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Re: Zone versus man-to-robot refereeing styles

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Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber View Post
Ok Don, I'm gonna ask for an explanation. My role typically has me doing other things during matches and I don't have time to play a game of "watch the refs" so I'd appreciate if you'd humor me.

I can tell you the Match Observer judges typically[1] take a zone approach but unlike refs they can fairly quickly focus down on teams given feedback from other judges as well as their own intuition.

-S


[1] MO's tend to be given a lot of latitude on how to do their job.
Uhh, is this because the Judges don't really need to know all the minute details of the rules and be able to asses and apply them at a moment's notice?

Judges are important, but I don't really think you can equate judging with reffing in this case. Also, judges don't have to talk to students about why they did or didn't get an award, so there's a lot less fallout from calling something incorrectly, or being mistaken.

In response to other people - I disagree that people who haven't been a ref can't voice an opinion or solution, but I do think that those people should ask more questions first and be aware that the grass is always greener until you're standing on it.
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