Large Score Variations

[GetaGrip]

I just finished level 7 states, and I started out on beam. I don't have the video yet, but I'll let you know if I get it. My mount is just a simple swing over, then I turn and do a needle kick. My full turn was a bit shakey, but then I fell on my first back walkover. I got up and did it again, completing my second one. On all three backwalkovers, I had a slight knee bend and flexed toe on all three backwalkovers. I did a handstand forward roll through to a straddle roll into a scorpion. It was pretty good, with no deductions. I did my twinkle toes split jump, and the split jump was almost big enough, but I had a splight bend in my back leg and my toes was flexed. I wobbled a bit about of it. I threw my front tuck dismount, and landed upright with a small step out of it. I had a 9.5 SV, and a fall, so therefore my final SV would be a 9.0.

One judge gave me a 7.5, and the other gave me an 8.0. Why such a big difference in scores? It made a huge difference on my total and how my AA turned out. Did one of the judges make a mistake? Is this common?

~Lauren

 

[Pineapple_Lump]

That is an acceptable score range. If one judge decided your knee bends/lack of split (jumps/walkovers) were medium deductions (.2) while the other thinks they are .1 this would explain the difference. This is why we have two or more judges, a nice balance between nice and strict.

 

[NotAMom]

You can have starting values from two judges differs more than .5. So, a .5 differential in the final scores isn't all that big if you think about it.

 

[gymdog]

Assuming they gave the same SV, then they were probably just scoring differently. As long as they both scored consistently throughout the meet, it doesn't really matter.

I think a .5 difference is somewhat big between two judges, but again as long as both apply deductions consistently it doesn't really matter. Relative placement means more than absolute.