OCR PE Unit 6.4 Athletics Based Sport - High Jump

OCR PE Unit 6.4

Athletics Based Sport - High Jump


Most Important Rules

• Jumpers must take off on one foot
• If ther bar falls before the jumper leaves the mat then it counts as a failed jump
• Jumpers are eliminated after three consecutively failed jumps
• Jumpers shoes can have a maximum of 13mm thick sole and 19mm thick heel
• A successful jump is when the jumper clears the bar without it falling
• Competitors can enter the competition at any point
• The victorious jumper is the one who wins in the final
• If the event is tied then there is a jump off between the two jumpers
• The symbols are Pass ( - Or P ) Fail ( X ) and Cleared ( O )
• No warming upbetween jumps (IAAF regulation)

Scenarios (Competition situations)

If an warms up between jumps he/she will be disqualified

If the bar is knocked off then the jump will go down as a fail ( X )

If a jumper clears the bar the jump will go down as a cleared jump ( O )

If the bar is knocked off before the athlete takes off the jumpwill go down as a fail



Scoring

Height (m)	Competitor A	Competitor B
1.86	---	XO
1.88	---	---
1.90	O	O
1.92	O	O
1.94	XO	XO
1.96	XXX	XXX

In the event above ther winner would be competitor A as competitor B had 5 failed jumps and competitor A only had 4.

Height (m)	Competitor A	Competitor B
1.90	---	---
1.92	XO	O
1.94	XXO	XO
1.96	XXX	XO
1.98
2.00

In the event above competitor B would win as they jumped 1.96 and competitor A did not.

Height (m)	Competitor A	Competitor B
1.82	XO	XO
1.84	O	XO
1.86	XO	O
1.88	O	O
1.90	XO	XO
1.92	XXX	XXX

In the event above the competition would go to a jump off - the jump off could have ended like this -

Height (m)	Competitor A	Competitor B
1.82	---	---
1.84	XO	XO
1.86	XXO	XXO
1.88	XO	XXO
1.90	XXO	XXO
1.92	XXX	XXX

In the event of this jump off then competitor A would win as he had fewest failed jumps.


Officials

There are 4 main types of officials in high jump. They are

• Chief Judge - The chief judge has a lot to do when it comes to a competiton. They will always ensure that the run up and landing area is safe and secure for the jumper to proceed with their jump. They allow warm up jumps for practice to decide tactics and to check their run up. They return the bar if it is knocked off and check that at the beginning of the jump the supports of the bar are upright. They make sure that the bar is always set to the correct height. The last job is to measure the height of the bar.

• Recording/Scoring Judge - The scoring judge checks that when the athletes name is called whether the athlete will take the jump or pass it. This must be signaled clearly. The scoring judge also writes down and calculated the scores of the competition. The template of a judges scorecard would look like this -

Height (m)	Competitor 1	Competitor 2	Competitor 3	Competitor 4
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-

 

• Official Coordinator - The official coordinator takes account for the number of officials and the number of jumpers entering the competition. Their main job is to make sure that the officials have signed in at the start of the event.

• High Jump Officials (Team) - The high jump officials team sets up the equipment, being a landing mat, bar, 2 supports and a measuring stick to check the height of the bar.

  Below is a chief judge measuring the height of the bar -

The high jump officials team as well as the chief judge look for mistakes in the equpimnt such as -