Anyone who had to sit and suffer through the false starts in the M/Ws' 60 &
60H at USATF indoors in Atlanta this year should be in favor of the one
false start rule also. Just about each heat and the finals had one and the
womens' 60m final had 3! It is obvious that many athletes are trying to
guess and risk the one false start. In meets that don't have pressure
sensitive blocks the chances of timing the starter and getting away with it
are much greater. At worst, you are charged with one false start, at best,
you may set a world record......
------Original Message------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: March 14, 2001 5:11:16 PM GMT
Subject: Re: t-and-f: false-start rule (was: Proposed rule changes-IAAF
In a message dated Wed, 14 Mar 2001 9:12:20 AM Eastern Standard Time,
"Conway Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
<< I don't get it either ... Why change the false start rule ??? To copme
into
conformity withthe NCAA ??? They need to be more concerned with making sure
that starters are less reliant on that "beep" in their ear, as eveidenced in
last years Olympics and US Olympic Trials .. The one falsel start rule
hasn't improved the NCAA nor California High School Sprinting ..>>
You obviously weren't at the 1974 NCAA meet in Austin, when 7 heats produced
18 (yes, eighteen) false starts and put the meet more than an hour behind
schedule.
The false start rule was installed the next year.
Since then, a total of two men (Calvin SMith in '82 and Lee McRae in '85)
have been bounced from the final for a false start, none in the last 15
years.
I think the meet (and collegiate track in general) has been immeasurably
better for the development.
gh
