Who will be the jockey this is the person who places the frog on the launching pad and then encourage the frog to jump. The goals of the entrants and their jockey are first of all to have fun second to win a prize and their to set a new world frog-jumping record
The contest starts when the jockey positions his or her frog and then yells screams jump up and down puffs blows whistle 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 times. Once a frog has made its three jumps an official measures the distance from the center of the pad to the spot where the frog landed on its third jump. Naturally the winning frog is usually the one that jumped in the straightest line rather than