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<P>"I absolutely agree that feedback from judge to pilot is great - after the
round. Im always willing to talk about a flight with a pilot after I
judge his round. I often go so far as to make little memory jogger
squiggles on my scratch pad so I'll remember who did what and why that maneuver
was a '5'. (didn't do it at the Nats- FAI was a little too intense...)
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rick</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Combining some ideas from this discussion might
yield useful training tools. In a format similar to the "Sportsman Pattern
Primers", we might do judge practice with pilot feedback. Folks take turns
flying and judging with a debriefing of pilot and judges after each flight.
Judges hone and calibrates their skills and the pilot gets critical
feedback. We've done this when training club judges in the past and it
worked well.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>However, I suggest that judge feedback to pilots
shouldn't occur during competition - even after a round is over. Consider the
situation where two pilots are flying equally well and are in contention for a
win (maybe the Nats), but one pilot consistently makes a particular error which
will ensure second place. A judge points out the fault, the pilot corrects it,
and wins. Is this fair to the pilot who didn't receive feedback? I believe that
a judges job during competition is to assess the appropriate downgrades for
errors on a maneuver by maneuver basis - not to provide coaching to the
competitors.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Earl</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>