Wow I'm surprised the 10 degree remark got the protractors out. I was just going to settle for a trig relationship.
But I think what Glider mentioned is probably how this will go down--or at least how FINA will make it go down. The Swimming World article was more of the "when" this will happen rather than the "if". FINA can just say that the calculation doesn't involve the backstop, or at least wasn't intended to.
For relay takeoffs, I can't see much coming of this. One thing that would be interesting is that if swimmers begin to place only one foot on the relay takeoff judging platform, the swimmer's other foot could be in contact with the backstop (which I presume is part of the block) while having no feet in contact with the RJP, registerring an early takeoff. That's not a big deal at the Olympics where there are backup timing cameras that can be used to confirm an early takeoff, but at other meets, that could be a problem. That might necessitate a rules change.
Patrick King
Wow I'm surprised the 10 degree remark got the protractors out. I was just going to settle for a trig relationship.
But I think what Glider mentioned is probably how this will go down--or at least how FINA will make it go down. The Swimming World article was more of the "when" this will happen rather than the "if". FINA can just say that the calculation doesn't involve the backstop, or at least wasn't intended to.
For relay takeoffs, I can't see much coming of this. One thing that would be interesting is that if swimmers begin to place only one foot on the relay takeoff judging platform, the swimmer's other foot could be in contact with the backstop (which I presume is part of the block) while having no feet in contact with the RJP, registerring an early takeoff. That's not a big deal at the Olympics where there are backup timing cameras that can be used to confirm an early takeoff, but at other meets, that could be a problem. That might necessitate a rules change.
Patrick King
