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    STUDIA EDUCATIO%20ARTIS%20GYMNASTICAE - Issue no. 4 / 2012  
         
  Article:   ASPECTS REGARDING THE RELATION BETWEEN AGE, THE VALUE OF THE START REACTION TIME, AND THE ACCUMULATION OF PSYCHO-MOTOR EXPERIENCE IN THE PRACTICE OF WOMEN''S SPRINT EVENTS.

Authors:  RAŢĂ GLORIA. 		 
       
         
  Abstract:  The way in which women react to various stimuli, their reaction time at different ages, and the differences between their reaction and the men''s reaction, have served as basis for many interdisciplinary researches. Goal. Having as framework the specific problematic of human performance in general, and athletic performance in particular, this paper aims to do a thorough analysis of the start reaction times recorded by the medaled female athletes in the sprint events, during the Romanian National Athletics Championships of 2011. Methods. The subjects of this research were professional female athletes divided, according to the Romanian Athletics Federation regulations into 5 age categories (juniors III, II, I, youth, and seniors), whose start reaction was measured with complete start reaction analysis systems, "Alge timing StartJudge SJ" and "Timetronics." Results. In average, the best reaction time values in the observed competitions were recorded by female athletes in the JII category (16-17 years old - 0.213 s), followed by JIII female athletes (14-15 years old - 0.215 s), and senior female athletes (over 23 years old - 0.216 s). Conclusions. The results of our research allow us to say that the accumulation of psycho-motor experience throughout the years of professional practice of women''s sprint events does not represent always a factor of improvement for the value of the reaction time to a sound stimulus.

Keywords: track and field, reaction time, experience, medaled female athletes 		 
         
     
         
         
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