Curious if anyone knows of other states that are planning on going metric for field events for high school track and field in the near future? States that I'm aware of that have gone metric already:
Florida
Illinois
Missouri
Curious if anyone knows of other states that are planning on going metric for field events for high school track and field in the near future? States that I'm aware of that have gone metric already:
Florida
Illinois
Missouri
As a coach In MO, I love the change to metric. I enter data into hotel for our home meets, and reading the handwritten metric marks and then typing them into the computer is way easier. There are a few dumb coaches that complain about it, but most have had no problem adjusting. The kids picked things up right away. They learn their PR and their competitors marks then base everything relative to those marks. They love it. Hopefully the rest of the country will come around soon and we can just completely get rid of feet and inches in athletics for good.
Beavis. wrote:
As a coach In MO, I love the change to metric. I enter data into hotel for our home meets, and reading the handwritten metric marks and then typing them into the computer is way easier. There are a few dumb coaches that complain about it, but most have had no problem adjusting. The kids picked things up right away. They learn their PR and their competitors marks then base everything relative to those marks. They love it. Hopefully the rest of the country will come around soon and we can just completely get rid of feet and inches in athletics for good.
Great to hear. There is a movement in Colorado but there is no doubt in my mind that there will be some resistance from some old school coaches, but hopefully we can get switched over in the next few years. It'll certainly be easier now that a few other states have led the way.
I think the simplicity of recording and reading metric marks is one of the biggest reasons to switch. I've run horizontal jumps at high school and college meets and there's no question in my mind that metric is faster and less error prone.