Starters

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Starters

• Procedures and Duties
• Virginia 2007
• Clinic

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Starting Agenda

• I. Purpose Of Starting
• II. Rules of Starting
• III. Starters Checklist
• IV. Procedures of Starting
• V. Working with other Starters

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Purpose of Starting

• Provide a Fair and Equal Start
• 1. Every Start must be your best
• a. make every meet as if State meet
• 2. Only Official without an Appeal

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Purpose of starting

• Keep the Meet Moving
• 1. Start Race After Clerks turns them over
• a. Can not add runners after
• 2. Instructions What Level?

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Rules of Starting

• Starter Comparison Sheet
• 1. Equipment
• 2. Stagger rules
• 3. Starts
• 4. Hurdles
• 5. Relays

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Starters/Recall Checklist

• Starter
• 1. Arrive 1 hour before meet
• 2. Check Color Coding of track
• 3. Coordinate with finishline/FAT
• 4. Determine ALL CLEAR for Hurdles and
  Relays
• 5. Spent Shells

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Starters/Recall Checklist

• Recall Starter
• 1. Arrive 1 hour before meet
• 2. Coordinate with Starter
• a. Color Code of Track
• b. Procedures
• c. Communications
• d. Positions
• 3. Never cock firearm or keep finger on
  trigger

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Procedures of Starting

• Commands
• 1. On your marks
• 2. Set On signal if used
• 3. Fire gun
• 4. Runners are to respond to Commands without
  delay
• 5. Runners become Motionless Fire gun
• 6. Stand up runners if moving
• 7. Runners determine your hold time

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Procedures of Starting

• Position of Starter
• 1. Equal distance from all runners
• Arm Mechanics if needed
• Working with Amplified sound

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Working with Starter Team

• Must be a TEAM Approach
• Communications/Procedures
• 1. Have ALL Starters on same page
• 2. Use appropriate Signals
• 3. All Starters have Equal Authority

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Mechanics of Team

• Short Sprints

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Mechanics of Team

• Stagger Starts

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Mechanics of Team

• Distance Races

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Starting as a Team

• Starters must act as a TEAM
• The best compliment is People do not remember
  who the Starter was
• Know and enforce the RULES
• Remember the two DUTIES of a Starter
• Questions

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Sources of Information

• 1. Whbtrack.netfirms.com
• 2. USATF Monograph Dr. Eric Zemper
• 3. USATF Training Committee
• 4. Auctionarms.com
• 5. Gunbroker.com