htheodore wrote:Here is one for you. There is a meet coming up in the middle of February that has a lot of teams. I was told that to help the meet, (PV competition go faster) they have the opening height for the boys at 12-6 and they are only allowing 2 attemps at each height. Should go fast.
That's bush league!
Kind of like shortening the pegs so more people miss to speed up the meet.
How about limiting how many people a school can enter, assigning more volunteers to work the pit, 2 on the bar, 2 setting standards, one official calling the order, and one person getting standard settings and timing. Strictly enforce the one minute rule. Start at a reasonable height for the majority of the participants' ability, but progress the bar a foot at the lower heights, then 6" later. Lots of time-saving strategies are better than 2 attempts and starting too high for the majority.