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<DIV>Dave:<BR><BR>Well stated.... GOOD judging is something you have to
work at! I know from my work on the judging statistics that I am not as
good as some others.....Time to put more effort into it!</DIV>
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<DIV>Tony Stillman<BR>Radio South<BR>3702 N. Pace Blvd.<BR>Pensacola, FL
32505<BR>1-800-962-7802<BR><A
href="http://www.radiosouthrc.com">www.radiosouthrc.com</A></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=DaveL322@comcast.net href="mailto:DaveL322@comcast.net">David
Lockhart</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 16, 2004 10:14
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Judge Training /Contest
Scoring</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Whether flashcards, fingers, scoring paddles (with or without
clothespins), verbal communication, writing on a piece of paper, or an
electronic assistant are used - I think an issue that still remains is
that no one will be proficient with a system they have not practiced
with. It is a very rare judge that is capable of communicating a score
to a scribe or documenting a score by other means without missing a single
second of the flight - especially with no practice to develop
proficiency. Just watch the judges at the next contest - no matter what
system is being used.</DIV>
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<DIV>Judging is a very complex task requiring -</DIV>
<DIV>- substantial knowledge of the basic elements of all maneuvers and the
specific downgrades for some specific maneuvers and the application for that
knowledge needs to be real time,</DIV>
<DIV>- documenting the score without missing any of the flight,</DIV>
<DIV>- knowing the schedule and the elements of the maneuvers being flown so
that wrong maneuvers don't get scored (scored zero, actually) and maneuvers
with elements missing are appropriately downgraded (including zero if
needed).</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>For the first item, judging seminars help by forcing use to read the
rules and study maneuvers and downgrades. For the second item, I can't
remember the last time I saw a seasoned judge or flier practice judging with a
scribe (outside of warmup flights at NATS/TS) - same the times a seasoned
pattern guy sits down with a pattern newbie to work them through the judging
process. For the third item, I spend a lot of time coaching/critiquing
flights every year - I think it helps with judging as I usually know every
schedule by heart by mid-season. But none of these are
the same as real practice judging or contest judging.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>We all put in many practice flights to improve our flying every
year. And we spend substantial time flying in contests. Only a
fraction of the time we spend flying in contests do we spend judging (3 rounds
average at each of maybe an average of 5 contests?) - and how many of us
practice judging outside of a contest (including the scoring/documentation
system)? I've been regularly judging at contests for almost
20 years - and that experience helps, but in a given year, I might spend about
5-10% of my time on judging and the rest is flying (I do fly a lot). I
tend to think my flying would not look too good if I only burnt 10% of the
fuel.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Dave Lockhart</DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:DaveL322@comcast.net">DaveL322@comcast.net</A></DIV>
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<DIV
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<A title=Patternrules@aol.com
href="mailto:Patternrules@aol.com">Patternrules@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 16, 2004 9:30
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Judge Training /Contest
Scoring</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><STRONG> Tony & Dean maybe your closer than you
think, really if you think about it you only need a 2 button system as AMA
uses 1/2 point increments say the right button every time you push it
deducts 1/2 point the left button would be as an "enter" which would then go
to the next maneuver, could even be programed to input the contestant # by
the same method say push enter button 3 times for a new contestant, for FAI
the program would detect that the pilot # is FAI and would use 1 point
increments.</STRONG>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face="Arial Baltic" size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"><B><I>Steve
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