In water polo, there are two important zones at each end (I don't entirely understand the rules pertaining to the zones), the 2 m and 5 m zones. These are marked by lines on the bottom, colored lane marker beads at the edges of the court, and the platforms the officials monitor play from. The rules depend on zone. Colors were red inside 2 m, yellow between 2 and 5 m, green outside the 5 m line. Another sport I found very metric was the rowing competition (also the flatwater canoe and kayak, which used the same course).
--- On Thu, 8/9/12, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:51828] Metric Olympics To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Cc: "Valerie Antoine" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, August 9, 2012, 12:46 PM One way that you can get more metric coverage is to tune in to the Spanish-language broadcast. Most of the time the prattling commentary is unnecessary anyway (if you don't know Spanish). Yesterday during the shot put, the Spanish coverage reported only metres thrown. In the water polo competition, I was interested to note that the commentators (on the English-language broadcast) were describing distances in metres only. In the swimming competition, I can understand that, because the pool lengths are measured in metres. But in water polo there are no obvious distance markings. I would have thought that the commentators might revert to feet or years, but they didn't. It may well be that metric will be introduced into the United States more by sports than by commerce. Also, through the military. I notice that the Army is using metric units for weapons (millimetres) and distances, using the slang term "click" for a kilometre. The Air Force is somewhat metricated because of international air usage. I surmise that the Navy is the least metricated of the services.
