YOU MAKE THE CALL

1. TRACK AND FIELD RULES INTERPRETER’S MEETING January 23, 2003 YOU MAKE THE CALL Ring (Throwing Area) Fouls

2. Rules pertaining to the physical throwing area:

3. Rules pertaining to the athlete: The athlete: • Must be in a school-issued track uniform (full length track jersey, track shorts and shoes) • Have a contestant number properly displayed (if numbers are being used) • Must not be wearing jewelry except for religious or medical medals • Must use a legal implement • Must not wear gloves or have tape above the wrist except to cover an open wound

4. Rules pertaining to the throw: The throw: • The throw begins by the athlete being called up • The athlete may enter the throwing area at any point • The athlete must pause in the throwing area before beginning an attempt • The throwing action must be made according to the rules: • Shot Put: The shot may not drop below the shoulder and must be made with one hand only • Javelin: The javelin must be thrown with an over arm, above-the- shoulder motion. The thrower may not make a 360º turn before the javelin is released

5. Rules pertaining to the throw: • Following the release, the athlete may not leave the throwing area until the implement has landed and the judge has called “mark” • The athlete must regain body control before exiting the throwing area. • The entire process of throwing the implement must be completed within 1 minute of being called up. • The judge will either raise a white flag indicating that the throw is legal, concluded and ready to be measured or a red flag indicating a foul has been called, the attempt will be counted as a trial but will not be measured.

6. Situation 1: A1 is competing in the shot put. In making his second attempt, his shoe comes down against the back of the stopboard. a. In so doing, his shoe laces contact the top of the stopboard. YOU MAKE THE CALL! b. The spring day being chilly, A1 was allowed to compete wearing his warm-up clothes over his uniform and the bottom cuff of his warm-up pants brushes the end of the stopboard. YOU MAKE THE CALL! c. A1’s shoe comes against the metal band bounding the ring. His ankle flexes and the side of his shoe contacts the top of the band. YOU MAKE THE CALL!

7. Situation 2: In a three-way meet with four throwers going to the finals in the discus, the field is small with only four throwers entered. B1 is throwing last in the trials. All of the throwers have legal throws in the trials except B1 who has two fouls and is making his third attempt. In making the throw, the discus implement falls out of his hand and strikes inside the ring before rolling on out the front. The judge rules the throw a foul because the implement touched first inside the ring and raises the red flag. B1’s coach appeals the ruling, claiming that the landing sector is marked by sector lines extending out from the center of the ring with no mention of a requirement that the throw be beyond the boundary of the ring. As referee, YOU MAKE THE CALL!

8. Situation 3: In the javelin event, C1 arrives at warm-ups with tape on the index finger of his throwing hand. Doing some preventive officiating, the judge asks C1 if he has an open wound under the tape. C1 answers no, that he holds the javelin with his index finger behind the whipcord grip and the tape protects his finger. The judge informs C1 that he cannot have tape on his hand during competition unless it covers an open wound. The judge watches as C1 walks over to his equipment bag, removes the tape, takes a Swiss Army knife out of the bag and cuts the back of the index finger of his throwing hand, drawing blood. C1 then shows the open wound to the judge and asks to cover it with tape. YOU MAKE THE CALL!