In a message dated Wed, 21 Mar 2001 11:55:53 AM Eastern Standard Time, "Conway Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: <<And during the time that this measurement has been available there have not been that many truly fast starters ...Colin Jackson and Jon Drummond being the best in recent times ... And what about Mark McKoy and Ben Johnson (yes I know some of you cringe)?? But both Canadians were quicker off the mark than the oft mentioned Jackson ... Does anyone know what their "routine" or fastest reaction times were ??? Or how about some other hurdlers like Arthur Blake who was a very quick starter ?? And what of some of the great starters from yesteryear who were never clocked for reaction ?? How about a Houston McTear, Mel Pender, Armin Hary, Herb Washington, Alexander Kornieliuk (who was faster out of the blocks than Borzov, Ivory Crocket, Desai Williams, just to name a few that quickly come to mind ... These men were all as fast as they come - Hary and McTear seemingly more so than any others .. But we have n o data for them so are we to assume that since we have no data that they were not the X-men for the equation ???>> You're making the common mistake of assuming that the guys who are legendary in the first 5-10m have great reaction times. Some do, some don't. It's not the same set of skills. Reacting to a stimulus and initiating/completing a complex set of neuromuscular actions in a short period of time aren't necessarily related. Nor is reacttion time related to one's ability to overcome inertia. Is it? gh
