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The score sheet needs to make the difficulty risk worth the reward of hitting. Otherwise, no one will risk pushing the limits. There is something to be said for a good, super clean routine, but a clean routine with extra difficulty has to be rewarded.
The word I couldn't come up with yesterday is "exponentially" -- that the score sheet needs to allow for scores to rise "exponentially" for difficulty. That is the payoff for trying the really difficult stunts/tumbling/pyramids/baskets and hitting.Difficulty needs to be compounded.
The word I couldn't come up with yesterday is "exponentially" -- that the score sheet needs to allow for scores to rise "exponentially" for difficulty. That is the payoff for trying the really difficult stunts/tumbling/pyramids/baskets and hitting.
So how do we score technique to balance that out? Exponentially rewarding exponentially increasing difficulty will more than incentivize teams to put out their hardest skill combos.Yes. Hitting a fullup and a double down in a sequence is exponentially more difficult than just a fullup or just a double down. I used it in the ASGA when I wrote the same piece. Bracket levels of difficulty should each be exponentially reward points.
So how do we score technique to balance that out? Exponentially rewarding exponentially increasing difficulty will more than incentivize teams to put out their hardest skill combos.
Funny thing is, NCA used to score out of 10. Plus I am shocked to hear that some gymnasts (and their coaches) are will to sacrifice some of their technique for difficulty. I have always seen gymnastics as being a culture of technical perfection.To go back to your comparison to gymnastics scoring, there are two systems there. In junior olympics, the score is still based on a 10 point system, each level has requirements/ skills that have a specific start value, then points for technique are deducted from there. It is all spelled out in the cumbersome Code of Points. In Elite/international/olympic levels, there are two scores. The difficulty score assigns a number of points to the difficulty of the skill performed, and the execution score is technique and artistry. The problem they are having is that gymnasts are throwing harder skills that they are not fully competent in executing in order to get higher scores. It is leading to injuries, and the general public still seems puzzled by scores like 14.4 and 15.2 with no upper limit. Half the industry calls for a return to the perfect 10, half calls for an overhaul to the difficulty scoring system. And still you know that you want to perform near the end of the competition for the best score.
What's my point? Judging, by nature, will always be subjective to a point. Even with the whole Code of Points, there is variation in scoring.
Gymnastics, figure skating, cheerleading, dance- you know it when you see it, but try breaking it down and, well....