Short version of the inside technical training needed.

Eventually all youth players move up to high school and the knowledge needed to be successful is half the battle.

Let us go to the elite level time first 4.3 most skill position players run this, 5.1 is the average lineman time with the exception being 4.7 by some, now how do you get there ever heard (you can't coach speed) The truth is you can and yes it helps if the athlete through genetics is just loaded with natural speed.

The technique of running is more than it appears, there are plenty of quick runners who to the novice eye looks to be very fast but a closer look will tell the trained eye the athlete is quick but not fast. The athlete who can accelerate produces speed this acceleration is what allows good and great 40 yard dash times.

There are rules to running outstanding 40 yard dash times first the number of steps taken to run the 40 varying opinions run about this rule but 17 to 20 steps are the magic numbers, some of this disparity comes from height of athlete but either way you need to be in the 17 to 20 step range to run consistent times, we've all seen some kid just run and hit the 4.3 mark.

This goes back to acceleration he is able to do it by covering 15 feet or 5 yards every two steps good sprinters can do this with a normal stride length.

The first ten yards hold the key times range from 1.5 to 2 seconds and each ten yards after need to be 1 to 1.1 seconds to complete this requires acceleration to do this the runner must push not reach this minimize stutter steps.

Accelerators often look slow coming out because they are producing great force and minimize stutter steps; The start is not about turnover or frequency but force into the ground. Time athletes in ten and twenty yards 1.5 seconds hand held time is fast 1.8 is average for a ten yard time.

A good sprinter will cover ten yards in 5 or 6 steps and twenty yards in 9 to 10 steps, don't tell the runner you are counting his steps as he will start to over reach if possible video tape the runner and then start to correct the technique a great first step works in basketball in theory, but what you really want at the start is a push a good indicator of a powerful start is the foot taking the second step does not touch the ground while the first foot is still on the line, focus on the execution not times early on in the process this will lead to better times.

These are the same rules many college players use while training for the NFL combine, it will work for any young player willing to put in the work it takes to see results.