It sure would.
I'm actually gathering a team to use to battle my gym-mates, and re-battle past challengers for a little fun. ^^
(I might even bring my "OMG! That looks so weak, it's a shame I lost via random matchup" team from Pokemon Black. ;D )
Well, we can't all be perfect (otherwise, it'd be insanely impossible to beat a league)...
But look at the way you battle now. Not bad, honestly. ^^
All you need is a little fine tuning. (Everyone can use it.)
If you saved our battle, watch it a couple times over. What things do you think you could have done differently or better? Think about ways to move around my defenses and the miscellaneous moves I used to throw you off.
Once you have a team together (following the league rules, of course), it's all about which scenarios you put yourself through as practice. What moves might weaken them? How can you move around that? And so on and so forth.
There are lots of things people think about when putting a team together, and no two people train the same way. It's all dependent on how well you think you've prepared yourself for whatever it is you think people will throw at you. ^^
Well. Like Spirit said to RotomGuy, (essentially,) becoming a gym leader isn't based on whether or not you can beat the rest. It's all about whether or not you can stand your ground to the best of your ability.
Okay. May have exaggerated a bit...but it is true. So the strength of your team isn't necessarily always what makes you the best.
Nice battle. ^^
It sure did get down to the nitty-gritty, didn't it?
But of course, you must love Substitute, right? Or at least when I used it like I did with RotomGuy...?
(Lol. Rotom? You readin' this? xD )