the base pattern after doing a trick for that trick to be considered by the judges as valid.
Outside of competitions, the idea of a trick or pattern needing to be "qualified" isn't needed. It can be a personal goal for a trick or number, but there's nobody who will say a trick isn't valid if it doesn't hold up to their own standard of what qualify might mean in that circumstance.
When it comes to siteswaps, what is it you are trying to qualify for?
by lukeburrage, in response to this post 2015-10-27 10:55:47