RE: down line & up line snaps
I also agree with you Mike and Wayne.
Actually one person I spoke with at Tucson was pretty upset about a negitive snap on a specific high K maneuver in Intermediate. Personally I feel that you had better have a few of them here and there because once you get above that class, your snapping all the time (which is another part of this thread already).
Also, since it is on a "known" everyone will have plenty of time to practice it.
I personally like having very hard knowns to have to fly, makes you a better pilot. I can chip away at practicing that known all year. Practice up high and with nobody around to laugh at me <LOL>
Will