How to improve your 100 Meter Start: quickness or powerful ? | I just completed the first draft for the updated Bud Winter book The Rocket Sprint Start. The original version was from 1964, so I think a new version is overdue! How to improve your 100 Meter Start: the trade-offs between … [Read more...] about How to Improve your 100 meter Start: Quickness vs. Powerful?
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Changing the IAAF Reaction Time Rule (Part 2)
Yesterday’s article on Armin Hary and other “False start incidents” prompted a more in depth look at the 0.100 second (or 100 milliseconds) reaction time rule. The 0.100 number is based on an assumed minimum auditory reaction time, based on the average 0.132 seconds. The IAAF commissioned the … [Read more...] about Changing the IAAF Reaction Time Rule (Part 2)
Armin Hary and the IAAF Reaction Time Rule (Part 1)
“The start “ has been the center of controversy since the beginning of Track and Field. Over 50 years ago, it was Armin Hary of Germany and his lightning quick starts and acceleration. In the days before pressure pads were installed on the blocks, several athletes accused him of jumping or … [Read more...] about Armin Hary and the IAAF Reaction Time Rule (Part 1)
Reaction Time, Usain Bolt and the Pareto 80-20 Rule
The 100 meters can be broken down into 3 parts: reaction time, acceleration to top speed, speed endurance, If you take Usain Bolt's 9.69 time from Beijing 2008 as a percentage of time, you get: Reaction time = 0.165 (1.7%), 0-60m without reaction time = 6.155 (63.5%), 60-100m … [Read more...] about Reaction Time, Usain Bolt and the Pareto 80-20 Rule
