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Originally posted by kendokamax
[B]What Alex means when he says you have to back up your decision and be ready to always give a justification of it is because there must have been a reason why there was a point or not! perhaps, though having a reason and having a justification are not the same things. It's not merely a matter of semantics. If someone asks me the reasoning behind a particular decision and I am able to recall I am more inclined to answer that for instance if some whining crybaby came up to me and said
'why didn't you score that kote 5 matches ago'. I would feel quite justified in telling them to fuck off. I probably wouldn't, but I might strongly suggest intercourse and travel.

While I'm continuing my tirade, I wanted to make a clarification.
re what I believe a shinpan should/should not be concentrating on - as far as watching the competitors go, one should use one's own experience and should know what their actions might lead to, however, trying to predict what one or the other will do is just a no no.

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But it doesn't mean that the shinpan should not think about what point they should give or not! You're misrepresenting what I was saying.
I'm not saying don't think about it, I am saying that once a decision has been made, that is the end of it, whether it was a good decision or not.


There should always be a justification in their head of why they would give or not the point. Again, semantics. Reason, yes - during a shiai at the time of the decision. Justification - not at any time. ever.
You appear to be talking about the reasoning process that goes into making a decision. I am talking about situations after the event where ones judgement is brought into question.