Field judges restricted to front sideline in 2019

[karuna 1,123]

Finally! (Well out of the drill at least)

Edited January 13 by karuna

[Jeff Ream 14,618]

I get it on both sides. Too much can’t be heard upstairs in a dome 

[BigW 2,031]

Getting WAY too dangerous on field for all involved. WAAAAY too dangerous. Hopefully some folks who think this is a bad thing trust me on that.

[Slingerland 1,469]

Hey battery folk, all those hours you spend every week working details, so that you're not just clean from the stands, but clean under a microscope? Forget it, no one will be there to reward that level of detail.

Now get back to working on your pliés!

Edited January 13 by Slingerland

[Diddlefly 5]

I’m not much of a poster on these forums, but I have to comment on the absurdity of this change. Those of you commenting on the danger of judging in the drill need to tell me how many judges or students have recently been injured by judges being in the drill. Yes, there have been a couple of near misses (with one judge in particular), but fix this issue with better training, required drill film study, or other precautionary measures...not this! I honestly cannot believe there isn’t more pushback on a rule that will effectively cripple the percussion score in this activity.

[rmurrey74 163]

Unanimous vote by the instructors for this!  More progress towards safety!

[Beckham 511]

3 minutes ago, rmurrey74 said:

Unanimous vote by the instructors for this!  More progress towards safety!

Maybe those instructors should consider that there are waaaaaaaaaaay more corps members who are injured because of excessively intense rehearsals, and being expected to tough it out when there is an abnormal pain that needs to be addressed, than there are because of unaware field judges.  

[rmurrey74 163]

1 minute ago, Beckham said:

Maybe those instructors should consider that there are waaaaaaaaaaay more corps members who are injured because of excessively intense rehearsals, and being expected to tough it out when there is an abnormal pain that needs to be addressed, than there are because of unaware field judges.  

Or they could focus on both like they are doing at these meetings!  

[BRASSO 12,981]

 I can appreciate those fans that still want their judges to be as close to the MM's they are judging as possible, especially in the execution oriented captions. That said, if we watch ( for example) the on field Percussion judges, most of the time, they are seen running, weaving,. dodging, with them looking left, right, behind, to make sure they are not about to be run over by MM's in visual moves all around them. How much REAL concentrated observance of the percussion playing is really be taking place, when that judge's concentration levels to that is certainly  being heavily distracted ? Just for the heck of it, watch ( for example ) Jeff Prosperie judging Percussion of any Corps on Youtube. Holy Mackeral. He's seen most of the time, running, weaving, dodging, full speed like a maniac out there. Is he going to be compromised in his observance skills of the Percussion sections if he's put on the sidelines where he can better concentrate on the task he has been assigned ? I don't think so. His observation abilities might actually be better enhanced if anything, imo..

Edited January 13 by BRASSO

[karuna 1,123]

1 minute ago, rmurrey74 said:

Or they could focus on both like they are doing at these meetings!  

Exactly -- it's not an either / or proposition.    You can focus on safety in more than one area.  

Biggest change I think we'll see is more batteries staged near the front sideline so the field judges can read them.  This change really should make all the percussion-heads in the audience happier;  but somehow I'm sure they'll still ##### and moan.