There seems to be a lot of fan interest in calling out bad judging.
But we can’t know what judging looks like done wrong unless we first have a good idea of what it looks like done right.
Personally, I’m most interested in analyzing the skating, within the established rules and guidelines (which often change slightly or significantly from year to year). What fascinates me about this sport is how complex and qualitative it is, requiring analysis and judgment calls and balancing of varying degrees of different qualities to reach any determination of what was good or better.
So I’d love to have a thread where we can talk about what we believe good judging looks like in theory. I don’t want to focus on specific judges or specific skaters, but on general principles – with some real-world examples where relevant.
I’m probably more fascinated by program components than GOEs, but we can talk about both here.
And maybe some discussion of how different rules or different structure of the scoring system would affect the evaluation tasks.
If you think you could do a good job as a judge, how would you describe what you’d be good at?
But we can’t know what judging looks like done wrong unless we first have a good idea of what it looks like done right.
Personally, I’m most interested in analyzing the skating, within the established rules and guidelines (which often change slightly or significantly from year to year). What fascinates me about this sport is how complex and qualitative it is, requiring analysis and judgment calls and balancing of varying degrees of different qualities to reach any determination of what was good or better.
So I’d love to have a thread where we can talk about what we believe good judging looks like in theory. I don’t want to focus on specific judges or specific skaters, but on general principles – with some real-world examples where relevant.
I’m probably more fascinated by program components than GOEs, but we can talk about both here.
And maybe some discussion of how different rules or different structure of the scoring system would affect the evaluation tasks.
If you think you could do a good job as a judge, how would you describe what you’d be good at?