Judging technique

[David Lockhart]

John,

As a "newbie" you aren't supposed to be so perceptive........<G>.

One answer - practice judging as much as flying......and then you might find
a similar level of consistency with both.

Dave

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Pavlick" <jpavlick at idseng.com>
To: "NSRCA Discussion" <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 11:35 PM
Subject: Judging technique


> As a newly "certified" judge I can honestly say that judging is in some
ways
> much harder than flying. I had the opportunity to judge Advanced class (I
> fly Intermediate). I don't think it's harder to judge pilots that are
> "better" than you (higher class) per se, but it is hard to be consistent.
> That's what I concentrated on most. After everyone flew I had to wonder if
I
> scored the first flight the same as the last. I probably scored everyone a
> little higher than I should have, but then you're supposed to start with a
> "10" and work down right? It would be great to just go to a contest and
fly,
> (no judging duties) but since that isn't going to happen, I think we need
to
> look at things a little bit differently. It seems we have a lot of
> discussion about flying technique and setting up airplanes, etc. We should
> probably be talking a little bit about proper judging technique. I know
I'd
> be interested in what some of the more experienced guys have to say. Just
a
> thought.
>
> John Pavlick
> http://www.idseng.com
>
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