Ten Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Predictions For Tokyo0 (0)
10 predictions are made about the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the Tokyo Olympics
Tag: Yellow Card
Ten Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Predictions For Tokyo
Giving Yellow Cards In Open Water Swimming0 (0)
Courtesy of WOWSA, Fort Myers, Florida. During the USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championship, the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee member Sid Cassidy was the Chief Referee and was caught on tape giving a yellow flag to one of the swimmers. The process of blowing a whistle, giving hand signals to the athletes, writing the swimmer’s
The Difficulty Of Officiating Open Water Swims – Part 10 (0)
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. During our time on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee, we understood that the FINA referees made their decisions partly based on the actions and intentions of the swimmers. That is, if a swimmer intentionally impeded another swimmer, or intentionally pulled on their leg, or intentionally swam
Move From Left To Right, Right To Left In The Open Water0 (0)
A cross-over move is a racing tactic and move by one open water swimmer over another. A cross-over move is done over the ankles, knees, upper legs or lower back of another open water swimmer during a race in order to change direction or move to the other side of the swimmer. The move can be performed by swimming over the opponent in the normal freestyle
Handing Out A Yellow Card0 (0)
American referee Sid Cassidy was caught on tape at the 2009 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships in Florida giving a yellow card to one of the swimmers. The process of blowing a whistle, giving hand signals to the athletes, writing the swimmer’s number on the white board and reporting the infraction to the Chief Referee is rarely seen
Retaliation And Aggression In Open Water Competitions0 (0)
Physicality, unintentional or not, is part of open water swimming. Physical contact is due primarily to too many swimmers trying to swim in the same location at the same time, especially at the start, around turn buoys, at feeding stations, and towards the finish. Bumping, impeding, scratching, pulling, veering into, tapping or touching, slapping,
Seeing Red In The Open Water. What Is A Red Card?0 (0)
A red card (or red flag) given in an open water swimming competition is a red-colored penalty card (or flag) that indicates the immediate disqualification (DQ) of an athlete due to unsportsmanlike conduct or a serious infraction of the rules during an open water race. If an open water swimmer has been called for one yellow card (or yellow flag) during the
What Is The Correct Call In Open Water Swimming?0 (0)
Scenario: It is a close and competitive race where two athletes are sprinting into the finish, or swimming fast towards a turn buoy or a feeding station. They are swimming side-by-side and occasionally bumping into one another. One athlete starts to veer off towards the other athlete in a non-direct line towards the finish, the turn buoy, or the feeding
What Is The Correct Call In The Open Water Swimming World?0 (0)
Scenario: It is a close and competitive race where two athletes are racing into the feeding station. They are swimming side-by-side and their two feeders are also standing side-by-side on the feeding station. Situation: The outside swimmer veers the inside person against the feeding station. The inside swimmer puts out his hand out to protect himself.
Warnings And Disqualifications At The Olympic Marathon0 (0)
Officiating the sport of water polo and basketball is tough. Whistles are blown throughout the game. Many times, the athletes disagree with the calls and occasionally voice their displeasure of the athletes. Whistles are also often blown in the sport of open water swimming, but the marathon swimmers have a hard time voicing their displeasure at the
