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  2. Starting blocks - Wikipedia

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    Block slippage was common enough that it is an allowable loophole in the rules to recall the start of a race without calling a false start against an athlete whose blocks slip. In some amateur settings, such as high school track, since block slippage is much more common due to lower quality track surface material and/or starting blocks' spike ...

  3. False start - Wikipedia

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    False starts are common in racing sports (such as swimming, track, sprinting, and motor sports), where differences are made by fractions of a second and where anxiety to get the best start plays a role in the athletes' behavior. A race that is started without a false start is referred to as a fair start or clean start.

  4. Automatic block signaling - Wikipedia

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    Automatic block signaling (ABS), spelled automatic block signalling or called track circuit block (TCB [1]) in the UK, is a railroad communications system that consists of a series of signals that divide a railway line into a series of sections, called blocks. The system controls the movement of trains between the blocks using automatic signals.

  5. Cylinder-head-sector - Wikipedia

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    Cylinder, head, and sector of a hard drive. Cylinder-head-sector (CHS) is an early method for giving addresses to each physical block of data on a hard disk drive.. It is a 3D-coordinate system made out of a vertical coordinate head, a horizontal (or radial) coordinate cylinder, and an angular coordinate sector.

  6. Sprint (running) - Wikipedia

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    Place the blocks in the center of the track, approximately where your toe is. The dominant foot will be in the front block. With the paddle being set at 45 degrees; The front block will be about 1 3 ⁄ 4-2 foot lengths from the starting line. The non-dominant foot will be in the back block. The paddle will be set as high as possible.

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  8. Nick Newton - Wikipedia

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    Newton Starting Blocks. Milton "Nick" Newton (November 6, 1933, in Tarboro, North Carolina, United States – March 31, 2018, in Palm Springs, California) [1] [2] was the inventor of the Newton Starting Blocks. Newton blocks are considered by many to be the best in the world, [3] [failed verification] used at many major track meets like the Mt ...

  9. Starting block - Wikipedia

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    Starting block in track cycling, the object which holds the bicycle at the starting line until the starting signal; Starting blocks in track and field, an apparatus that braces a runner's feet at the start of a race; Starting block in Swimming (sport), a raised platform mounted at the end of a pool from which swimmers begin a race; in film: