Anyone know what he was failed for?
Being awesome? Difficult to see, but maybe his butt came up.
[quote]TheDudeAbides wrote:
Being awesome? Difficult to see, but maybe his butt came up.[/quote]
That was what I thought, but then I read that he got 3 reds (though I’m not sure how accurate that may or may not be), which made me think, how the fuck would the head judge know if his butt came up?
from outlaws:
[quote]I was one of the judges on Matt’s lifts
Posted on 6/8/2010 at 01:51:16 PM by mike mcdaniel
The lift in question was called bad for downward movement of his left arm prior to receiving the rack command. The movement wasn’t just s shift of his body to his left, but also a slight downward movement of the arm itself at the top of the press just after initial lockout, but prior to the rack command. His hips were in contact with the bench between the press and rack command. The tip of his elbow joint was visible when he bent his arms on both sleeves. He’s strong as hell and a pleasure to work with (first time I’ve ever worked as a judge for him). I talked briefly with Matt after the meet and he said he didn’t have any problem with the calls/trusted us to get it right.
Best to all,
mike mcd
apf12766/wpc441[/quote]
I thought I saw some side to side movement of his hips after his butt came up, maybe that is what tipped the head judge off?
edit: NVM I was wrong
I guess I see it now that I’m looking for it, guess that’s why I’m not a judge and why judges don’t use video.
Impressive lift no matter what.
If that’s the case, why did the head ref push the two spotters away midway thru the lift? I mean, if Matt got reds before he even started the lift, why does it matter?
[quote]rrjc5488 wrote:
If that’s the case, why did the head ref push the two spotters away midway thru the lift? I mean, if Matt got reds before he even started the lift, why does it matter?[/quote]
“just after initial lockout, but prior to the rack command”
The shift comes after lockout. Watch closely and you can see it (I think?)
[quote]threewhitelights wrote:
[quote]rrjc5488 wrote:
If that’s the case, why did the head ref push the two spotters away midway thru the lift? I mean, if Matt got reds before he even started the lift, why does it matter?[/quote]
“just after initial lockout, but prior to the rack command”
The shift comes after lockout. Watch closely and you can see it (I think?)[/quote]
Yes, WOW, that was the slightest downward motion to. A milisecond later he could have gotten the rack command.
Sorry, I’m an idiot. For some reason I thought they were talking about the ‘soft’ handoff… as in the initial lockout being having it locked in his hands before he started the lift.
Whoops. haha
But yeah, that was an incredibly tiny amount of downward motion for all three refs to have caught.