Effect based on Health

So I wanted it so that whenever someone on my server gets low health, a small effect plays.

Code:java

 public static void updatePlayerFastish(Player curPlayer)
{
if (curPlayer.getHealth() <= 5)
{curPlayer.getWorld().playEffect(curPlayer.getLocation(), Effect.POTION_BREAK, 9);}
}

It's working fine, if someone gets below 3 hearts, the effect plays. The effect being the breaking of a red potion.

My problem is that I don't want it to spam it. I want it to do it like once every 0.5 seconds. Whereas at the moment, its like 20 times a second, far too fast for my liking (and may cause lag).

But I'm not sure how to do this.... Any help?

 

zzienzz
Use task timers - http://jd.bukkit.org/dev/doxygen/d4...nnable.html#aa6fa30f1dbfa7c179e40d6ccfe740221
You can control the time on these down to 1/20ths of a second up to as long as you want!