Event order

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   Besides tradition, what is the rationale behind the usual order in which the events are competed?  What are the arguments against changing the order?

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dflanagan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 9/25/04 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 31	Post Options Post Reply Quote dflanagan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Event order Posted: 2/19/05 at 7:22am
	Besides tradition, what is the rationale behind the usual order in which the events are competed? What are the arguments against changing the order?

seckmrl Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 8/30/04 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 723	Post Options Post Reply Quote seckmrl Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 2/21/05 at 2:29pm
	I would have to say that you have to take 2 things into consideration when making a schedule.. One - the athletes- in that you need to keep a steady flow to the events as well as spacing out heavy and light events as to allow for peak performance. 2- for the crowd- again a steady flow is crucial to keeping the crowds interest. I feel that the traditional schedule does that. Keeping the events at the start as a type of warmup IE) stones, then hammers, weights and finish with caber or weight over bar as the athletes and the crowd are really into the outcome of each event as it comes down to the wire. in our games we have 6 or so classes each day so we use the traditional for the A and WOrld Champ class and then rotate other classes around that. It makes for a very "eye pleasing" event. But as I am sure you know if you have athletes who love the games and a crowd that enjoys watching others have fun you can't go wrong with any rotation. Just my 2 cents..