Scoresheets

Youth team,
Great job this weekend! Your hard work is really paying off! The scoresheets say there is still room for improvement but we sure are proud! You beat teams that were older and bigger than you! Woo Hoo! Your scoresheets improved a lot since last week and I hope to see them improve more and more.

The scoresheets are also a little different this year. There is a quantity score that has been incorporated as well. Therefore each person that does not have that level skills actually hurts the team. For example you want a whole team that can do front walkover round off multiple BHS in order to max out in the tumbling category. This is true for all categories: stunts, baskets, jumps etc. This is helping make smaller teams be on the same playing field as larger teams. This is the companies way of saying you can have more kids on the floor but they all better be able to do the skills of that level. We do struggle with the area of making a large mount but as the new rules states it shouldn't be held against us. If we have a team of 15 and 13 of them can do a skill we will get a higher quantity score than a team of 20 and 15 of them can do the skill.It would be awesome if we can get the whole team moving into level 2 in every category but this is hard to do. So if you are almost there but one category is not quite there yet its ok. Just keep working hard to get there!

As long as we can get a high number on the team to be level 2 in all categories we will do well... Well without those darn penalties too! Here are the judges comments:

Stunts:
"Be sure to complete extension before cradle. Flyers really lock and lift"
Technique score is the lowest. Flyer skills need to be cleaner and more flexible while the bases provide a more stable looking stunt.

Pyramid:
"Very visual section! Lock out legs flyers"
Technique is the lowest score . Difficulty is maxed.

Standing tumbling:
"clean up BHS technique- legs are bent and apart."
Technique is the lowest score with legs bent and arms bent. Really think about this when you are doing your tumbling. No good in doing it if you are not doing it well!

Running Tumbling:
"Put more power into it!"
We need more combo passes and multiple BHS passes.

Jumps:
"Lots of great jump combos. Point your toes. Watch leg and arm placement and work on body control."
Technique score needs some improvement. Remember to max out this score everyone needs to be almost level with pointed toes.

Dance:
"Watch levels of arm motions. Watch placement on motions."
Technique score is decent but I would like it to go up at least one more point for the next competition.

Overall:
"Cute routine! Clean to perfect!"
"polish routine"

Penalties:
0 this time! YEA!!!! This makes me so happy!