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Monsterdaddy
Hi everyone! I'm the daddy that my team's moms have turned to for scoring questions. I know it's only level 4 but the moms are a little frustrated that we seem to have no idea how scoring is done (and I am too).
I have this scoring book and I thought I had made some progress in figuring it out. (Which made a lot of moms feel better.) But after a big meet, I am beginning to wonder if the scoring rules for level 4 have changed.
This is the reason, there is another gym with a really big reputation so I watched their routines. Frankly, I wasn't all that impressed but they scored huge! I noticed certain patterns in their routines. One in particular one stood out:
Beam - level 4 rules say only 3/4 handstand and a scale to horizontal is needed. But all of that gym's routines included a vertical handstand held for 1 sec and they also completed a scale past 45 degrees above horizontal. I thought it was odd that they went so far above and beyond but they were awarded huge scores.
Did level 4 beam scoring rules change? I checked more stuff in the book and their routines for handstand and scale are level 6 requirements!
Did I misunderstand the rules? I thought if you performed to 3/4 handstand and a scale to horizontal there would be no deductions (assuming you met the requirements). Do you get bonus points for performing beyond reqs? I didn't think that was allowed.
Nearly all the other girls at the meet (from many gyms) didn't do a vertical handstand hold or high scale and they were all pretty much way lower in scoring but appeared similar in form otherwise.
Someone suggested maybe the judges simply can't remember the different reqs for level 4 vs. 5 or 6 because it's such a low level.
The most important point here I think is the feedback I would give back to the moms. If parts of level 4 routines are actually be judged on level 6 reqs, that might not be so bad since our girls need to learn it eventually. If the judges are just screwing up, well shame on them but it would still tell us to perform higher which is OK.
I have this scoring book and I thought I had made some progress in figuring it out. (Which made a lot of moms feel better.) But after a big meet, I am beginning to wonder if the scoring rules for level 4 have changed.
This is the reason, there is another gym with a really big reputation so I watched their routines. Frankly, I wasn't all that impressed but they scored huge! I noticed certain patterns in their routines. One in particular one stood out:
Beam - level 4 rules say only 3/4 handstand and a scale to horizontal is needed. But all of that gym's routines included a vertical handstand held for 1 sec and they also completed a scale past 45 degrees above horizontal. I thought it was odd that they went so far above and beyond but they were awarded huge scores.
Did level 4 beam scoring rules change? I checked more stuff in the book and their routines for handstand and scale are level 6 requirements!
Did I misunderstand the rules? I thought if you performed to 3/4 handstand and a scale to horizontal there would be no deductions (assuming you met the requirements). Do you get bonus points for performing beyond reqs? I didn't think that was allowed.
Nearly all the other girls at the meet (from many gyms) didn't do a vertical handstand hold or high scale and they were all pretty much way lower in scoring but appeared similar in form otherwise.
Someone suggested maybe the judges simply can't remember the different reqs for level 4 vs. 5 or 6 because it's such a low level.
The most important point here I think is the feedback I would give back to the moms. If parts of level 4 routines are actually be judged on level 6 reqs, that might not be so bad since our girls need to learn it eventually. If the judges are just screwing up, well shame on them but it would still tell us to perform higher which is OK.