Rule changes and adjustments to next season’s rule book have been announced by the NFHS rules committee and have just been listed on the NFHS website here. 

Some of the rule changes and clarifications are:

• expanding acceptable starting devices and calibers of guns for meets;
• restricting athletes from “wearing any type of type of audio or video recording devices during a race, trial, or while in restricted areas;”
• standardizing warm up times for athletes entering the high jump and pole vault after 60 minutes have elapsed;
• clarifying that padding is required for hard and unyielding surfaces that are elevated relative to the ground;
• incorporating javelin construction specifications into the rules book;

Additionally, points of emphasis for the coming season will be safety in the throwing events, restricted areas during a meet and the protest/appeal process. Further information and situation examples will be available on the NFHS website later in the summer and into the fall.