sippi
362 posts
Jul 03, 2008
7:00 PM
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Today I was flying my birds all 08 young birds. They are starting to get together as far as unison breaks. No quality or depth except for a few of the older ones. Today at one time almost all the birds broke together and then the next break which I was paying much closer attention to 19 out of twenty two broke together.
I didnt write this to brag because only four or five were of scorable quality. But I know this because I know the birds. My question is to those that have judged birds before. I would have called it five because I know my birds. But I had birds from three flips to thirty feet and literally everywhere in between. How would you know what to score if you were calling the turn? Its easy when the good ones roll because of the seperation from the kit. In this case I just counted the ones that didnt roll. It was a lot easier.
Now this is just something I was thinking about when flying today. I would not put up this kit as is for comp but they are showing promise.
sippi
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Scott
869 posts
Jul 03, 2008
9:29 PM
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Sippi, obviously the more you work at it the better you get, such breaks that you just decribe can be difficult and are a pain, but if 5 do it right with seperation then they will stick out like a sore thumb.
For obvious reasons good solid hard rolling kits are much easier to score as the ones that aren't right stick out like a sore thumb.
This stuff isn't cut and dry, you just do all that is humanly possible, and the more you do it the better you get, keep in mind that they MUST do it right, regardless of the depth.
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Just my Opinion
Scott
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wishiwon2
71 posts
Jul 04, 2008
4:47 PM
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I agree with Scott, good kits are easier to judge than mediocre kits. Also agree that birds need to spin clean and correct to score. With that said, my eyes and brain dont work fast enough to evaluate every single individual bird that rolls in a break. There fore i have to rely on an estimate from a general impression made by the birds going in the break. Obviously bigger breaks are harder to evaluate, especially if there are some sloppy, non-scoreable birds rolling. It isnt an exact science. Just do the best you can, be honest, hold to your standard. I think it gets easier with experience or maybe we just gain confidence, its usually not easy. Those birds/teams that ARE easy to deserve some pts in the Q multiplier as result, in my opinion. I believe it applies to the quality of the team as well as the individuals that work in it. If the team makes it easier to evaluate and score, they're better quality in my opinion.
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sippi
364 posts
Jul 04, 2008
6:33 PM
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WishIwon I believe you have a good point that if they are easy to score the quality is better. I would not want to be a judge. I take my hat off to those that do. I look for birds that totally seperate from the kit when they roll. Twenty feet or more. Make it easy for the judge and you should have a better score! Of course I am a long way from having twenty that do that but I am getting there.
sippi
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