Reaction Time

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        • Participant
          Jay Turner on May 5, 2004 at 7:09 pm #9218

          What can you do to improve reaction time? I have a sprinter who is very fast but has HORRIBLE reaction time. I feel that if there were a way to improve upon this then she'd go even faster.

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          Danny Tutskey on May 5, 2004 at 9:21 pm #27647

          I thought I read in an article a few days ago that reaction can't really be improved. You can do all sorts of drills though. Gun fighter, key reaction, etc.

        • Participant
          Jay Turner on May 5, 2004 at 9:34 pm #27648

          I'm not sure divephase.

          mike, QUIK. . . Thoughts?

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          Danny Tutskey on May 5, 2004 at 10:00 pm #27649

          https://elitetrack.com/sprintstart.pdf

          " The reaction process is next to impossible to teach and learn, but proper mechanics that provide for a good start can be taught."

        • Keymaster
          Mike Young on May 5, 2004 at 10:43 pm #27650

          Strictly speaking reaction time can't be improved significantly. What can be improved though is starting strength and power (the ability to overcome inertia quickly) which would give the impression of a faster start.

          ELITETRACK Founder

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          Jay Turner on May 6, 2004 at 5:06 am #27651

          [i]Originally posted by mike[/i]
          Strictly speaking reaction time can't be improved significantly. What can be improved though is starting strength and power (the ability to overcome inertia quickly) which would give the impression of a faster start.

          Ok, well other than weights, how do you develop startiing strength and power?

        • Keymaster
          Mike Young on May 6, 2004 at 9:38 pm #27652

          Anytime you're overcoming a stationary body's inertia you're working on starting strength. This can in the form of your own body's inertia (as is the case in short jumps), or a your body and a load (as is the case in pause squats or squats that start from the bottom position).

          ELITETRACK Founder

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          mister-c on May 16, 2004 at 1:30 am #27653

          Ive always been under the impression that reaction time (quickness) could be improved, but it would just take much more work than improving other components of sprinting.

          I could be wrong though.

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