So, I watched some of the Australia meet events tonight and I have a question concerning breastroke.
I watched in slow-mo about 10 times and I swear the breastrokers are taking two dolphin kicks on the dive entry before the now-legal one big dolphin kick. Is this now legal also, the two small little dolphin kicks?
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While technology is a good answer, it presents problems. Do you not accept a record if the camera shorted out just before the last turn? How about someone coming out of nowhere to break the record and you didn't think to have them there. What about qualifying meets? Do the cameras have to be there in order for the times to count? How about a qualifying meet for a qualifying meet? While it may seem like a simple solution, it is not simply implemented. (I am not even considering masters here BTW.)
Leo
I don't think a shorted-out camera need be treated any differently than a judge that sneezes, blinks or looks away at the wrong moment. Cameras would just be an additional assist for judges and would act as deterrent for swimmers. Similar issues could arise if a swimmer swam a world record swim at a rinky-dink meet with a newbie official. A cynical person could suggest that the judge-assisting cameras be mandatory if there is going to be any underwater video, so that at least we aren't broadcasting our inability to enforce the rules live on tv or the net.
While technology is a good answer, it presents problems. Do you not accept a record if the camera shorted out just before the last turn? How about someone coming out of nowhere to break the record and you didn't think to have them there. What about qualifying meets? Do the cameras have to be there in order for the times to count? How about a qualifying meet for a qualifying meet? While it may seem like a simple solution, it is not simply implemented. (I am not even considering masters here BTW.)
Leo
I don't think a shorted-out camera need be treated any differently than a judge that sneezes, blinks or looks away at the wrong moment. Cameras would just be an additional assist for judges and would act as deterrent for swimmers. Similar issues could arise if a swimmer swam a world record swim at a rinky-dink meet with a newbie official. A cynical person could suggest that the judge-assisting cameras be mandatory if there is going to be any underwater video, so that at least we aren't broadcasting our inability to enforce the rules live on tv or the net.
