how much of a difference is there between a hand timed 40 and a laser timed?
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Thread: hand timed vs laser
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01-13-2008, 03:44 PM #1
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01-13-2008, 04:06 PM #2
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01-13-2008, 05:55 PM #3
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01-13-2008, 08:21 PM #4
In our state we have the conversion of adding .24 of a second to convert any hand-time to FAT.
But that's for a track where you add in reaction time from the beginning of the race and the end.
I think for a 40, (if I remember correctly) you start off on your own. So that takes out the reaction time when you start (in a hand time). So for the 40, I think it would be a .12 - .14 difference.
I hope that made sense. But then all that is ruined when you have a really good hand timer haha.
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01-13-2008, 08:54 PM #5
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01-13-2008, 10:49 PM #6
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01-14-2008, 06:09 AM #7
Theres a big difference. Guys from my school that are training for their pro days told me that you have to specifically prepare for the laser time. Hand time will always be better. My RB went to an all-star game where they do all the tests in front of scouts. He ran a 4.45 hand timed but a 4.81 laser.
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01-14-2008, 08:16 AM #8
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01-14-2008, 01:00 PM #9
I was timed by laser timing and hand time and had a .3 difference. Sometimes I think the laser method is a bit unfair if one has not prepared for it. I think my times would have been closer, but we were working on tecnhique when I was timed on the laser. I would guess the average difference in .2, but it's completely different anywhere you go...there is always some little variation.
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01-14-2008, 02:35 PM #10
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01-15-2008, 11:03 AM #11
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I don't get what you guys mean by "there's a big difference between running with a laser and being hand-timed". The laser is just a gate system with the start being initiated by hand upon the athletes first movement, unless you are being tested with a pressure sensor start system. However, the NFL/NIKE/SPARQ/RIVALS Combines are all tested using a laser-gate system. There really shouldn't be a big difference between the two.
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