Not really an official job, but when I get to watch the skaters competing in between doing the official work, I like to take note of skaters that I think are doing their best under the most trying and difficult conditions. They may not even place in the final score sheet, but I like to approach them or their coaches or parents afterwards and offer a few kind words of appreciation and encouragement. For example, a child skater forgot their program under the pressure of competition, and placed last. But I saw that they were really trying and fighting to remember the program, or trying desperately to ad-lib the remainder of the program. I would go and say that I was well pleased with their performance, and to keep skating and competing. Another time a tiny tot, a little girl skater had to use the rest room right during the warm-up. So she did not get a proper warm-up, and skated flustered. I commended her afterward for trying her best, because she did, and this was her first competition.