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Hey Rick,
<br>If it's not too much trouble I could sure use those powerpoint drawings
as I work with several guys in my area.
<br>Thanks
<br>Georgie
<p>Rick Wallace wrote:
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question, Ed! </font></font></font></span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:
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a note about coaching and ‘study aids’ - screen shots at <a href="http://www.angelfire.com/nj3/rixplanes/scoring_analysis__coaching_aids.htm">http://www.angelfire.com/nj3/rixplanes/scoring_analysis__coaching_aids.htm</a>
-- if anyone wants the real sheets/ powerpoints shown I can send / post. </font></font></font></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:
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/ coaching</span></b>* -- Besides being a great T-shirt shopper and contest
morale booster, Kathy is willing to come to most of my practice sessions
during the week – I made her a set of sequence diagrams in Power point
– showing the geometry for each maneuver – and diagram sets for both flight
directions. She watches the flight and marks problem areas in each maneuver,
then after each flight we go over her notes. </font></font></font></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><font face="Arial"><font color="#000080"><font size=-1>*<span style='font-weight:bold'><b>Study
aids</span></b>* – Though people say that contest scores don’t matter,
a couple years ago I started tracking my raw scores by contest /by round/
by judge (no names- just the data) in an Excel spreadsheet, and color coding
by those scores – </font></font></font></span>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><font face="Arial"><font color="#000080"><font size=-1>0=magenta
/ 5= red/ 6=orange/ 7=yellow / 8=blue / 9=green / 10 (rrrriiight!) = dark
green</font></font></font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><font face="Arial"><font color="#000080"><font size=-1>and
with high-K maneuvers highlighted in bold, italics, underline or some combination. </font></font></font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><font face="Arial"><font color="#000080"><font size=-1>At
the beginning of a season there’s been lots of red/ orange / yellow… and
that gives a place to start – the target being to make the sheet turn blue
or green. </font></font></font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><font face="Arial"><font color="#000080"><font size=-1>Easy
to pick up trends for a problem maneuver (vertical column of yellow) or
a bad round (rows of yellow/ red) … and the ZEROS stick out like a sore
thumb… </font></font></font></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:
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now to the base question… </font></font></font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><font face="Arial"><font color="#000080"><font size=-1>I’ve
been lucky enough to be able to get out during the week, as well as on
weekends – </font></font></font></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><font face="Arial"><font color="#000080"><font size=-1>First
flight is as for contest from centered takeoff to exiting the box. Then
for the rest of that tank, either practice the stinkers, w/ preceding and
succeeding maneuvers, or re-fly the whole thing if nothing stuck out (and
if the coach didn’t laugh too hard at something in particular) </font></font></font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><font face="Arial"><font color="#000080"><font size=-1>Then
after EACH flight, go over maneuver by maneuver w/ the coach and what she
saw.</font></font></font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><font face="Arial"><font color="#000080"><font size=-1>**She
is also the one who spots long term trends I hadn’t caught, like “You’re
always coming out of left-side turnarounds in a slight climb” </font></font></font></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:
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the first flight, usually fly an entire pattern w/ either focus on the
previous flight’s problems, or on the high-payoff maneuvers from the score
analysis sheet – the ones w/ high K and bad colors. </font></font></font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><font face="Arial"><font color="#000080"><font size=-1>3-4
flights / reviews – when there’s time, esp early in the season - is about
a max session for us most afternoons. </font></font></font></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:
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Laughter or the “What the h3ll was that?! ” comments from Kathy usually
indicate it’s time for a break… </font></font></font></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:
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I’m out alone, there’s often considerable time w/ the stick plane between
flights figuring out why that maneuver was funny, and why I ended up in
so tight after this other one… (usually the answer’s ‘wings level’, btw) </font></font></font></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:
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post – hope it helps – </font></font></font></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:
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2972</font></font></font></span>
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<br><span style='font-weight:bold'><font face="Tahoma"><font size=-1><b>From:</span></b>
discussion-request@nsrca.org [<A HREF="mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org">mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org</A>] <span style='font-weight:bold'><b>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Ed Miller</font></font>
<br><span style='font-weight:bold'><font face="Tahoma"><font size=-1><b>Sent:</span></b>
Wednesday, April 28, 2004 8:12 PM</font></font>
<br><span style='font-weight:bold'><font face="Tahoma"><font size=-1><b>To:</span></b>
discussion@nsrca.org</font></font>
<br><span style='font-weight:bold'><font face="Tahoma"><font size=-1><b>Subject:</span></b>
Practice Regiment</font></font></span>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Ok,
the list is far too quiet so it's time to stir the pot....actually I'm
looking for advice. Although practice makes perfect, he who burns the most
fuel wins...etc, realistically what you all of you do to get the most from
your practice sessions ??? Especially those that have a 24/7 lives and
are at times lucky to get to the field once a week ?? My personal situation
the last few years is unfortunately fly very little, get to the contest
a day early, get a few flights in ( complete sequence in both directions
) and then do my best during competition. Got lucky and did well up through
Advanced but that sure isn't going to cut it in Masters, especially in
District 1. I was toying with breaking the sequence up in half or thirds
to practice or ?? I'm listening...Ed M.</font></font></span></div>
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