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?
As for track vs. grab, Kirk, I agree with you. I was somewhat vague in my comments about which to change to for this reason, but mentioned that I have already made one flip flop and will probably make many more. Whatever it takes to make sure I can beat you in the 500 next year in Austin!!!
OK, game on! I've always used a grab start and hadn't even tried a track start in a long time because they never felt right. I actually tried a few recently and they felt pretty good, so I might consider switching, too. At Nationals I used grab starts for all my individual events, but did use a step-up start stepping with only one foot for the relays, so that was effectively a track start.
Out of curiosity were the reaction times used on false starts too?
I assume you mean on non-relays? I don't really see how they could. Even if you were moving on the start your reaction time would be greater than zero. You only need to be moving when the start is signalled for it to be a false start.
As for track vs. grab, Kirk, I agree with you. I was somewhat vague in my comments about which to change to for this reason, but mentioned that I have already made one flip flop and will probably make many more. Whatever it takes to make sure I can beat you in the 500 next year in Austin!!!
OK, game on! I've always used a grab start and hadn't even tried a track start in a long time because they never felt right. I actually tried a few recently and they felt pretty good, so I might consider switching, too. At Nationals I used grab starts for all my individual events, but did use a step-up start stepping with only one foot for the relays, so that was effectively a track start.
Out of curiosity were the reaction times used on false starts too?
I assume you mean on non-relays? I don't really see how they could. Even if you were moving on the start your reaction time would be greater than zero. You only need to be moving when the start is signalled for it to be a false start.
