See the categories behind a score, not just the total
A total tells you what the routine earned. The category scores tell you which part of it earned that, and the original sheet shows exactly what was recorded for your routine.
Scoresheetology: cheer scoring explained
Free to start. Category breakdowns come with the Elite plan, the original scoresheet with the Pro plan.
Create your free accountOne number, and no way to tell which section moved it
An 88.4 is a sum. Stunts, pyramids, tosses, tumbling, jumps and dance all sit inside it, along with any deductions, and none of that survives into a results list.
So the conversation on the bus home is guesswork, and the sheet that would settle it gets handed over once and never looked at again.
Coaches say it plainly: they want to know who had the best running tumbling, not only who had the best total.
Two ways to read a routine, plus where to learn the rest
The breakdown and the original sheet are separate things. Both are here.
Team analysis panel category breakdown for a real team, signed in as the ELITE seed user, desktop 1440x900, every category row and the deductions row on screen
Category by category
Stunts, pyramids, tosses, tumbling, jumps, dance and deductions each show as their own number instead of one total.
Scoresheet PDF viewer opened from a performance row on /competitions/[id]/divisions/[divisionId], PRO seed user, desktop 1440x900, the full sheet visible with the category rows legible
The original judge marked sheet
Open the scoresheet exactly as it was issued for your routine, for the events where the sheet is on file.
/learn signed out, desktop 1440x900, the guide index with several category articles on screen
What each category means
Scoresheetology is the free hub that walks through the scoring categories and how deductions are applied.
A scoresheet is not a receipt.
It is a list of what to work on.
Category breakdowns come with the Elite plan. The original judge marked scoresheet is on the Pro plan.
Who this is for
Coaches who want the score split into sections they can practise, and the original sheet in hand when they review a routine with staff. Gym owners looking across their teams for the categories the whole program keeps giving away.
Athletes and parents who want to understand the number rather than just receive it. If you are new to how a score is built, start at Scoresheetology and come back.
How scores are organised across an event, by level and by division, is covered on the how scores work page. This one is about what sits inside a single score.
From: An all star coach or program director, named, with their gym
Must say: That reading the category breakdown, or the original sheet, changed what they worked on that week, and what it did to the next score.
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Start with the free account
Follow your teams and see their scores as they post. Add the Elite plan for the category breakdown, or the Pro plan for the original scoresheet.