Anyone have ideas on reducing the reaction time off the blocks? Only one of my events at Nationals posted a reaction time, and it looks like I went ahead and finished a cup of coffee before I left. Was I just thinking too much? Or do I need a cattle prod?
Rob,
Out of curiosity were the reaction times used on false starts too? The dual confirmation applies here as in the take-offs. As a starter, if I observe a false start then I go to the referee for confirmation. Would the reaction times then be looked at for confirmation?
BTW it was nice meeting you at the meet.
Yes, they were using reaction times for relay DQ’s. However, before the officials look at the reaction times on relay take-offs, there must first be dual confirmation from the take-off judges that an early take-off occurred. So it is actually more difficult to get DQ’ed with automated take-off judging, since the automated take-off time can overrule a called early take-off.
Rob,
Out of curiosity were the reaction times used on false starts too? The dual confirmation applies here as in the take-offs. As a starter, if I observe a false start then I go to the referee for confirmation. Would the reaction times then be looked at for confirmation?
BTW it was nice meeting you at the meet.
Yes, they were using reaction times for relay DQ’s. However, before the officials look at the reaction times on relay take-offs, there must first be dual confirmation from the take-off judges that an early take-off occurred. So it is actually more difficult to get DQ’ed with automated take-off judging, since the automated take-off time can overrule a called early take-off.
