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<DIV>Hi Ron,</DIV>
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<DIV>I have a healthy respect for those judges who can watch the whole sequence, knowing</DIV>
<DIV>it by heart, and do not look down at all to write scores down. I don't think that is the norm</DIV>
<DIV>though. </DIV>
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<DIV>Some incorrect maneuvers go unnoticed by some judges, and there are pilots who</DIV>
<DIV>know something was not spotted by a judge, which was to the pilot's benefit : - )</DIV>
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<DIV>Going back to the educational part of this discussion list, teaching all pilots what each</DIV>
<DIV>maneuver <STRONG>should </STRONG>look like and the types of downgrades to give, is most of the battle</DIV>
<DIV>for all of the sequences. </DIV>
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<DIV>Have a good one,</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Terry</DIV>
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<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Ron Van Putte <vanputte@cox.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>On Aug 2, 2005, at 11:33 AM, Terry Hemmis wrote:<BR><BR>> It is quite true that judging has it's issues. One I noticed is that <BR>> there are not always<BR>> scribes for judging flights in the upper levels. This means that for <BR>> some judges, they<BR>> look down a lot to see what the next maneuver may be or to write the <BR>> score...if a<BR>> judge doesn't know what they are looking for [a simple example is a 2 <BR>> of 4 not a half<BR>> roll, they could miss it]. This can be a blessing for the pilot...or <BR>> problematic for the<BR>> other pilots.<BR>> <BR>> If it is known who the judges are, then perhaps their effort at <BR>> scoring would be much more<BR>> accurate...<BR><BR>I am one of those judges who doesn't use a scribe. I know what the <BR>maneuver schedule is and
don't need to look. I always use a legal size <BR>pad on a long clipboard. I never look down at the pad during a flight. <BR>After the flight is over, I transcribe the scores onto the scoresheet. <BR>It takes a couple of flights to get used to putting the scores on the <BR>pad without wandering down the pad, but the scores are still legible <BR>even if that happens. Some judges who don't do as I do say they can't <BR>do it. I just tell than it just means that I'm better than they are. <BR><VBG><BR><BR>BTW, many of us have been using this technique for many years and I was <BR>gratified that there were many more judges doing it at this year's Nats <BR>than in previous years.<BR><BR>Ron Van Putte<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>