Hurdling

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by asdf

You asked why the rules committee wrote the rule as it currently is and i gave you the answer. The potential for a serious neck injury is much greater from the front than from the rear.

Unless the player injured was trying to use the head as a weapon by presenting it top first, that's not true. The risk of serious neck injury is far greater from flexion than from dorsiflexion. Dorsiflexion is what results from the head's being bent back, i.e. a front hit, while flexion results from the head's being bent forward, i.e. a hit on the back of the head.

[asdf]

For the subject at hand, hurdling, the risk is greater from the front as that's where the contact will me made on the hurdle.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

Unless the player injured was trying to use the head as a weapon by presenting it top first, that's not true. The risk of serious neck injury is far greater from flexion than from dorsiflexion. Dorsiflexion is what results from the head's being bent back, i.e. a front hit, while flexion results from the head's being bent forward, i.e. a hit on the back of the head.

I think you're seriously overanalyzing a rule written by coaches who simply don't want runners hurdling defenders.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Adam

I think you're seriously overanalyzing a rule writting by coaches who simply don't want runners hurdling defenders.

Exactly. The rule is for safety, that is clear. Coaches and administrators wrote this rule (a very long time ago and before YouTube) and have made it a POE to emphasize the rule.

And none of us here have much or anything to do with the rule possibly changing.

Peace

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

Unless the player injured was trying to use the head as a weapon by presenting it top first, that's not true. The risk of serious neck injury is far greater from flexion than from dorsiflexion. Dorsiflexion is what results from the head's being bent back, i.e. a front hit, while flexion results from the head's being bent forward, i.e. a hit on the back of the head.

Honestly not understanding why you're continuing to argue this... you're barking up the wrong tree.

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

Honestly not understanding why you're continuing to argue this... you're barking up the wrong tree.

I read statements, I respond to them. Where I read them or who writes them, I don't care.