<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>I'm a pattern flyer at heart. It's in my blood. But I've also been flying IMAC for the past 7 years.</div><div>Our group down here in south Florida recently organized a "Judging Seminar". The idea behind this is the following;</div><div>On Saturday (full day, we start at 8AM and finish at 5PM), we go over the basics (not any specific sequences or patterns), just the basics from a judges point of view. In other words, what the judges are looking for in a flight. We go over lines, radii, rolls, rolls on lines, snaps, spins..... You get the idea. Then we combine each of these basic principles and look at them in the form of maneuvers.</div><div>IMAC has developed a judging guide, and it's sold to each participant at the beginning of the class on Saturday.</div><div><br></div><div>Then on Sunday, one or two pilots volunteer to fly what we discussed on Saturday. </div><div><br></div><div>We've been doing this type of seminars every year for the past several years, with different clubs hosting the event each year.</div><div><br></div><div>It's really a great event and we learn a lot.</div><div><br></div><div>In your case, since you're going to run a Sportsman only contest, you could focus the theory part on the Sportsman pattern. But going over the basics is a must.</div><div><br></div><div>Oscar</div><div><br>On Feb 22, 2014, at 12:17 AM, Gordon Anderson <<a href="mailto:gaa@owt.com">gaa@owt.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Hello,</span><div style="font-size: 14px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px;">We are planning a Pattern Primer here in D8 and I was looking for any input and advice from this group. Please let me know things that have worked well in your districts and any recommendations you can provide. Also, if you have any material you are willing to share it would be appreciated, fliers, written tutorials, etc. </div><div style="font-size: 14px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px;">We are planning on holding a one day event with some guided practice and then a short Sportsman only contest maybe 3 or 4 rounds depending on how many pilots we can attract,</div><div style="font-size: 14px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px;">Thanks!</div><div style="font-size: 14px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px;">--Gordon</div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>NSRCA-discussion mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</a></span></div></blockquote></body></html>