Maybe this will be a deal breaker for me then. None I my kids are casting to a handstand yet, just to 3/4 or just above that. This means that their bar routines will start from a 9.4...
Now I don't know what to do...go with new 6 or stay in compulsories. I guess I can always do new 6 and keep working on getting handstands...since we work on handstands anyway
Since I don't have a code to reference, are there any more things like the casting to a handstand that I should know about for the other events?
The cast deduction is "up to .3" for not hitting handstand, with the full .3 taken for casts at horizontal. If they are 45 degrees the deduction is more like .15. IMO it is just one of the ways that the judges separate out the really good routines. I still think that even with the cast angle deductions they could score as well at L6 as at L5 on bars. And I agree, I have seen lots of L7 routines in bars without cast handstands that still score well. Also, a straddle cast would be allowed at L6 whereas the compulsories require a straight body cast.