If you can’t measure it (accurately), you can’t improve it. That philosophy can be applied to many facets of life, but in the sports performance realm it’s imperative to true athlete development. Being able to validate the training process is what drives improvement not only within the athlete population, but within coaches as well. If you are still just guessing, it’s time to do yourself and your athletes a favor and invest in accurate timing gates. Here is what you need to know when considering timing systems.
The most widely available, and cost friendly, are going to be single beam (SB) timing gates.