Proposal 3: [High Jump] Protective gear [ Revision 3 ]

Committee: Jumps
Submitted on 2014-12-18
Status: Passed on January 06, 2015

Background

It's silly to require so much protection for high jump.

Proposal

Old rule:

From 2.3 Safety Gear:

Riders must wear shoes, kneepads and gloves (definitions in chapter 1d). For High Jump, Long Jump and unlimited races riders must wear also helmets.

 

New Rule:

X.3 Jumps Safety Gear (this will go in the jumps category)

For Long Jump, riders must wear shoes, a helmet, kneepads and gloves.

For High Jump and High Jump to Platform, riders must wear shoes and a helmet. Shin guards are strongly recommended while gloves and kneepads are optional.

Definitions of all safety gear can be found in Chapter 1d.

 

Body

See the discussion for more reasoning.

"We have to understand high jump and long jump are fundamentally different, one requires high speed, the other does not." - Emile

References

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Discussion

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Change Log:

Revision 3 changed by Scott Wilton (22 Dec 00:31)

Add platform rules and rewrite as "shin guards" instead of shinpads. 

Revision 2 changed by Scott Wilton (18 Dec 11:53)

Added suggested protection for high jump.

Revision 1 changed by Scott Wilton (18 Dec 11:32)

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Votes on this proposal:

9 out of 13 voting members have voted.

Agree: 9, Disagree: 0, Abstain: 0.