I have years of judging under my belt so I try to help the other staff at our gym and my friends that coach understand it as much as possible. It is really interesting to see how people play these new ranges, though. The technique ranges are SO much wider than difficulty. I have a team of 27 this year so while I CAN put up 6 stunts, I really only have to put up 5 to hit high range. No matter what, if I put 5 groups up and do 4 LA appropriate skills, 2 of which are elite, I'll be .5 away from the max difficulty score. I have five KILLER groups and one weak group - is it more worth it to push for the extra potential .5 in difficulty, or cut a group or aim to get a bigger lead in that 1.5 technique range? Same with tumbling - I could have all 27 kids do a standing pass with moderate tech, or only have 15 tumble, still be .5 from the highest difficulty score and potentially reach for a 5.0 in technique rather than, say, a 4.2 or 4.3.
I figure the same with jumps and baskets - I have choreographers put in the bare minimum number of kids or groups for that. It's a set difficulty score for those categories. I know that not using your full numbers is considered into routine comp score, but I'd rather sacrifice that and aim for bigger tech scores by having only my very best jumpers or toss flyers go. Our choreographer seems to love it... it's a perfect time for fluff and amazing visuals by the extras to help build back up the choreo scores.