- Mar 30, 2010
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Team Gunz scored a 96.3 at the Ultimate Battle on Friday, which is the lowest they scored with a HIT routine all season. Although they "hit", the pyramid was shaky, an athlete omitted a tumbling skill from a pass, and they didn't perform to their full potential. Instead of focusing their energy on why their score was the lowest it had been all season when they've hit, they went out on day 1 of the regular competition (Saturday) and hit harder, knowing that this competition had a very tough panel. Their score increased to a 96.97. When you listen to the judges' suggestions and apply them (whether you agree with the scores or not), your score will TYPICALLY go up, and sometimes quite a bit. It has nothing to do with bias or favoritism. It has everything to do with a group of athletes going out on the floor and being better than they were the day before. A .67 score increase is not that drastic, especially when we've all seen teams' scores increase by almost 2 points from Day 1 to Day 2 at other events this season.
I'm sure the GI Pros coaches feel that they were better on Saturday, too, and they do not understand how their score could decrease by .23. However, trying to "stick it" to the judges at the end of March at one of the last major Varsity events of the season did much less to make a positive impact in our industry than it did to disrespect the judges and the EP, infuriate many Varsity employees, violate most of the USASF's Coach Sportsmanship Code of Conduct, and compromise the relationship they had with the only other team competing with them.
I'm sure the GI Pros coaches feel that they were better on Saturday, too, and they do not understand how their score could decrease by .23. However, trying to "stick it" to the judges at the end of March at one of the last major Varsity events of the season did much less to make a positive impact in our industry than it did to disrespect the judges and the EP, infuriate many Varsity employees, violate most of the USASF's Coach Sportsmanship Code of Conduct, and compromise the relationship they had with the only other team competing with them.