I attended an open water swim competition this past weekend and about 80% of the swimmers were wearing wrist watches. This meet was USMS sanctioned/recognized as all competitors had to be registered USMS members. None of the approximately 550 swimmers were disqualified for wearing wrist watches. I thought timing devices were not allowed but couldn't find wrist watches specifically mentioned in the open-water swimming rules. Could someone clarify this and/or point me in the right direction as to where this is addressed in the rules.
Originally posted by Bobber
So I s'pose something like this would be out for pool competitions then...
www.cnn.com/.../index.html
Pretty cool--but I think I'd have the same problem trying to press the "start" button while diving in--which wouldn't make it as helpful in a meet as one might think. Maybe if there were a device to start it by remote control so a friend or coach could activate it as the swimmer dives.
This remote control technology could really go overboard, having coaches figure out how to stop their swimmers' compeitors' watches--or the competitors themselves--holding them in mid-dive like a freeze frame. Okay, bear with me...it's early in the day. ;)
Originally posted by Bobber
So I s'pose something like this would be out for pool competitions then...
www.cnn.com/.../index.html
Pretty cool--but I think I'd have the same problem trying to press the "start" button while diving in--which wouldn't make it as helpful in a meet as one might think. Maybe if there were a device to start it by remote control so a friend or coach could activate it as the swimmer dives.
This remote control technology could really go overboard, having coaches figure out how to stop their swimmers' compeitors' watches--or the competitors themselves--holding them in mid-dive like a freeze frame. Okay, bear with me...it's early in the day. ;)
