SMARTSPEED and SMARTSPEED LITE Advanced Protocol Guide
© 2010 Fusion Sport International
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SERPENTINE DRILLS (SMARTSPEED OR HYBRID SYSTEMS ONLY)
Serpentine Drills are designed to test and train reactions to central visual cues during sprinting and are ideal in all sports where
athletes must react to athletes in front of them. As an athlete moves through a course of gates, they must react to central visual
cues and change direction or perform specific activities.
Serpentine drills begin with the athlete breaking the first gate. Upon breaking the first gate, the second gate will display a colour,
to which the player must react, perform a specific activity (e.g. run around a cone) and then run through the second gate. Upon
running through each gate, the next gate will be triggered to display a colour, until the athlete has completed all gates.
The PDA comes pre-installed with 2-6 gate versions of the Serpentine.
USER OPTIONS
There are two configurable options for Serpentine drills:
1.
Random choices:
set the number of light options which the system can display (2 = green or red, 3 = green,
red or blue, 4 = green, red, blue or all 3 colors)
2.
Enable flash delay
: set a delay between breaking the trigger gate, and the reactive signal appearing. Can be
either a fixed value or random within a range
RESULTS
ITEM
DESCRIPTION
Split
Individual split time
Color
Color displayed in each split (1=green, 2 =
red, 3 = blue, 4 = all)
Total
Total time
Random choices
control
Control the number of
flash options available
in the test
Enable Flash Delay
Set a fixed or random
delay between
breaking one gate,
and the next gate
giving a signal
