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**ropinirole** · 06-16-2008, 01:17 PM

So I know that I'm not going to be a perfect shinpan and I'm going to probably make mistakes. As many mistakes as being a beginner. I'm pretty sure I'll be a beginner shinpan.

There's a certain deer-in-the-headlights look people get when they are first asked to lead warmups. They've been doing warmups for years, all of a sudden they have to remember all the different exercises and in what order. You wouldn't think it would be hard, but somehow it is.

Multiply that by 10 when people who have been bitching about the judging for years, calling points from the sidelines etc, are suddenly handed a pair of flags and expected to call the points when it counts in front of God and everybody. They tend to be less critical of judges after the experience.

06-16-2008, 01:17 PM	#36
ropinirole Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 477 Senior Member	So I know that I'm not going to be a perfect shinpan and I'm going to probably make mistakes. As many mistakes as being a beginner. I'm pretty sure I'll be a beginner shinpan. There's a certain deer-in-the-headlights look people get when they are first asked to lead warmups. They've been doing warmups for years, all of a sudden they have to remember all the different exercises and in what order. You wouldn't think it would be hard, but somehow it is. Multiply that by 10 when people who have been bitching about the judging for years, calling points from the sidelines etc, are suddenly handed a pair of flags and expected to call the points when it counts in front of God and everybody. They tend to be less critical of judges after the experience.
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