WAG Coach/judge question re: L6 bars

[JoyAvenueMom]

The cast to HS is a big reason Kipper's gym chose L6 over L5. (we don't compete L5) The L3's start learning the straddle cast by doing spotted drills as soon as they have a solid kip. I think the approach is like @CanAmGymMum described. So, I have never seen anyone compete a straight cast, including strong bar workers. I know the OP's question was "which would score better", but I wonder if the answer really matters? If the goal is progression to a HS, whichever technique will get her there is probably the best to train and compete. I have seen some pretty ugly straddle casts that barely hit above horizontal, so I get the concern. However, if they are training correctly, the form should catch up. I will add that for L6, Kipper only did straddle cast HS on the low bar, she did a straight body (L4/5) cast on the high bar because of fear. However, she "had" the skill and eventually moved it to the high bar as well.