Training scores

Training scores are numbers ranging from 1 - 12, 1 being lowest and 12 being highest. They give the people in the Capitol an idea of which tributes have the best chance in the arena.

Training scores are decided in private. Each tribute performs in front of the Gamemakers. The tributes try to show off their skills to receive a good training score. The higher the score, the more impressed the Gamemakers were with the tribute's performance.

Most tributes desire the highest scores possible. The Career districts frequently acquire high scores. Sometimes, tributes aspire a low training score so they will appear anemic and frail. One tribute who used this strategy successfully was Johanna Mason, who won the Hunger Games her year. An unnamed tribute scored a 3 and then won his Games.

In the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss earned an 11, because the Gamemakers supposedly liked her personality; Rue got a 7 for being able to climb and jump so well; and Peeta earned an 8. Also, Thresh and Cato both got tens.

In the 75th Hunger Games, both Katniss and Peeta received twelves for angering the Gamemakers, so they would be targeted by the other tributes. Katniss hung a dummy and wrote Seneca Crane's name on it. Peeta painted a picture of Rue, showing the Gamemakers that they harmed an innocent little girl.

Trivia

 * Katniss and Peeta are the only tributes in history to both get a 0
 * It is possible to get a zero, but no one has since it is nearly impossible..