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?
I'm referring to regular race starts. The thought behind the question is this....in national and international track competition (I'm not sure if swimming has adopted this also) if the reaction time is faster than a certain time it is considered a jump because the "experts" have determined that the human cannot possibly react any faster than that. I'm not sure what that threshold time is, but it is a time greater than zero. I've seen this happen at track meets and have heard the time being discussed but don't remember what it is.
Now THAT is a bunch of crap! I mentioned anticipation in my recommendation list above. If one of these track guys/gals does my "spy on the starter" trick and it works, they could be screwed out of a legitimate, albiet fast, start. What happened to the good ole days where we didn't need technology to do all this? Speaking of, I attended a swim meet very recently that didn't have a starting machine so they used the gun. It was awesome! Just like the old days!
I'm referring to regular race starts. The thought behind the question is this....in national and international track competition (I'm not sure if swimming has adopted this also) if the reaction time is faster than a certain time it is considered a jump because the "experts" have determined that the human cannot possibly react any faster than that. I'm not sure what that threshold time is, but it is a time greater than zero. I've seen this happen at track meets and have heard the time being discussed but don't remember what it is.
Now THAT is a bunch of crap! I mentioned anticipation in my recommendation list above. If one of these track guys/gals does my "spy on the starter" trick and it works, they could be screwed out of a legitimate, albiet fast, start. What happened to the good ole days where we didn't need technology to do all this? Speaking of, I attended a swim meet very recently that didn't have a starting machine so they used the gun. It was awesome! Just like the old days!
