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Once you're all signed up and ready to go, you can begin drafting your team! This is the most crucial part to the whole game because if you don't draft a good team, it's basically game over. Last year we won our conference and finished second overall in the full rankings, this was mainly because we drafted a super strong team. We get asked lots of questions about the drafting process, so we decided to compile a list of tips that we've learned that will help you draft an awesome team for fantasty gymnastics!
Happy drafting!
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1. Don't draft girls just because they're from a top school!
The number one mistake I see people make while drafting their team is only picking girls from top schools like Florida or Oklahoma. For one, drafting a bunch of girls from the same school is risky because if that team sits out for the week you won't have many options for backup. (Yes, this has happend to people in the past.) Second, while the top schools have several girls you would want on your team, remember not every girl is capable of putting up a high score every week. A lot of the top ranked teams have so much depth, there isn't room for a lot of variety in their lineups.When you branch out to teams like Michigan, Georgia, or Utah, you'll still find a lot of girls who can consistently put up 9.9+ every week. It's not about what team they're on, it's about the gymnast and what they are personally capable of. Don't just pick a girl because she's on the national championship winning team!
The number one mistake I see people make while drafting their team is only picking girls from top schools like Florida or Oklahoma. For one, drafting a bunch of girls from the same school is risky because if that team sits out for the week you won't have many options for backup. (Yes, this has happend to people in the past.) Second, while the top schools have several girls you would want on your team, remember not every girl is capable of putting up a high score every week. A lot of the top ranked teams have so much depth, there isn't room for a lot of variety in their lineups.When you branch out to teams like Michigan, Georgia, or Utah, you'll still find a lot of girls who can consistently put up 9.9+ every week. It's not about what team they're on, it's about the gymnast and what they are personally capable of. Don't just pick a girl because she's on the national championship winning team!
2. Don't draft girls just because they have an elite past!
We made this mistake in our first year of playing fantasty gym. Just because a girl was an elite in the past, that doesn't mean she's guranteed to be an awesome college gymnast. We aren't saying that former elites arent good, because many of them are, but there are a lot of girls who excel in college gymnastics who were never elite. In fact, many of the best collegiate gymnasts from last season came straight out of the JO program. For example; Emily Wong, Kat Grable, Lloimincia Hall, Joanna Sampson, Haley Scaman and Lindsay Mable were (and are) extremely sucessful in their collegiate careers and never made a run at the elite level. While it's common for gym fans to draft familar names from the elite world, just remember that it's not necessarily the key to sucess when it comes to fantasy gym.
3. Do your research!
This takes time, but it will be worth it! (Refer to tip #7) Pull up some rosters and research the girls; see who does what events and how well they typically score. Anybody who scores consistenly in the 9.8's or higher is someone you are going to want to draft in the top 70 for your team. The more familar you are with the team and their gymnasts, the more successful you will be in drafting and while making your lineups.
4. Know how to rank your draft list!
It's okay to put Bridet Sloan or Samantha Peszek on the top of your list, just realize the more popular the gymnast, that's more people that are going to be drafting her...which means the chances you are going to get her isn't as likley. (Of course there is still a chance...somebody has to get them, so by all means if you REALLY want someone put them first or second.) This kind of goes back to our previous points, you want to draft girls who can score just as high but aren't as "popular." The higher you rank those girls, the more likley you are going to get them. Last year we had Joanna Sampson, Kim Jacob, Taylor Spears, Lindsay Mable and several more girls who can all score 9.9+ on every event and that's because we drafted them in the top ten of our list. Because our team was so strong we easily won our conferernce and were not far behind the overall winner. It's all about smart drafting!
5. Be careful with freshman and girls prone to injury!
We made this mistake in our first year of playing fantasty gym. Just because a girl was an elite in the past, that doesn't mean she's guranteed to be an awesome college gymnast. We aren't saying that former elites arent good, because many of them are, but there are a lot of girls who excel in college gymnastics who were never elite. In fact, many of the best collegiate gymnasts from last season came straight out of the JO program. For example; Emily Wong, Kat Grable, Lloimincia Hall, Joanna Sampson, Haley Scaman and Lindsay Mable were (and are) extremely sucessful in their collegiate careers and never made a run at the elite level. While it's common for gym fans to draft familar names from the elite world, just remember that it's not necessarily the key to sucess when it comes to fantasy gym.
3. Do your research!
This takes time, but it will be worth it! (Refer to tip #7) Pull up some rosters and research the girls; see who does what events and how well they typically score. Anybody who scores consistenly in the 9.8's or higher is someone you are going to want to draft in the top 70 for your team. The more familar you are with the team and their gymnasts, the more successful you will be in drafting and while making your lineups.
4. Know how to rank your draft list!
It's okay to put Bridet Sloan or Samantha Peszek on the top of your list, just realize the more popular the gymnast, that's more people that are going to be drafting her...which means the chances you are going to get her isn't as likley. (Of course there is still a chance...somebody has to get them, so by all means if you REALLY want someone put them first or second.) This kind of goes back to our previous points, you want to draft girls who can score just as high but aren't as "popular." The higher you rank those girls, the more likley you are going to get them. Last year we had Joanna Sampson, Kim Jacob, Taylor Spears, Lindsay Mable and several more girls who can all score 9.9+ on every event and that's because we drafted them in the top ten of our list. Because our team was so strong we easily won our conferernce and were not far behind the overall winner. It's all about smart drafting!
5. Be careful with freshman and girls prone to injury!
You are going to have to draft freshman, there is no way to avoid it, but you want to learn their strengths and weaknesses the best you can. We also reccomend not putting them as high on your list, just because you can never be sure how a freshman is going to handle the transition from club gymnastics to college. The freshman don't always make the lineups, exspecially towards the beginning of the season. It's okay to have them on your team, but we don't reccomend drafting them as one of your key players unless you have a lot of faith in them. Also be careful drafting girls that are injured or have a history of being injured. Nothing sucks more than drafting someone and not being able to use them all season. Of course injuries are unpredictable and can happen at any time, but don't intentionally draft someone that you are not 100% confident in.
6. Know that every school has at least one star!
Don't be afraid to branch out and find the dark horses, because every team has one! Trust me, every single team on this planet has at least one girl that they count on to post a top score every week, whether that be in the all-around or on a few events. When a team is ranked really low (like out of the top 20) their gymnasts tend to score lower naturally, but you will still find girls who consistently score in the 9.8's or higher even on the lowest ranked teams. You can draft up to 150 gymnasts, so you're going to want look for all the top scoring gymnasts from every team, even if you just end up using them for backup. These are the kind of girls you want for when someone gets injured or rests for the week. Nebraska's Emily Wong and Minnesota's Lindsay Mable were always dark horse's for us in fantasy gym. They were putting up scores of 9.9+ on every event, every week and a lot of people probbably didn't even consider ranking them in the top five for drafting. We would put them up third and fourth and be almost guranteed a strong all-around gymnast (while everyone else fights for the top all-arounders from the top teams.) Think smart when you rank your gymnasts!
Don't be afraid to branch out and find the dark horses, because every team has one! Trust me, every single team on this planet has at least one girl that they count on to post a top score every week, whether that be in the all-around or on a few events. When a team is ranked really low (like out of the top 20) their gymnasts tend to score lower naturally, but you will still find girls who consistently score in the 9.8's or higher even on the lowest ranked teams. You can draft up to 150 gymnasts, so you're going to want look for all the top scoring gymnasts from every team, even if you just end up using them for backup. These are the kind of girls you want for when someone gets injured or rests for the week. Nebraska's Emily Wong and Minnesota's Lindsay Mable were always dark horse's for us in fantasy gym. They were putting up scores of 9.9+ on every event, every week and a lot of people probbably didn't even consider ranking them in the top five for drafting. We would put them up third and fourth and be almost guranteed a strong all-around gymnast (while everyone else fights for the top all-arounders from the top teams.) Think smart when you rank your gymnasts!
7. Don't wait until the last second!
Drafting a strong team takes time! It's not something that you have to do all at once. (Unless that's how you roll.) Take your time! Continue to research and update your team until the deadline!
Drafting a strong team takes time! It's not something that you have to do all at once. (Unless that's how you roll.) Take your time! Continue to research and update your team until the deadline!
I'm doing fantasy gymnastics for the first time with no prior NCAA experience, so this was really a helpful blog post! I've found several diamonds in the rough I'm really excited to include in my draft! These tips have helped me get even more excited and into the drafting process.
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