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USATF OFFICIALS BEST PRACTICES

High Jump Head Official Protocols

(Created for national championship meets; modify as necessary for other competitions)

1. E-mail to crew soon after selection announcement (congratulate crew on their selection)

- Intro yourself as the event head; if any issues, questions, or physical limitations call or e-mail me right away;

reminder for crew to confirm selection as directed by the National Officials Cmte

2. E-mail to crew 2-3 months prior to event

- Send event procedures; crew assignments (if set); contact info for crew; meet schedule & meet web address

- Specify days & times of our events (if known); also meeting time & place, including venue set-up time

- Reminders - officials’ uniforms; review rulebook & materials for the event in the Best Practices library

- Equipment/gear to bring; have sunscreen, cold weather or rain gear

- Proficient with 5-alive or not? Any limitations on what you can do at the event?

3. Contact with Officials’ Coordinator

- Review crew assignments; obtain info on individuals not known by the head

- Confirm equipment provided by meet mgmt: cross bars, measuring device, timing device, steel tape measure,

cloth tape measure (runway), broom, cone, performance board, officials’ chairs, athletes benches, flags (1 red,

white, & yellow), water container/bottles, wind indicator, pennants/barriers, metric conversion chart,

clipboards, pencils, athletic tape, step stool, Weather Writers

- Based on the above, confirm items the head may need to bring: stopwatches, flags (1 red, white, & yellow),

metric conversion chart, clipboards, pencils, rule book, level, plumb bob & string, tacks, wrench/vise grip,

Weather Writers

- Will there be one or two pits in use for the combined events?

4. Pre-meet head officials’ meeting

- Get answers to the questions on the last page of this document

- Meet w/Referee(s), Clerk, Electronic Recorder - learn their location, radio channels, cell #, procedures

5. Pre-meet crew meeting

- Share info from the head officials’ meeting - - answers to questions on the last page

- Crew assignments (see Best Practices sample); pre-event show time & place; post-event meeting time & place

- Safety general considerations

- Event head and flight coordinator will go to clerk’s area to brief & pick up athletes

- We’ll generally keep a quiet venue – using hand signals; and will generally remain seated (except Flight Coord)

- Recorder - be a “traffic cop” for lefties & righties during warm-ups; be aware of records; compare results with

electronic recorder after each round

- Flagger - no flag until certain that bar will remain up

- Pit boss/flagger – hold up red flag or stand on apron until certain pit is ready - bar is centered and steady; have a

height progression cheat sheet

- Timer – start clock when flagger drops red flag/steps off apron or Flt Coord call athlete up again; stop, reset

clock only after white or red flag; find out & relay info on bar/no bar/bar height during warm-ups; return

equipment after event

- Flight coordinator – Get opening heights & passes; check bibs & spikes; immediately advise recorder of all

passes; review 5-alive procedures

- Bar judges - escort athletes to mixed zone after event

- What we’ll do in the event of a protest & in the event of a record

- If you see an apparent problem, get my attention right away; keep hydrated; have sunscreen, raingear

- Clean up venue after event, before departure

HJ Head Ofcl Protocols, USATF Best Practices, Sep 13 (Credit: R. Schornstein)

High Jump Head Official Protocols Template

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