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2hand and ATAVT software

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Can anyone recommend software for the above tests?

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I'm not aware of any specific software for them, although you do get some examples in the practise materials which give you a good idea of what to expect. You could possibly print some flash cards for the ATAVT and get someone to hold them up for a second, but you'd need to be printing an awful lot of them if you want to practise regularly. As for the 2Hand - I thought being a console gamer would be an advantage but actually it was a hindrance!

If you wan't my opinion, I wouldn't worry too much about these tests as they aren't that difficult to do IMHO, and if you don't have the aptitude for them, then practising probably won't help
 

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I sat these last week, I didn't use any practice material and passed. With regard to the 2 hand test, you get 2 practice goes, the shape for the 2 practice rounds was the same as the actual test, for the real thing there are 10 laps of the shape however to start each lap, the ball starts in the middle of the screen and you have to guide it to the start point before the shape appears and the round starts. During this time on the practice rounds, you can move the ball around the empty screens as much as you like which helps get an idea of how it works and how to handle it. If you let go of the sticks, the ball automatically centres to the middle of the screen. You arnt timed on the practice rounds and although you have only 2 practice goes, each turn only ends when you hit the finish point, so there is nothing stopping you moving the ball back to the begining of the track and having another go. In the real thing, take your time for the first few but slowly try to speed up and improve your accuracy as the test progresses as I believe this is part of the test. It doesn't matter if the ball goes out of the shape, it wants to see how quickly you react and correct your error. Mine was buzzing away like anything and I'm sure i got worse throughout, convinced I had failed but didn't. The sticks are extremely sensitive and quite flimsy to keep that in mind.
 
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