Speed Information
Posted June 19, 2017
Combine 21U Testing Service
Speed Tip
AI1academy institute a school of football technical training looking for prospect or pro ready talent, we focus on speed as a helpful guideline in spotting talented players that could enter the academy institute.
Since the arena/indoor game plays on a short field the more speed or explosiveness a player processes on a short field the better opportunity for success our system is developed around this philosophy, we look for quickness in our grading system of players in certain positions as well as the previous mentioned qualities the following offers a look at combine times for 10 and 20 yards splits.
We clock three ways in our times players run one 10 yard, one 40 yard and two 20 yard 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.
Skill position players that are pro ready or prospect should be in this range, and their are some linemen or linebacker types that can run this range of times for 10 and 20 yards.
