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Tape is fabulous. Be sure to do as much taping as possible. Go over the tapes with an evaluator. Get as much evaluator time as ou can. If you feel you must question something the evaluator says, try this tack: "I'm not going to disagree with you here, but I'm not sure I understand what you just said. Do you mean I should turn more? Turn sooner? Keep my eye on the guard longer?" If you say, "I was trying to stay in position" or something, they might think you're arguing. Also, by the end of one camp I went to, I was feeling pretty prickly. So I told my last evaluator, "Look, I know I've got a lot to work on, but could you tell me one good thing first, and then the critique and then one good thing at the end? It'll be easier for me to keep hearing you if I can have those compliments to hang onto." This helped a lot. You might try taking a little dictation tape and using it while the evaluator is talking to you about your video. Then you've got them both to review later.
Also, if the evaluators do one "exhibition" where they work and you watch, videotape that and go over it later with them. You can learn A LOT that way.
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