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.
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I expect that Michael is right that with experience making the call will become largely automatic.
I don't think we are yet at the point where I would want to impose video reviews but I do think that we are quickly getting to the point where digital video capture and replay is getting so cheap and compact that it might become economical to use. I think Karen is right that there is no need to hold up the meet. I had to run all over the pool deck to get the referee to approve, get the DQ attached to the timer's sheets, and notify the swimmer or coach. The meet continued on through all this. It also occurred to me that it would be nice if I had some little wireless device that would just transmit the infraction to the refereee, timer, and coach without all the running around.
On another tangent, I think it would be cool if meets could be video taped so that I, as a swimmer could watch my own races and what I did right and wrong under race conditions. Again, video capture is getting so cheap these days that I could see it becoming feasible. Cutting out all the time between heats I think it would make interesting viewing during the post meet social, at least for a small local meet.
I expect that Michael is right that with experience making the call will become largely automatic.
I don't think we are yet at the point where I would want to impose video reviews but I do think that we are quickly getting to the point where digital video capture and replay is getting so cheap and compact that it might become economical to use. I think Karen is right that there is no need to hold up the meet. I had to run all over the pool deck to get the referee to approve, get the DQ attached to the timer's sheets, and notify the swimmer or coach. The meet continued on through all this. It also occurred to me that it would be nice if I had some little wireless device that would just transmit the infraction to the refereee, timer, and coach without all the running around.
On another tangent, I think it would be cool if meets could be video taped so that I, as a swimmer could watch my own races and what I did right and wrong under race conditions. Again, video capture is getting so cheap these days that I could see it becoming feasible. Cutting out all the time between heats I think it would make interesting viewing during the post meet social, at least for a small local meet.
