> From: Jack Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> High-end track meets put speakers in the blocks.
Isn't that primarily for the starter's voice commands, or do they also get the
sound of the gun through the speakers? I would think that might create a
strange echo.
Dan
If I read the article correctly it had more to do with the fact that it was
louder for the runners nearer the gun.
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From: "Jack Moran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Dan Kaplan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 9:
They do it from behind at the Drake Relays, with assistant starters
watching in front.
In the worst case, if a starter stood (off the track, of course) on a
line with the starting line, the sound of the gun would reach the
runner in lane 1 about 0.025 seconds before it reached the runner in
> From: Jorma Kurry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> is there a reason why the starter could not stand behind the
> runners in the straightaway races at that level?
Just venturing a guess... Sounds are more difficult to localize and identify
when they come from behind, if I remember correctly. That uncer
;Roger Ruth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Cc: "George Malley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: t-and-f: Lane Assignment and Reaction Time (much ado bout
nuthin)
Admittedly, I'm out of my expertise range with this, but if Malmo has the
On Saturday, June 21, 2008, at 09:26 AM, George Malley wrote:
It all depends on what you call "significant" doesn't it?
From another Univ Alberta Study on the same topic:
If you report the reaction times in milliseconds (133, 143, and 150) my
gosh, those numbers look big. If you report the r
Allen Gillman was good enough to send along a pdf copy of the reaction
time report. The report itself is copyrighted, but I'll copy the
abstract. That answers some questions and may increase your interest in
seeking out a copy of the June issue of Medicine & Science In Sports
and Exercise. RR
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Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 12:13 AM
To: t-and-f@lists.uoregon.edu
Subject: t-and-f: Lane Assignment and Reaction Time
Today's edition of the Vancouver edition of Globe and Mail includes an
article that's interesting, but without enough
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Subject: Re: t-and-f: Lane Assignment and Reaction Time
Interesting, to say the least. It makes sense on one hand, but then why
do the typical overall results not mirror that pattern? Rarely do you see
the inside to outsi
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--- On Sat, 6/21/08, Roger Ruth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Roger Ruth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Today's edition of the Vancouver edition of Globe and Mail includes an
article that's interesting, but without enough information to know how
well-founded is that interest.
It describes a study undertaken at the University of Alberta in which
researchers examined reaction times for the 100m sp
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