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?
Oh no he definitely got away with one - the refs had to see the false start first then verify with the timing system. The pads were pretty accurate.
Being a teammate with a very slow reaction time it was interesting to see - I switched from a track start last year back to a grab start because although a little slower off the block I get a better push with both legs and go deeper and further on the start, an advantage for me since I swim longer races primarily and have pretty good underwater dolphins. A person has to decide what is advantageous for themselves. The reaction time is just another piece of information to help with that.
Oh no he definitely got away with one - the refs had to see the false start first then verify with the timing system. The pads were pretty accurate.
Being a teammate with a very slow reaction time it was interesting to see - I switched from a track start last year back to a grab start because although a little slower off the block I get a better push with both legs and go deeper and further on the start, an advantage for me since I swim longer races primarily and have pretty good underwater dolphins. A person has to decide what is advantageous for themselves. The reaction time is just another piece of information to help with that.
