Reaction time measurement

[speedbag]

Hey Group

I just came back from a Large Sporting Goods trade show in Orlando, and got to test this item called the "Hitmaster" which is a training device ( pad with sensors and LED readout screen) that effectively measures your reaction time in thousandths of a second.

http://www.impacttrainingsystems.com/HitMaster.html

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It has three workout modes.

1. Reaction Time – Select a 2-to 5-second random delay or instant beep. Your reaction time to the beep is displayed in thousandths of a second, up to a maximum of 2 seconds.

You can Record up to 20 reaction times, which can then be reviewed on the display. Review your average and fastest reaction times, and export to a computer. These countdown options are designed to train for a series of impact combinations, or to improve rapid impacts in short bursts of time.

2. Sparring Rounds – Designed to simulate competitive sessions encountered in many contact sports. Select 2-or-3-minute round duration, and select 1 to 5 sparring rounds 1-minute rest periods. One beep starts each round and two beeps signals the end of rounds and end of session.

The Controller records the number of hits in up to 3 zones on the pad for the entire session and then lets you review your session round by round with the number of hits per zone being displayed.

3. Countdown Timer – Select from 1, 5, 10, or 60 second time periods to measure your speed. Press start and the HitMaster Controller beeps to begin your countdown timer session. The number of your impacts to the HitPad is recorded in all 3 zones (A, B or C) and displayed at the end of your session. Up to 5 sessions can be recorded and exported for tracking your progress over time.

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It is a unique training aid, and after trying it I must say it appears to work as advertised. It attaches to any heavy bag of similiar target ( punch bobs and all those....) They say to keep your fist at least 12 inches from the pad, and if you are going to measure numerous attempts, you need to keep your fist or foot the same distance away for all attempts. It also works for Kicking. Use any kick. It will tell you how fast it happened after the beep.

Although not necessarily related to boxing, I also found out that "reaction time" competitions will soon begin to be a part of regional and national martial arts tournaments, and this device will be used as the method of measurement. so if you and your students go to tournaments and want to enter in this division, this is the device they will be tested on.

It might be a little high in cost, but it is NOT a toy and if you think you're fast this will give you some reliable measurements.

It looks to be a legitimate training device if you want feedback on the speed of your reactions.

hope this helps.

SpeedBag
http://www.speedbagcentral.com

ps.
Century also has developed a system for measuring "punching force", but it is not on the market yet. Look for it in a couple months.

[dkm]

too bad it doesn't hit back. Besides that, it's $250....fukk that!

[Tom Yum]

Originally Posted by speedbag

Hey Group

It might be a little high in cost, but it is NOT a toy and if you think you're fast this will give you some reliable measurements.

It looks to be a legitimate training device if you want feedback on the speed of your reactions.

Century also has developed a system for measuring "punching force", but it is not on the market yet. Look for it in a couple months.

Its a legitimate training device if you have moolah and are an olympic level athlete.

For internet warriors like us, its called focus mitt work. Low tech, high results.

Here's how it works.

Your coach or training buddy putts on the focus mitts. You put on the gloves and a mouth guard. Coach shows you how he feeds the jab, cross, hook, body hook and uppercut.

You and coach get into boxing stances. Coach feeds the punches giving you maybe 1 second or less to land the punch. Miss it? Too slow, work harder.

Coach feeds you more sequences designed to test your opponents defense and attack weaknesses. Coach then counter smacks you in mid flurry (OUCH!) Getting hit? Feet/head are too slow or you drop your hands too much.

Even better?

Sparring against someone better than you. Huge learning curve.

Maybe some day they will design a machine can do this that costs eleventy-billion dollars, but until then this po boy gotta train old school.