How Quick Are You? Take the Reaction-Time Test
Precision rifle shooters don’t have to hit a big-league fastball, or launch a top-fuel dragster in the blink of an eye. Nonetheless, reaction times are important in our sport — both for competitive shooters and hunters. Want to catch that prairie dog before he slips down his hole? You’ll need to be quick. Want to win at short-range benchrest? Then you’ll need to watch your windflags and respond quickly to a change. Miss a major wind-shift and you could ruin your whole weekend.
Here’s a fun test of reaction times from HumanBenchmark.com. The way it works is that, after clicking “Start”, you wait until the background color changes from red to green. The instant you see green, immediately click your mouse. The average (median) reaction time is 215 milliseconds. Hint: If you keep your finger “preloaded” in contact with your mouse button you can shave some milliseconds — but don’t “jump the gun”.
CLICK HERE to Take Reaction Time Test…
Tips for Faster Times
Here are three tips to speed up your reaction times:1) Respond to the color change (by itself), rather than wait to read the word “CLICK!” after the box shifts to green.
2) Try focusing at the corner of the box, rather than the center. This may help you react “without thinking”.
3) Have your index finger “poised and ready” over the left button–you can shave milliseconds by very slightly depressing the button before you actually click.
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4-time Superbowl winning quarterback Terry Bradshaw recently commented on similar tests that aspiring NFL quarterbacks are given on the eve of the NFL draft. Bradshaw quipped that had he been administered those tests in his day, he never would have made an NFL roster. Bradshaw’s advice to NFL quarterback hopefuls? Spoken slowly and over enunciated: “If he is open, throw it to him.” I love it!
348 first time.
182ms, but I just had a double expresso.
282 ms
Even tho I just woke up I thought I did OK
scored 190 on the test–not too bad for a guy 73 yoa.