happychaos
Proud Parent
I have seen a few threads mention that a deduction can be taken for an optional routine not being "up to level". What exactly does this mean, and what is the standard against which it taken? Other girls at that particular meet? There is so much discussion of the optional requirements (so many A's, so many B's etc.) that I don't understand how a routine that filled all of the requirements could be "not up to level". Isn't that the point of having all those requirements in the first place? Disclaimer: my knowledge of optionals is nil. My DD will be competing new 4 this fall, and then probably scoring out of 5 in the spring.