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[quote=Anonymous]Official here... It gets tricky because the starter must allow every swimmer to get into a stationary position after "take your marks" and before the starting signal.  If a swimmer "falls into the pool" prior to becoming stationary, then that isn't a false start.  But after they become stationary, any "starting movement" that happens before the starting signal would be considered a false start.  "Stationary" doesn't mean motionless, so a twitching foot shouldn't be considered a "starting movement", but it's really a judgement call on the starter.

The other thing to be aware of is that every false start must be independently dual confirmed by both the starter and the deck referee.  So sometimes when there are like 4-5 false starts in the same heat only some of them are dual confirmed.

It's really simple and really complicated at the same time.

Give this a read from USA swimming:

https://www.usaswimming.org/docs/default-source/officialsdocuments/officials-training-resources/situations-and-resolutions/situations-and-resolutions-starter-and-deck-referee.pdf
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