How come it is a rule in swimming that your butt can't twitch on the starting block???

Question

Because I disqualified for this in a trial meet and I would have qualified if my butt hadn't twitched!!! Makes me sooooo mad!!!

Answer 1

noo, poletop 1 is not telling the truth. it is because moving before the buzzer means you may be doing a false start.  a false start means you leave the block before the buzzer but after they say take your mark, you cant moves or else the official will think you are doing a false start. just be more careful next time not to move.

Answer 2

lol no way! ill watch out for that one! Thanks for the heads up

Answer 3

Same thing happens in track & field. For instance in the 100m dash, everybody must me motionless after the starter says on the mark, before the gun goes off.

Sorry you got a DQ, but that is the rules.

Answer 4

cause all the swimmers are g*y and you'd distract them, thats an unfair advantage and against the olympic rules.

Answer 5

i know, hard to get used to..just so others don't start with you thinking your going

Answer 6

because you have to be completely still when you are in ready position, if you move, they think that you will have a false start, so you are automatically DQ'd

Answer 7

No idea mate, you got unlucky and should have qualified