They also stated crowd noise several times, too.
kmaclam wrote:
Early on in the meet someone commented on the fact the starter was "terrible". Then never expounded, but am guessing as mention, it was the length of time he was holding them.
They say that at basically every Diamond League meet
Dumb White Guy wrote:kmaclam wrote:They also stated crowd noise several times, too.
Early on in the meet someone commented on the fact the starter was "terrible". Then never expounded, but am guessing as mention, it was the length of time he was holding them.
Its reaction time tripping the block electronics in those cases. The difference between .10 and .09 for example is not discernible to the naked eye.
but why wrote:
note the video review almost always showed there was no foul by any athlete, at least none that could be visually detected
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.
They all wanna be her. wrote:
Supposed to be held for maximum 2 seconds.
The blocks also showed nobody jumped in most cases.
whatanabee wrote:but why wrote:Its reaction time tripping the block electronics in those cases. The difference between .10 and .09 for example is not discernible to the naked eye.
note the video review almost always showed there was no foul by any athlete, at least none that could be visually detected
The starter was a she.
kmaclam wrote:
Early on in the meet someone commented on the fact the starter was "terrible". Then never expounded, but am guessing as mention, it was the length of time he was holding them.
I thought there was some sort of new technology being used for blocks these days, as of European Indoor Championships 2017.
wejo wrote:
I haven't seen this many false starts since they implemented the false start rule. Reminds me of what the sport was like before we had it.
Do you think it's happening because a) the starter is holding them too long?
b) crowd noise or some sort of echo in the stadium (the DL meet has never been at this stadium before)
c) random chance?
d) Other
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Yeah, about that... wrote:They all wanna be her. wrote: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.
Supposed to be held for maximum 2 seconds.
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.