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
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 results by actual reaction
time differences 0.01s (133-143ms) 0.007s
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
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To: t-and-f@lists.uoregon.edu
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
differences calculated correctly
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
