judging

Just watched the videos from all girl 6, plus watched it live twice and i would like to say that judging should be objective not subjective. There is no place in judging for good feelings or emotions. Teams should be scored by the elements that they do on the floor in their routine and that's...

Earlier this month we had a comp that made me realize more than ever we need a standard scoresheet in each level. We talked to judges about the very low gap between us and teams below us that had less difficulty and more mistakes. What quickly became aware was that the issue wasn't...

I understand deductions, I understand more difficulty means potentially higher score, what I don't understand is how things like "energentic" or "clean" or "sharp" are quantified. Take, for example, Team A has a triple toe touch to tuck, all in sync, all good form, toes pointed, chest up...

I've never ran into a squad competing obviously below their skill level until this wkend. My daughter is only on mini level 1 so it's never really been an issue. Well this wkend we went against a team that was probably tighter than 90% of senior teams you see, and I'm not exaggerating. Not only...