Here is a new little app that might interest sprinters who wants to improve their reaction time.
It is called sprintStart and it lets you practice and improve your reaction time.
It is fairly simple to use: Tap "Start" and put the iPhone in your pocket or resting on the starting blocks. Wait for the app to say "On your marks", "Set" and the start on the “gun”. The display will show your reaction time, that is, the time from the “gun” to when you start moving.
The set up allows you change the time between the commands and also add a random variation so you can’t guess the starter and get a flyer.
It is not as advanced as sprintTimer for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch , but I think it can be useful to measure reaction times, and it is free!
FREE is good!
Here is the appstore link:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=530460330&mt=8
More articles on reaction time and the false start rule:
- Reaction Time Differences in Men and Women
- Changing the IAAF Reaction Time Rule (Part 2)
- Armin Hary and the IAAF Reaction Time Rule (Part 1)
- Reaction Time, Usain Bolt and the Pareto 80-20 Rule
- How to Improve your Reaction Time
Jimson Lee
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I start hating this device – I phone rules every bit and byte of our life :0 Seriously. Today I’m going to offer it to someone :)
Thanks for the news Jimson :)
Jimson, question, do you know the developers at all personally?
Wondered if they had any thoughts on making a tie in app, for instance using this app to auto start the sprint timer app on another iPhone.
Because that….. Would be ground breaking!!! (obviously would need a 3G or wifi connection between the devises) but make it happen :-)
yes, I do know Sten, and he does check in on the Blog comments, good or bad :o)
I have been thinking about that a lot and really would like it to happen. The problem is that wifi is seldom available outdoors on a sports field. 3G/Internet has too many delays that make the timing unreliable. Bluetooth can handle iPhone to iPhone communication, but the range is to short.
I have some other ideas, but so far they have lead to rather clumsy solutions. But I will continue to think about it :)
Otherwise a primitive, but working solution that many use, is conventional start gun, a cheap walkie talkie and the sound detection in sprintTimer.