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How to Judge Race Walking
By Jeff Salvage and Gary Westerfield
The following video is an initial release of our how to judge race walking video. We will be adding to it regularly, so please use the URL http://www.racewalk.com/judging/ to refer to it as the embedding link may change. You are free to use this video for any non-commercial use in it’s current form. You may not download, edit or alter the video without express written consent from Jeff Salvage.
How to Judge Race Walking (Practice Video Evaluation)
By Jeff Salvage and Gary Westerfield
This is a self test to see if you can correctly identify whether a race walker is legal, deserving of a yellow paddle (caution) or a red card as well as whether you can determine if the call should be for bent knee or loss of contact. You are free to use this video for any non-commercial use in it’s current form. You may not download, edit or alter the video without express written consent from Jeff Salvage.
Answers will be posted by July 15th.
How to Judge Race Walking (Practice Video Evaluation)
By Jeff Salvage and Gary Westerfield
This is a self test to see if you can correctly identify whether a race walker is legal, deserving of a yellow paddle (caution) or a red card as well as whether you can determine if the call should be for bent knee or loss of contact. You are free to use this video for any non-commercial use in it’s current form. You may not download, edit or alter the video without express written consent from Jeff Salvage.
Answers will be posted by July 15th.
Race Walking Officiating - Basic Zoom Clinic
By Jeff Salvage and Gary Westerfield
The following is a recording of a Zoom Race Walking Officials' clinic given by Jeff Salvage & Gary Westerfield. It will be updated in the future as we finish creating more material for it. It was originally for the Oregon USTATF Association, but was made available to a wider audience.
How to Fill Out a Tally Sheet
By Jeff Salvage and Gary Westerfield
The following is a very early version of an animation project to teach aspects of race walking officiating. This video covers how to fill out a tally sheet.
Operating the Penalty Zone
By Jeff Salvage and Gary Westerfield
The following is a very early version of an animation project to teach aspects of race walking officiating. This video covers how to operate the penalty zone.
Self Test - How to Fill Out a Tally Sheet
By Jeff Salvage and Gary Westerfield
The following is a very early version of a self test for filling out a tally sheet.
Here is a blank tally sheet and red card (print multiple) you can fill out in order to take the test.
How to Fill Out a Summary Sheet
By Jeff Salvage, David Harriman, and Gary Westerfield
This video explains how to fill out a summary sheet for an international race walk.
Latest Race Walking Officials Test
By Jeff Salvage, David Harriman, and Gary Westerfield
This is a video designed to be a test for race walking officials. Use the following form (you may need to copy and paste it): https://forms.gle/HQZCfdhKPAzRFoib7 to test yourself. The original video was created at a very high frame rate so that participants could see the race walkers feet more clearly, with less motion blur and artifacts. Unfortunately, YouTube and likely your equipment will not output videos at that frame rate. Therefore, taking this test this way works for the obvious cases of loss of contact and bent knee, but may prove challenging on the more subtle questions.