DQ's

Ms T Goggles · 19-11-2009, 10:17 PM

DQs - don't we just hate them, but they have their uses in a learning sort of way.

Was reading some results earlier for a meet that I did not attend, and for the DQs, the violations were described - easy peasy then to understand what went wrong...like 'one handed touch' or 'non continuous turning action'
.......but Unsportsmanlike conduct - goodness gracious, wonder what that was about ..........in a boys age 10/11 relay at a minimeet

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Any ideas?

(PS - anyone there to actually witness it?)

Juicy Lucy · 19-11-2009, 10:39 PM

I was DQ'd many years ago for 'unsportsmanlike conduct'.

It was in a 1500m event. While standing behind the block, my coach told me that he'd hold up a board with a large letter '4' on it when I had 4 lengths to go. He spoke loudly, and the other swimmers heard this instruction.

When he held up the board, the swimmers next to me knew 4 lengths of the race were remaining - or so they thought! I had previously agreed with the coach that when there were 6 lengths to go, the signal '4' would be held high.

The other swimmers stopped and I carried on for the last 50m. By the time they had realised that their race hadn't actually finished, I had only 25 metres to go. I won the race but was later DQ'd.

We laughed for ages about that race.

Ms T Goggles · 22-11-2009, 08:45 AM

pure dead brilliant!

laserblazer · 23-11-2009, 02:25 PM

But surely when you had 6 to go the others would only have 4 max.?

19-11-2009, 10:17 PM	#1
Ms T Goggles breast was best, but freestyle's better Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Shetland Isles Posts: 338	DQ's DQs - don't we just hate them, but they have their uses in a learning sort of way. Was reading some results earlier for a meet that I did not attend, and for the DQs, the violations were described - easy peasy then to understand what went wrong...like 'one handed touch' or 'non continuous turning action' .......but *Unsportsmanlike conduct* - goodness gracious, wonder what that was about ..........in a boys age 10/11 relay at a minimeet. Any ideas? (PS - anyone there to actually witness it?)

23-11-2009, 02:25 PM	#4
laserblazer Established Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Worcestershire Posts: 1,024	But surely when you had 6 to go the others would only have 4 max.? __________________ The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard

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19-11-2009, 10:39 PM	#2
Juicy Lucy Sleepless in Seattle Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,406	I was DQ'd many years ago for 'unsportsmanlike conduct'. It was in a 1500m event. While standing behind the block, my coach told me that he'd hold up a board with a large letter '4' on it when I had 4 lengths to go. He spoke loudly, and the other swimmers heard this instruction. When he held up the board, the swimmers next to me knew 4 lengths of the race were remaining - or so they thought! I had previously agreed with the coach that when there were 6 lengths to go, the signal '4' would be held high. The other swimmers stopped and I carried on for the last 50m. By the time they had realised that their race hadn't actually finished, I had only 25 metres to go. I won the race but was later DQ'd. We laughed for ages about that race.

22-11-2009, 08:45 AM	#3
Ms T Goggles breast was best, but freestyle's better Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Shetland Isles Posts: 338	pure dead brilliant!

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