24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 1 New Freestyle Judging System Thomas Gossmann [email protected] Slides https://speakerdeck.com/gossi/unidancing-judging-system-prototype-2014 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 2 Table of Contents 1. Terms and Definitions 2. Current Judging System Evaluation 3. New Prototype 4. Further Development 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 3 Preamble ● Current Freestyle Judging System is a mess! ● I did a lot of research ● My Publications:  A critical Review of Unicycling (2012): https://speakerdeck.com/gossi/a-critical-review-of-unicycling  Future Freestyle Judging (2012): https://speakerdeck.com/gossi/future-freestyle-judging  Freestyle – the most missunderrstoood Unicycle Discipline (2013): http://gos.si/blog/freestyle-the-most-missundrrstoood-unicycle-discipline  Die Komponenten des Freestyle (2013, german): https://speakerdeck.com/gossi/die-komponenten-des-freestyle  Die Probleme des Freestyle (2013, german): https://speakerdeck.com/gossi/die-probleme-des-freestyle-2013 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 4 Handbuch UniDancing Handbuch UniDancing  Pages (6.8.2014): 61  Language: German  Planned Release: Fall 2014 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 5 Handbuch UniDancing References 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 6 1 Terms and Definitions 1. Term: Freestyle 2. Components of Freestyle 3. Competition Landscape 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 7 1 Terms and Definitions Freestyle ● Term: Freestyle ● Discipline vs. Competition ● Discipline: _Do whatever you want_ (Dictionary.com, 2014) ● Competition (Pavicic, 2007, p. 87f)  Routine: Choreographed movements  Freestyle: Improvised movements matching music “Is an indication for free improvisation” (Wikipedia, 2014) 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 8 1 Terms and Definitions Components of Technical-Coordinative Sports Body technic Choreography Object technics 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 9 1 Terms and Definitions Components of Freestyle Artistics Choreography Tricks Dancing Acting Acrobatics Modern Dance Jazz Dance Ballet Trick Trick Trick Quality Difculty Dynamics Musical Representation Music Material Costume Props 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 10 1 Terms and Definitions Competition Landscape Tricks COMPONENTS COMPETITONS Choreography UniDancing Freestyle Freestyle Battles Flatland X-Style Artistics 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 11 2 Current Judging System Evaluation 1. Method 2. Result 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 12 2 Current Judging System Evaluation Method ● What components are judged by the current judging system? ● Mapping sections of the judging system to components ● Extract numbers for each component per section ● Calculate a total for each component 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 13 2 Current Judging System Evaluation Method (Examples) Section Tricks Artistics Choreography Misc 3.22.1 (10) 10 0 0 0 Quantity Variety Originality x x x - - - - - - - - - Section 3.22.1: Quantity of Unicycling Skills and Transitions ... Section Tricks Artistics Choreography Misc 3.23.2 (15) 0 3,75 7,5 3,75 Composition Choreography Style Synchronisation - - - - - - x (3,75) - x (3,75) x (3,75) - - - - - x (3,75) Section 3.23.2: Choreography and Style ... Full Tables: https://speakerdeck.com/gossi/die-probleme-des-freestyle-2013 Note: IUF Rulebook 2011 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 14 2 Current Judging System Evaluation Results Tricks (45%) Artistics (19,5%) Choreography (26,75%) Misc (8,75%) Legend: Tricks and Artistics should have 50:50 relationship? Never! 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 15 UniDancing Judging System (Prototype) 1. Preassumptions 2. Main Goal 3. Structure 1. Tricks 2. Artistics 3. Choreography 4. Judging Sheets 5. First Hand Experience 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 16 3 Preassumptions ● This is a prototype! Everything is subject to change. ● Rules and Sheets are available at: https://github.com/iuf/unidancing ● Judging system and judge education are two independent ares, that can and must be worked on in parallel  Keep in mind: this presentation only focusses the judging system 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 17 3 Main Goal ● Only judge dimensions, that are neutral across various styles of routines ● Riders shall deliver a beautiful* “package” ● Be careful: Judging contents can and will make assumptions and guidelines to what is beautiful and not, which can easily be wrong → research and testing is required ● Main Idea: Focus athletic achievement (Tricks & Artistics) *beautiful in the context of their routine 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 18 3 UniDancing Judging System (Prototype) Structure ● 3 Parts: ● Main concept: Values range from 0 to 10; multiplied afterwards Tricks (40%) Artistics (40%) Choreography (20%) Legend: 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 19 3 UniDancing Judging System (Prototype) Part: Tricks Tricks: Tricks = (Quality + Difficulty + Mastery) / 3 Quality (10 Pts) - How is a trick done? - Median of all tricks Difficulty (10 Pts) - How is a trick done? - Median of all tricks Mastery (10 Pts) Distractions for: - Unintentionally regain Balance (-0.25) - Minor dismount (-0.5) - Major dismount (-0.75) 10 - (sum of distractions) 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 20 Excursion: Quality Same trick, different execution How much different? Is there a way to quantify the quality? 