Judges

When judges are called persons in a competition ( tournament assess the participants) to non-objective criteria such as appearance, posture, elegance, precision, active competition management, hits (in boxing), etc..

It must be taken into account that, with regard to performance evaluation, there are sports that are based more or exclusively on quantifiable (measurable, physical) performance assessments, i.e. are result-oriented (athletics, swimming) and those that are more than progress-oriented sports (gymnastics, figure skating). The last-mentioned non-quantifiable sports often have an inherent problem of the judges' degree of subjective judgment .

Although there is an endeavor to optimize and standardize the evaluation system for the individual competitions in almost all of those sports, performance evaluation differs fundamentally from result-oriented sports. There are also sports that contain a certain overlap between the two performance assessment criteria.

While, for example, times, distances, speeds or hurdles knocked over can be clearly determined (although this work is done automatically nowadays and the respective evaluation is immediately presented in a media-compatible manner), for example in competitions in dance sports people are required who give a rating based on their observation. In order to avoid injustices, several judges are appointed and an overall score is calculated from their individual scores. Various calculation systems are used for this, depending on the type of rating. If no points but placement recommendations are given, the majority system can be used, as is the case, for example, in dance sport.

Types of competition with judges

Some examples of competitions where the winner is determined by judges:

• Dance sport
• figure skating
• Synchronized swimming
• Diving
• Dressage riding
• Boxing
• Beauty pageants
• Federal competition of the German youth fire brigade
• do gymnastics

literature

• Martina Pöschel (Ed.): Competition program, valuation rules, regulations / supplements. Saxon Gymnastics Association, Leipzig, as of April 2010

Web links

• Assessment in artistic gymnastics. KVKSO
• International Gymnastics Federation FIG. 2013 Scoring Rules Artistic Gymnastics Men For artistic gymnastics competitions at World Championships, Olympic Games, regional and intercontinental competitions, events with international participation

See also

• Referee in sport
• Referee at the fire department
• Referee

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sandra Schmidt: Scandal in rhythmic gymnastics. Friendship services among referees. An unprecedented event is shaking rhythmic gymnastics: The World Gymnastics Federation senses systematic fraud in its own shop. Referees are suspected of manipulating scores. sueddeutsche.de. July 31, 2013, 11:20 am
2. ^ Karl-Oswald Bauer, Niels Logemann: Quality of teaching and didactic research. Models and instruments for measuring subject-specific learning conditions and competencies. Waxmann Verlag, Münster 2011, ISBN 3-8309-7502-3 , p. 169 f.