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Strafe Tracking

Hold fire on a target that changes direction.

Difficulty
Advanced
Time
60 seconds
Measures
Time on target · Reversal recovery · Accuracy
Input
Mouse, trackpad or touch
You control
Easy, Normal or Hard, plus target size, colour, speed, duration, play area, background, crosshair and sound

Set up and startAll exercises

What this measures

This task records time on target on a fixed, repeatable version of the task. Your result is comparable to your own previous attempts on the same device.

It does not diagnose anything, and it does not claim to improve anything beyond performance on this task. Reported times include display and input latency from your own hardware.

Stop if you feel dizzy, nauseous or strained.

How it works

The target strafes left and right and reverses without warning. Hold the mouse button (or keep your finger down) to fire, and keep the crosshair on it.

Your result

Time on target while firing (share of the round spent firing on target). Higher is better. Each difficulty (Easy, Normal, Hard) keeps its own personal best, and custom settings are saved but not ranked, so your bests stay comparable.

Read this before you compare

Getting better at these drills is well supported. Whether it carries into a particular game depends on that game, your sensitivity and your setup, so we don't promise it.

The science, briefly

Shooting drills combine aim with decisions: which target first, when not to shoot, when to wait. Holding back a shot you have already started is its own skill (response inhibition), and it can improve with practice on the task.

As with aim drills, getting better here is real practice on this drill. It is not proof of better results in a specific game.

Tips

  • Read the target before you shoot. A wrong shot costs more than a slow one.
  • Keep your crosshair where the next target is likely to appear.
  • Take breaks: the wrist-break reminder is under More options → Comfort.

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