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 21 Skilltester ● A tool for practice, to help people learn tricks, avoid mistakes and make them beautiful ● Quantifies the quality of a trick, which is why it is a good measuring instrument ● Available (german only): http://einradfahren.de/skilltester 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 22 Excursion: Quality Skilltester Output 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 23 3 UniDancing Judging System (Prototype) Excursion: Routine Composition ● Frame (theme/topic, acting, emotions, sense of movement) ● Content (structured in choreography) ● Technical Representation (Expression of content) ● Message (optional) 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 24 3 UniDancing Judging System (Prototype) Part: Artistics Artistics: Artistics = (Body Language + Quality) / 2 Body Language (10 Pts) - How well does your body express what you mean/ want to say? 0 – Do not understand 5 – Halfway understand 10 – Fully understand Quality (10 Pts) - How is a artistics motion done? 0 – Badly, no body tension 10 – High quality, great body tension 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 25 3 UniDancing Judging System (Prototype) Part: Choreography Choreography, a checklist: Choreography = Sum of all ingredients Property Points (Total = 10) Balanced ratio between Tricks and Artistics (50:50) 2 Relation of components → Tricks & Artistics 0.5 → Music & Costume 0.5 → Artistic & Music 0.5 Dynamics → Diversified locomotion 2 → Accentured speed changes 2 Costume → Practical costume 0.5 → Brilliant costume 1 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 26 3 UniDancing Judging System (Prototype) Formula Tricks = (Quality + Difficulty + Mastery) / 3 Artistics = (Body Language + Quality) / 2 Choreography = Sum of all ingredients Total = 2 * Tricks + 2 * Artistics + Choreography 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 27 3 UniDancing Judging System (Prototype) Judging Sheets 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 28 3 UniDancing Judging System (Prototype) Judging Sheet (Tricks) 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 29 3 UniDancing Judging System (Prototype) Judging Sheet (Choreography & Artistics) 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 30 3 UniDancing Judging System (Prototype) First Hand Experience ● Tricks part is already very solid ● Artistics has some discrepancy between  what the judging system wants you to judge and  what the judge actually judges (in that situation)  both can be right! ● Choreography works better than expected  Can't be boolean, must be a scale  Divisions need more research ● Relationship between tricks and artistics is sloppy 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 32 4 Further Development 1. Testdata 2. Simulation 3. Plan 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 33 4 Development Testdata ● What kind of test-data (routines) do we need? ● Define quality guideline for videos ● Find and select videos ● Abstract routines into a testdata-file ● Create testdata-format 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 34 4 Development Testdata (example) 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 35 4 Development Simulation ● Simulate each iteration ● Compare them ● Create a matrix (if helpful) ● Create (online) tools that help with these metrics 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 36 4 Development Plan (Status: Development) Brainstorm / Research Implementation Evaluate Feedback Testing Status: Development New Insights 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 37 4 Development Plan (Status: Last Call) Brainstorm / Research Implementation Testing Evaluate Feedback Status: Last Call Feedback Contains Issues? Yes Finish No 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 38 References ● Dictionary.com. (2014). Freestyle. Dictionary.com. Accessed on 17th of December 2013 http:// dictionary.reference.com/browse/freestyle ● Pavicic, C. (2007). Hip Hop dancing bodies - eine interkulturelle Studie der Hip Hop Kultur. Hamburg: Kovac. ● Wikipedia. (2014). Freestyle. Wikipedia. Accessed on 17th of December 2013 https:// de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Freestyle&oldid=124354643 

24.09.14 | International Unicycling Federation | Thomas Gossmann | 39 Thank you very much for your attention!