Over the week end, (for the first time in 30 years of competitive swimming) I was disqualified. It bothered me a little bit for about thirty minutes but after a few plates of food at the all-you-can-eat brunch across the street, I was fine. I did have a question though. Do the officials usually tell you that they are disqualifing you? The official came over to my lane and said something to me (about my *** pull-out on the 200 IM) after the heat but never actually said that I was disqualified. I was a little confused so after I got out of the pool I walked over and asked, "Did you disqualify my?" The answer was yes. Never having experienced this before, I was wondering do the officials usually actually say "I am disqualifying you" or "You are disqualified" or is the suggestive comment supposed to serve this purpose.
I agree with Kirk. While video replay would help any confusion, it would suck up lots of meet time. You've seen how long it takes football refs to view replays to make a call. Imagine doing that fives times per event.
I'm an age group coach and I try to teach my swimmers to do everything right in practice, as Ande said earlier. But sometimes things slip up, and after you're DQ'd the first time you never, ever want it to happen again.
I agree with Kirk. While video replay would help any confusion, it would suck up lots of meet time. You've seen how long it takes football refs to view replays to make a call. Imagine doing that fives times per event.
I'm an age group coach and I try to teach my swimmers to do everything right in practice, as Ande said earlier. But sometimes things slip up, and after you're DQ'd the first time you never, ever want it to happen again.
