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Old 04-09-2007, 04:53 PM   #100
graywolf624
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actually, professional athletes often have reaction times from .1 to .3 seconds... sometimes even less with such levels of sport.

not to say that .1 is enough to react...
It isn't in either case.. In very much similarities to Clarksons speed series where they talk about a driver reading the road before the car reacts. The same process goes through to a professional athlete. Clarkson actually tested Schumacher in that video if I remember.. and beat him in slapsys. It really is a case of reading the movements before they happen.. Otherwise unless your fighting joe blow your screwed. If it takes .4 seconds to shoot it takes .4 secs to block.. if it takes .2 secs to punch it takes .2 secs to block. If you start when the other person swings its too late. I didn't master that until right near the end of my career.. ITs the difference between a good wrestler and the people at the upper echelon. The same holds true for any other sport.
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