<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Look out figure skating...here we come.</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> J N Hiller <jnhiller@earthlink.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, January 31, 2012 2:51 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Another discussion topic relating to new FAIrules<br> </font> </div> <br>
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<div class="yiv1629479004MsoNormal"><span class="yiv1629479004EmailStyle15"><font color="navy" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">I would
have thought positioning rated a higher precision aerobatics. Smoothness and
gracefulness is polish.</span></font></span></div>
<div class="yiv1629479004MsoNormal"><span class="yiv1629479004EmailStyle15"><font color="navy" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Jim</span></font></span></div>
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<div style="margin-left: 0.5in;" class="yiv1629479004MsoNormal"><font color="black" size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">-----Original
Message-----<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org]<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>tocdon@netscape.net<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, January 30, 2012
6:06 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b>
nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [NSRCA-discussion]
Another discussion topic relating to new FAIrules</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin-left: 0.5in;" class="yiv1629479004MsoNormal"><font color="black" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">This
will keep the list going (and the discussions too). I recall Michael
Ramel clearly discussing the future of the rules during the judges training at
the World Championships at Muncie. This was relating to smoothness
and gracefulness being directly related to constant speed. The following
reflects what he discussed, as cited on page 35, and effect the way a score is
awarded:</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin-left: 0.5in;" class="yiv1629479004MsoNormal"><font color="black" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Geometry:
50%</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in;" class="yiv1629479004MsoNormal"><font color="black" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Smoothness
and Gracefulness: 25%</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in;" class="yiv1629479004MsoNormal"><font color="black" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Position
of maneuver: 12.5%</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in;" class="yiv1629479004MsoNormal"><font color="black" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Size of
maneuver: 12.5%</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in;" class="yiv1629479004MsoNormal"><font color="black" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Proportion
of the maneuver outside the (box) in addition to above.</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin-left: 0.5in;" class="yiv1629479004MsoNormal"><font color="black" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">The
specific, objective criteria used to judge smoothness and gracefulness
includes, "maintaining constant speed throughout various maneuver
components, like climbing and decending sections..."</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin-left: 0.5in;" class="yiv1629479004MsoNormal"><font color="black" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Also
the sentence about radii being very loose or very tight, even
if equal size within a maneuver, are grounds for downgrade of
smoothness and gracefulness.</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin-left: 0.5in;" class="yiv1629479004MsoNormal"><font color="black" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Cheers,</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in;" class="yiv1629479004MsoNormal"><font color="black" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Don</span></font></div>
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