In the first week, scoring amongst the 9.95 vaults (the fulls & such) seemed very tight and strict, however the girls doing 10.0 vaults seemed to be rewarded for their difficulty. When judging these vaults, it's important to note that a 9.8 vault would have been a 9.85 vault had it started from a 10, like in previous years. This is where it gets real interesting. The "what if?" hypotheticals begin to come into play, questioning the harsher scores such as 9.75s as "would this really have scored a 9.8 last season?". Emma McLean, for example, performed a gorgeous yurchenko full, complete with a stick, but only scored a 9.75, which I definitely think would have scored 9.85+ last season and in seasons past when the full started from a 10.0 (see: somewhere around 18:)), but my replay was being weird, here, if it doesn't work, be patient and mess with it). There are exceptions to this, as some scores were definitely just, and some meets seemed particularly generous, such as Kentucky's first meet and UCLA versus Bama.
In the last week, it seemed as if the judges got themselves under control. The scoring seemed just for the most part. See: See: Olivia Karas' vault from the Ohio State meet, which at the angle given in the stream seemed as if it warranted a higher score, but upon other angles it is seen that the just deduction was taken on her yurchenko 3/2.
As of now, it's hard to formulate if it will be worth it, but by season's end we should know, especially if Super Six comes down to it. Being a new rule, some girls chose to stick with fulls, especially seniors who didn't want to learn something new, if they hadn't done it before (of course there's the Sloan exception and others), and if it proves to be worth it I'm sure others will follow. But for now, we'll just have to wait it out.
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