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Re: Championship

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Originally Posted by David Brinza View Post
There isn't much margin for error in the Qualifications. With ~85 teams/division and only 7 matches total, one or two weak performances on Friday will push a decent team right off the radar screen of the scouts for Saturday. Better be on top of your game from your first match on!!
I forgot about that too, that there are very few matches. Initially at most regionals a team will play it safe for the first couple of matches and make sure everything is working but, at the Championship you can't really do this. Most teams can't afford to lose one match let alone two or three and still be in an advantageous spot by the time selections roll out.

Also on another note, be careful of how you stratigize and what compromises you make, because you're going to need to show your true performance throughout the whole event. There may be one match where your with other teams that can do the same thing you can but, you need to make sure that the best teams are selected to do the job. If you're the second best out of three hurdlers then you and the better hurdler need to hurdle and the third hurdler can run laps. This may sound mean but, certain compromises cannot be made at the championship. Also watch how you pick because you cannot be very nice at the championship and "give teams a chance" because everyone else is there to win, for the most part.
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