Yeah, about that... wrote:
They all wanna be her. wrote:Supposed to be held for maximum 2 seconds.
I know of no rule book, at any level, that says that. If you can point me to one that does say that, I'd appreciate it.
The starter should hold them until the field is still. That's it. Sometimes that takes a while; sometimes it doesn't take very long.
You won't be able to "time" a good starter--not necessarily because s/he deliberately mixes up the lengths of holds, but just because different fields take different times to settle into being still.
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A good starter will call the runners out of their blocks if one or more athletes is slow responding to the SET command.
Runners can only remain 'motionless' for a finite time in the final starting position. An athlete should not be disadvantaged because they complied quickly to the command. Biggest mistake I see in starters today is they do not take charge of the tempo of the starting procedure,
At the pro level it's tough for a starter.
Meet Director pays Sprintmadonna thirty grand appearance fee and some guy working for a thank you, and a bologna sandwich throws her out for jumping.