UPSB v3

Advanced Tricks / Notation Reading

  1. EssenceOfLife
    Date: Wed, Mar 24 2010 03:24:54

    Could this be another category or skill? No practice but reading combos fully notated commissioned by a tournament and done "live"? This would also probably be good when considering who to put into tournaments such as pre-rounds because one person could practice a lot and be good at the combo they do, but then not be able to pull other combos off later in the tournament when you would have less time to practice.

    One big flaw I can think of for this is the variability of "difficulty" levels for every spinner so different commisions could be "harder" but if there was a basic 1 spin transfer, 7 conic hybrids, 5 reverse, 1 finger pass combo or something that made it standard...

    SO how would this work? Every spinner would receive a separate commission in front of the judges, have 5 minutes to practice or look it over, ( all live in front of a panel of judges)
    The judges would have the breakdown and POSSIBLY a video of the combo being done. And then after 5 minutes or so the judges would tell the spinner to begin and he would start.

    Another possibility is just having authorized observers who would watch and record a stream to make sure he followed this procedure and THEN the recordings could be judged later.

    What do you think? happy.gif

  2. k-ryder
    Date: Wed, Mar 24 2010 03:38:44

    interesting, but i dont think its needed

    i'm going to use music as my analogy

    say person A and person B can play the violin, both remarkably well
    but person A cannot sightread, while person B can

    now, if they were to audition for a spot to play solo concerto, they are both equally capable
    the only difference is that B can sightread
    but sightreading is not necessary when playing solo
    hence, auditioning sightreading will be redundant

    now, if it was a spot for an orchestra, THEN sightreading would be necessary
    the skill is going to be used on a daily basis, and if you can't do it, it'll hinder the orchestra

    now going back to pen spinning, notation reading is not a necessary skill for pen spinning
    if there was a pen spinning orchestra (which is an interesting idea...) there is no need to quickly read notation
    the only use for notation now, is for breakdowns of combos, which is to be read at your own pace

    it could be a novelty event, but as a serious competition, i dont think its necessary (under current circumstances)

  3. AwonW
    Date: Wed, Mar 24 2010 04:41:40

    Haha, I thought I was the only one with the idea of "sight-reading" combos xD

  4. Mats
    Date: Wed, Mar 24 2010 12:50:38

    It's not sight-reading if you have 5 minutes before hand to practice it! This is more like 'speed learning' of combos.

    And it's a lame idea.

  5. EssenceOfLife
    Date: Wed, Mar 24 2010 14:20:49

    5 mintues was juat an idea... huh.gif And I'm sorry that you think that way?

    But I kind of agree if k-ryders post...