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Re: Uncontested results
Posted by Rita_Gwen
2/2/2006  9:43:00 PM
>over and over, with a "no stopping"
>rule, no matter what mistakes I make.
>You can learn not to react visibly to
> a mistake and how to recover and get
> back to your routine quickly

I cannot count how many times I went "over and over" during the lessons and on my own. It's paid off, i think - nothing major happened on the comp, like forgetting the move or falling out of rhythm. Mostly it was delays here and there, missed leads or just clumsy movements which i would do much better in my usual environment.

>Don't forget, you're competing
>against dancers at your level and
> they're all making mistakes too!

This was another mistake - our rumba and chacha routines were a bit too complicated (i like the challenge) for the Bronze, so we had to go for Silver I which is yet an overkill for me technique-wise.
Re: Uncontested results
Posted by crimson_tear
2/3/2006  1:54:00 PM
I do collegic competitions (cuz im in college) and a friend of mine and his partner were danceing uncontested in a smaller competition. they of course came in frist for everythign except one event, they decided to give them 2nd to be stupid. i thoguht that was really mean. even though they were the only ones danceing, its jsut not right to do that. good luck with your danceing!
Re: Uncontested results
Posted by D
2/3/2006  5:20:00 PM
I am a firm believer that dancing uncontested can easily become a "train wreck." While it is true that many uncontested events are marked as a first, I have seen (and have marked) many uncontested events as a 2nd and in some cases a 3rd. If I am judging I will NEVER automatically give a 1st in an uncontest event unless I truly believe the couple deserve it. If they are off time (or at least off time when I am looking) that is an automatic 2nd; if there is an obvious lack of technical skill required for the level entered then that is an automatic 2nd, if there is a combination of the two (and it happens in both pro/am & am/am competition) then I give a 3rd.

In an contested heat sometimes the 1st place entrant is the one who offends the least or put more bluntly the best of the worst. I have been in the position to have to rank three or more couples who lacked timing and technical skills for the level entered, quite a dilemma and found it very difficult to find a 1st place winner. If all couples had been "uncontested" they would have been easily all marked 3rd. But in a contested event someone has to be 1st, 2nd, 3rd and so on.

Don't always assume an automatic 1st in uncontested events, at least not from a qualified judging panel.
Re: Uncontested results
Posted by Janet
2/4/2006  5:32:00 AM
Agree with D

When we first started to do the V Waltz, we just could not keep the dance on time.

Once when competing uncontested we did earn a 2nd place in this dance, knew it was due to the timing. I can remember at that thime that we thought we were scored fair!
Re: Uncontested results
Posted by Rita_Gwen
2/5/2006  7:40:00 PM
Thanks, D
This consoles me a little . May be it was not that bad after all.
Re: Uncontested results
Posted by M
2/7/2006  6:11:00 AM
You can also be scored lower for dancing out of category, even uncontested.
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