As a coordinator or helper in the shot put event, you will take age/groups in a specified order, measure and record their efforts, determine finish places, and report the results to the awards table.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED -
-Certified shot puts: Six Pounds for BB,BG,MG,MB, & JG,
Four Kilograms for JB
-Non-stretching measuring tape, 50 feet / 15 meters long.
-Clipboard
-Pens / Pencils
-Field Event results forms
-Two (2) Marker Stakes (long screwdrivers or B-B-Q skewers)
-Radio or a runner to maintain contact with the Announcer
-Extra blank stickers
-Marker, colored "see-thru". Used to mark stickers as J.V.
-Broom
PREPARING THE AREA -
1. Sweep the ring.
2. Make sure there are marks on the ring to indicate the half of the
ring used for entrance and exit, and a ring center mark.
3. Check the distance arcs in the throwing area.
RUNNING THE EVENT -
1. The order of competitors will be JB, JG, MB, MG, BB, BG for a one
ring facility. If you have two rings, use the same order and put boys
at one ring and the girls at the other.
2. Request first call twenty (20) minutes prior to competition.
3. Check in athletes by placing stickers on results sheet, separating
JV and varsity. Trials are made in check in order.
4. Allow each competitor 2 unmeasured trials for warm up.
5. Demand safety practices: One at a time in the ring, clear area,
and no horseplay.
6. Each athlete receives 3 trials (4 in varsity finals).
7. To measure, mark the depression at the edge closest to the ring by
placing a screwdriver into the ground at that point. Place the other
screwdriver through the end ring on the measuring tape and then into
the ground next to the marking screwdriver so that the "zero mark" on
the tape is even with the marking screwdriver. Have the tape pulled
taut through the center of the circle. Have a reader call out the
distance to the lesser centimeter measured to the inside edge of the
foul board (364 centimeters becomes 3.64 meters).
8. FOULS: The following are considered as fouls in the shot put. A
"foul" put is not measured but is counted as a trial.
- Touching the circle (not including the
inner face of the stop board or band) or the ground outside of the
circle, or the top of the stop board with any part of the body before
the put is complete.
- If the put falls on or outside of the
sector lines.
- If the competitor does not leave by the
back half of the circle.
- If the competitor leaves the ring before
the put lands.
- If the competitor uses both hands.
- If the shot is not touching or in very
close proximity to the chin (jaw line) before and during the act of
putting.
- The hand used to put the shot may not be
dropped below theposition just described during the act of
putting.
- If the shot is brought behind or below the
line of the shoulders during the attempt. (No throwing or
slinging).
9. Athletes must "check out" with the Shot Put Judge before going to
a running event or another field event.
Athletes may leave the shot put only after third call
for a running event. Only the high jump has priority over the shot
put for the other field events and an athlete may be expected to
complete his/her shot put trial when called. A "checked out" athlete
has 5 minutes after the completion of the running event or the trial
in the other field event to return to the shot put.
While the "checked out" competitor is gone, competition
can continue by simply skipping over him/her in the jumping order. If
the competi-tors return before the competition has finished, they
simply rejoin by entering the jumping order in the proper place. If
the competition has finished for their age/group, allow them to take
all of their remaining trials. Be sure to allow them sufficient
recovery time between the attempts.
10. When an age\group is finished, send the results to the awards table. Do not hold any results until the last age\group has finished as this will negatively impact the awards table.