Hi All
On this point:
> >My understanding is that this has been extensively researched, with a
> generous allowance made below the fastest reaction tested.<
>
> You're correct, but this test was done on military men, not
> athletes!
>
As I understand it there has never been a test done among any group which
showed a reaction time to aural stimulus of less than a fifth of a second.
Top class athletes are thus allowed to react twice as fast as anyone else
has ever been shown to do. That, to me, is more than generous enough
already.
Typical reaction times at meets with pressure sensitive blocks range from
0.15 at the business end to 0.3 for the very worst. There are very very few
reactions in the 0.1 to 0.12 range, if any. There has never been evidence of
any athlete, even you Mr Drummond, being able to react faster than 0.1.
Justin
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