All-Star What Do You Consider As Synchronization?

[yojaehs]

My main question this season has been "What do judges consider synchronization?" I am yet to get a straight answer from USASF, Varsity, JamBrand, judges, basically anyone. So I want to know, what do YOU consider synchronization?

 

[MissBee]

As a judge, I consider skills to be synchronized when two or more skills are done exactly the same time. Examples would be when stunts go up at the same time or tumbling passes that REMAIN synchronized throughout the pass. A great example of synchronization is Stingrays Orange. They even twist in synch....you could freeze frame their routines and the flyers would be facing the same way each frame through their twisting.

 

[cheerheart4life]

When two or more people are doing the exact same skill at the same time, such as synchronizing the jumps section where everyone is on count together or when 3 people throw 3 to doubles and their handsprings and fulls are on the same count. I love when teams do fulls in sync together!

 

[yojaehs]

Ok let me clarify, what would score better, 5 pair of people tumbling 2x2 or 10 at one time?

 

[F!ERCE]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2H7gMrwcW0

:56 - :59. Perfection

 

[Deleted member 8658]

Ok let me clarify, what would score better, 5 pair of people tumbling 2x2 or 10 at one time?

im assuming if you can get 10 t0 be synchronized EXACTLY then you would get a higher score because it is most difficult but if you can only get pairs of 2 to be synchronized then you should do that because it will be scored better for synchronization

 

[MissBee]

Ok let me clarify, what would score better, 5 pair of people tumbling 2x2 or 10 at one time?

10 at once. The more people you have doing something, the more difficult it is to synch.

 

[cheererinIL]

Excuse me if this is a silly question- but on any given score sheet or in any judge's mind.. is there "team synchronization" and then an "other synchronization". For example, team (not a single little nugget in the back) completion of toe touch, back tuck as opposed to 3 girls doing a running tumbling pass together.

 

[MissBee]

To me, if I see 3 girls do a perfectly synched pass together it'll score a 7.5-8.5 (out of 10) when I see 8 girls do a perfectly synched pass across the floor they score higher, say 8.5-9.5 range. The team will be rewarded for having the higher difficulty AND hitting it. A team that attempts to have 8 girls do a synched pass, and it's not all together..they'll be in the 6.5-7.5 range, because it looks sloppy. You have to know your athletes limits and abilities when choreographing a routine. If they aren't hitting it, change it.

 

[kaylalalaxo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22y6z3kx8Yk&feature=related
0:50-0:53 The group coming to the front. & 1:48-1:52 back right coming to the front left. Perfection.

 

[yojaehs]

To me, if I see 3 girls do a perfectly synched pass together it'll score a 7.5-8.5 (out of 10) when I see 8 girls do a perfectly synched pass across the floor they score higher, say 8.5-9.5 range. The team will be rewarded for having the higher difficulty AND hitting it. A team that attempts to have 8 girls do a synched pass, and it's not all together..they'll be in the 6.5-7.5 range, because it looks sloppy. You have to know your athletes limits and abilities when choreographing a routine. If they aren't hitting it, change it.

Ok so here is another question... what should score higher in YOUR opinion
A. 10 fulls thrown at the same time
B. 5 fulls mixed with 5 doubles thrown at the same time
C. 10 doubles thrown but paired up 2 at a time out of the corner
I appreciate your opinions, I agree with everything that you have said, HOWEVER I am yet to find an EP or "brand" that will "definitively" say HOW they will judge, but the more insight the better.
Thanks again!

 

[MissBee]

Ok so here is another question... what should score higher in YOUR opinion
A. 10 fulls thrown at the same time
B. 5 fulls mixed with 5 doubles thrown at the same time
C. 10 doubles thrown but paired up 2 at a time out of the corner
I appreciate your opinions, I agree with everything that you have said, HOWEVER I am yet to find an EP or "brand" that will "definitively" say HOW they will judge, but the more insight the better.
Thanks again!

No EP will give you a straight answer.....because there is no industry standard. There REALLY REALLY REALLY needs to be a universal score sheet and a universal judge training.

As for your question: I'm going to assume that all of the skills are done with PERFECT technique.
The highest scoring would be B. 5 fulls mixed with 5 doubles all synched together
Next highest would be C. 10 doubles done in pairs
Lowest would be A. the 10 fills synched.

 

[yojaehs]

No EP will give you a straight answer.....because there is no industry standard. There REALLY REALLY REALLY needs to be a universal score sheet and a universal judge training.

As for your question: I'm going to assume that all of the skills are done with PERFECT technique.
The highest scoring would be B. 5 fulls mixed with 5 doubles all synched together
Next highest would be C. 10 doubles done in pairs
Lowest would be A. the 10 fills synched.

I agree, and thank you!