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title: How to Create a Custom Follow Sign Activity-Example
description: Learn how to create and save a custom Follow Sign activity in the Sportreact app, including target symbols, distractors, pod settings, timing, and athlete queues.
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July 21, 2026
# How to Create a Custom Follow Sign Activity-Example
The **Follow Sign** activity asks athletes to identify and react to a selected symbol while other pods display distracting signs and colors.
This guide follows the example shown in the video: a four-pod activity in which the athlete must find and hit the pod displaying a heart.
**1. Create a New Activity**
From the Sportreact app homepage:
1. Tap **Create Activity**.
2. Select **Reaction System**.
3. Select **Follow sign**.
In this activity, one pod displays the correct symbol while the other pods display distracting signs or colors. The athlete must find and deactivate the correct pod.
**3. Add Athletes to the Queue**
Under **Choose Athletes to Start**, select who will complete the activity.
You can:
- Tap **Add to Queue** to select existing athletes.
- Tap **Add Guest Athlete** to run the activity without saving results to an athlete profile.
- Drag and drop athletes to rearrange their order.
Use the **+** and **–** buttons next to **Repeat Queue** to select how many rounds the group should complete.
In the video example, two Guest Athletes are added and the queue is repeated five times.
### Optional PLUS settings
With Sportreact PLUS, you can enable **Auto-save Results to Athlete’s Profile** when using saved athlete profiles.
You can also select **Present Now** to display the live leaderboard.
**4. Select the Correct Sign**
Scroll to **Sign & Color**.
1. Tap the current sign.
2. Choose a category:
- Lowercase letters
- Uppercase letters
- Numbers from 0–9
- Numbers from 10–99
- Symbols
3. Select the sign athletes should follow.
4. Tap **Save**.
The video uses a **heart** as the sign that will be followed.
You can tap **Add More** to choose up to three correct signs.
**5. Customize the Distractors**
Under **Customize Other Interferences**, choose which signs and colors can appear on the other pods.
### Customize signs
1. Tap **Signs**.
2. Select the sign categories you want to use as distractors.
3. Tap **Customize** to choose individual letters, numbers, arrows, or symbols.
4. Tap **Save**.
### Customize colors
Tap **Colors** and select the colors that may appear on the distracting pods.
This allows you to control how simple or challenging the activity will be.
**6. Choose How Athletes Deactivate the Cue**
Under **Deactivation Options**, select one of the following:
- **Hit:** The athlete has to physically touch or hit the pod to deactivate it.
- **Distance:** The pod deactivates when the athlete waves or passes by within the selected distance.
- **Hit & Distance:** Both activation methods can be used.
The video uses **Hit**.
When using Hit, adjust the signal strength:
- A lower G value makes the sensor more sensitive, a slighter tap is required to deactivate.
- A higher G value requires a stronger hit.
The example is set to **1.6 G**.
**7. Select the Number of Pods**
Turn **Number of Pods** on and choose how many pods will be included.
The video example uses **4 pods**.
Make sure the same number of physical pods is connected before starting the activity.
**8. Choose Whether Cues Can Repeat**
Turn **Repeat Cues** on when the next cue may appear on the same pod as the previous cue.
Turn it off when you always want the next cue to appear on a different pod.
The video example has **Repeat Cues turned on**.
**9. Set the Cue Duration**
Under **Cue Duration**, choose how long each cue remains active.
When the athlete does not deactivate the correct pod within this time, the cue is recorded as missed.
The example uses a cue duration of **1.5 seconds**.
Use a longer duration for beginners and a shorter duration to increase the difficulty.
**10. Set the Delay Between Cues**
Under **Delay Time**, choose when the next cue should appear:
- **None:** The next cue appears immediately.
- **Timer:** Every cue begins after the same delay.
- **Random:** The delay changes within your selected minimum and maximum range.
The final activity in the video uses a fixed delay of **1.2 seconds**.
**11. Set the Activity Duration**
Choose how the activity should end:
- **Timer:** The activity ends after a selected time.
- **Signals:** The activity ends after a selected number of cues.
- **Misses:** The activity ends after the athlete misses a selected number of cues.
The video selects **Misses** and sets the activity to end after **5 missed cues**.
**12. Enable Random Cue Patterns**
Turn **Cue Patterns** on to create a new random pattern during every repetition.
This prevents athletes from memorizing the order of the pods.
**13. Choose How the Activity Starts**
Under **Activity Start Options**, select:
- **Trigger Start:** The activity begins through the selected physical trigger.
- **Countdown:** The activity begins after an on-screen countdown.
The video uses **Countdown**.
**14. Adjust Brightness and Sound**
Use **Pods Brightness** to make the signs easier to see in your training environment.
Increase the brightness outdoors or in brightly lit spaces. A lower setting may be sufficient indoors.
Under **Sound**, choose whether the pods should produce sound during the activity.
**15. Save the Activity**
Tap the **Save** icon at the bottom of the screen.
On the Save Activity page, you can:
1. Upload a photo.
2. Upload an instructional video.
3. Enter an activity name.
4. Add a description or athlete instructions.
5. Tap **Create New**.
To find the activity later on, go to Activities --\> My activities
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