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Went through this I'm CA last year. The judges were taking deductions for extra swing and counting the kip as a cast as well. In other words, kid did kip with no cast and got hit for that low cast (which was not even a cast nor an attempt) then they deducted for extra swing. Poor judging in my opinion . You can t take a deduction for a cast if clearly no attempt was made or executed. .Not for L5; but at L6, my DD's by FAR worst bars score last season was one where she paused after kips, then casted. Her casts were much higher; but I guess the pauses were considered worse than connecting with a lower cast because that bars score was a full point+ lower than the rest of her bars scores for the season and other than the pauses it looked like a pretty good routine.