the contest starts when the jockey positions his or her frog and then yells, screams, jumps up and down, puffs, blows, whistles, or does whatever else is necessary to incite the frog to jump.
the one thing that is not allowed is any kind of physical contact with the frog.
each frog is given 15 seconds to jump three time.
once a frog has made its three jump, an official measures the distance from the center of the pad to the spot where the frog landed on is third jump.
naturally, the winning frog is usually the one that jumped in the straightest line rather than zigzagged around.
some frog frustrate their jockeys by jumping back toward the lunching pad after a spectacular first or second jump.