At a recent thread some people advised looking for the flash of the strobe instead of listening for the beep. in another thread on starts,keeping your eyes closed to aid in focus and relaxation was recommended. I didn't think the"watch for the strobe"idea would give any advantage.Yes the speed of light is 186000mps and the speed of sound is 1000fps,but the horn is at the back of the block and so the difference would be less than .003 sec. I just read in Discover Magazine that the brain is wired up to respond to sound faster than to light,responding on average .02 faster.It seems to me that .003 is negligible but .02 is not.
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Originally Posted by scyfreestyler forums.usms.org/.../viewpost.gif
Listen.
That's all I do.
Go with the ears, I'd say.
We know that ALL meets have a starting sound (whistle, klaxon, gun -or shotgun-). Therefore one doesn't want to get attuned to react to strobes and be taken by surprise when they don't "see the light".
Quote:
Originally Posted by scyfreestyler forums.usms.org/.../viewpost.gif
Listen.
That's all I do.
Go with the ears, I'd say.
We know that ALL meets have a starting sound (whistle, klaxon, gun -or shotgun-). Therefore one doesn't want to get attuned to react to strobes and be taken by surprise when they don't "see the light".
