We are starting to figure out this point system. My daughter is at the intermediate level and did her first 2 IJS competitions these past few months. All these girls, about 60, had programs that were almost exactly the same. They did the same spins and jumps and just about in the same order. We are starting to figure out why.
Before we started IJS, my daughter was doing this really cool spin, camel, doughnut, Biellmann, change, sit, I spin. Turns out she got a level 3. Everyone else did a death drop, pancake 8 times around, clam 2 revs and got level 4. So the name of the game seems to be doing whatever is easiest to get a level 4 spin.
We had a critique and they told us that even though her spins we awesome, she was working too hard and not doing the things that get the points. You have to do this before that and 8 times around without changing. So even though you went 21 times around on each foot you did not stay in one position for 8 revs. Even though you did 4 difficult variations you only get credit for 2...
I understand that the point system is supposed to eliminate subjectivity, however, the way it seems to be working is that we could just put robots out there and count points. Not sure what can be done about it.
Guess we need to get this program to fit the template that gets the points so she can look like all the others...
Before we started IJS, my daughter was doing this really cool spin, camel, doughnut, Biellmann, change, sit, I spin. Turns out she got a level 3. Everyone else did a death drop, pancake 8 times around, clam 2 revs and got level 4. So the name of the game seems to be doing whatever is easiest to get a level 4 spin.
We had a critique and they told us that even though her spins we awesome, she was working too hard and not doing the things that get the points. You have to do this before that and 8 times around without changing. So even though you went 21 times around on each foot you did not stay in one position for 8 revs. Even though you did 4 difficult variations you only get credit for 2...
I understand that the point system is supposed to eliminate subjectivity, however, the way it seems to be working is that we could just put robots out there and count points. Not sure what can be done about it.
Guess we need to get this program to fit the template that gets the points so she can look like all the others...
Last edited: