timmy on December 4, 2011 at 3:42 pm #112861. You can argue outdoors tracks today are made super hard to favour faster sprint times and over the distance runners. To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Exactly, not possible n not real. Because those times in the 4.5+ to 4.7 are actually very fast given the lack of time inflation that there was in the past. As soon as five or ten years ago the recruit would have his high school coach send in the time(we all know what that leads to). While using this site, you agree to have read and accepted our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Financial incentives for breaking world records will be tough for the ladies! Especially at age 38. All of which is remarkable because as objective gauges of reality go, 40-yard-dash times fall somewhere between Take 60m time and multiply by. Common mistakes for a team sport athlete performing maximum velocity sprints include2: The sequence below is an example of an NFL linebacker showing inefficient mechanics when running around maximum velocity (segment of 30-40 yards). His 60 meter dash victory in March at the NCAA Indoor Nationals was the largest margin of victory in the history of the NCAA Meet. Ken Clark provided me with the results of these calculations and I have put them side by side below: Basically, the math shows that even though Will Fuller ran a slower 40-yard dash time by 0.01 seconds, due to the linear regression relationship of his modeled velocities attained over the 40-yard distance, its likely that with more distance (e.g., 50-yard dash) he would have eventually surpassed Keith Marshall if they were sprinting side by side. There's no need to account for acceleration when comparing a 100m time to a 40yd time as long as you do so by the split times as was done. Unless, of course, you want to have indoor 70 meter races with extra large crash mats! However, the problem with this approach is that the velocity of 8.31 m/s is reflective of the average velocity over a very broad distance. -40 yard dash times: The runner starts when he desires to do so..clock starts on 1st movement of runner But lets use him to gage what the rest should project. We have seen the acceptance of this in the field, as strength and conditioning has made its way into almost every high school, university, and professional athletic realm. 40 yards is : 36.576 m SuperSneakyJ 1 mo. If you are calculating 40 yard dash times from 100 meter times you first have to convert meters to yards(1 meter = ~1.0856 yards). At least to non-track fans where the only thing that matters is a world record. GREAT TEST !!! Note: For Speed or Velocity conversions, US Customary Units and the Imperial System are equivalent. 55 meters = 60.15 yards (55 meters / 6.6s) * (60.15 yards / 55 meters) = 9.11 yards / second (40 yards) / (9.11 yards / second) = 4.39 seconds You really needed to post this and couldn't figure it out? It is an English unit (predecessor of imperial units) and the term was derived from "gerd" in Old English, the . For comparison, Trindon Holliday's personal best in the 60 was 6.54; Jacoby Ford's personal best in the 60 is 6.51. We can, of course, also use flying 10-yard sprints as a training modality. If you bench 400 lbs., your 90% will look much different than that of a 200-lb. This site is owned and maintained by Wight Hat Ltd. 2003-2020. Cameron Josse is an Athletic Performance Coach for football at Indiana University. 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Were the flying 10s that Ken Clark used as examples with a 30 yard pre/ flying run? Become an Annual VIP member today and get access to VIP content, ad-free forums & more. If they can achieve (or surpass) these velocities, congratulations! You must log in or register to reply here. It all comes down to CONTEXT, or WHY we perform a certain training exercise. i mean i think they would run faster at a shorter distance than a 100m obviously but he has every other sprinting record why not go for it? Sprint 1 10m/s Even at 15 yards, Clark et al. Leave the password field blank to post anonymously. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Remember Bo ran a legit 4.09 n deion ran a 4.07! By posting you acknowledge that you have read and abide by our. The new HS national indoor 200 women's record-holder Mia Brahe-Pedersen is white. NCAA 60-Meter Champion Runs the 40-Yard-Dash. I would add the importance of RSA (Repeated Sprint Ability) and RAA (Repeated Acceleration Ability). A primary concern for the flying 10-yard sprint is determining how much of a run-up to use. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Click here to download the free ebook of Alberto Juantorenas detailed training workouts leading up to the 1976 Montreal Olympics, February 3, 2015 by Jimson Lee Leave a Comment. The column on the right is the subsequent 100m time run by that same. For example: 155-6.5 would be 155 feet and 6.5 inches. If you take Usain Bolts 60 meter split from Berlin, multiply by 2 and subtract 3, to you get: So, with all these sub 6.50 60m times, it made me think when will the indoor 50 and 60 meter world record be broken? I had my athletes run in an all-comers meet yesterday. Even with the lean for the tape? If he kept the same average speed he would run the 60m in 6.8 , his PB is 6.4 so a run of thumb for elite runners would be the 40m time x 1.6. so if you run a 5s 40 that would be roughly an 8.0 60m run. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. In American football, the 40-yard dash has always been the traditional test of speed. A meter, or metre, is the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, from which all other length units are based. "It would take approximately 2.7386 seconds to jump off a 12 story building and splatter on the ground! Make sense? amzn_assoc_linkid = "c9c3db68d110ed0eda21441232915eaa"; 10.42 Sprint 2 9.5m/s The final 10 meters would be the only timed segment, thus only requiring timing gates for this section. Velocity B: 10 meters / 0.81 seconds = 12.35 m/s. Athletes must explore the skill component of starting a sprint, accelerating in the early and late stages of the sprint, and finding comfort at very high speeds when they reach maximum velocity. . Again, we know this isnt always the case, as some players struggle to show great game speed despite having very impressive raw speed ability. This is because its an intelligent risk management strategy to consider ALL the yards covered in one flying sprint. But that is a topic for another article. History/origin: Originally, in 1793, the meter was defined as one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole. TideFans.com. So for those Super-Elite athletes, just take those tables and throw it away. All rights reserved. If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page.. Coleman's 6.45 was the fastest 60-meter time in the world in 2017. If you enjoy running really fast, this is the place for you. NFL Next Gen Stats; [cited 2017 Sep 9]. Copyright 2012-2023 CheckYourMath.com. Reason and logic can indicate that if you draft players with raw speed ability, theres a great chance that they will play fast for you on game day. Great Work. A 40-yard dash completed in 4.50 seconds would be about 18.18 miles per hour (mph), after rounding to two decimals. THE ONLY THING THAT I THINK THAT WOULD ALSO SHOW EXPLOSIVE SPEED AND ATHLETIC ABILITY IS THE { 5 CONTINUS STANDING LONG JUMPS} NFL MISSING THE BOAT HERE. A 40-yard dash time is not enough information to understand how fast a football player truly is. What was the time? You should therefore understand the efficient technique of sprinting at maximum velocity if you expect outputs to be high and risk to be low. In other words, it allows the athlete to consistently achieve higher than 100% maximum velocity. Look at Bolts 5.47 and 6.29 today and I rest my case. is he going to because i am not sure but thats a fast 60m!!! Track and field sprinters typically reach maximum velocity between 50 and 60 meters1 and, as previously shown, Usain Bolt didnt reach his highest velocity until 60-70 meters in his world-record sprint. John Ross' 4.22 combine 40 has been projected to have been a 6.62 60-meter, against which Coleman would have had an easy victory. You can adopt flying sprints and utilize them with football players simply by changing meters into yards. Bailey 6.48 9.93 9.94 .01 They are training for longer events and their workouts reflect that. If their goal was for about 35 meters or so they would work out differently and also race differently. How do you convert 60 yard dash to 40 yard dash? Recheck your facts n try again. Velocity A: 100 meters / 9.43 seconds = 10.60 m/s The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. From this test, we can easily calculate maximum velocity, which is the true indicator of a players speed. It is commonly believed that maximum velocity sprinting is a risky quality to train and isnt very reflective of how the athletes operate when on the field. However Although split times correlate well with velocity, they do not always give an accurate representation of speed. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. For example, we can count a flying 10-yard sprint with a 30-yard run-up as 40 yards of volume for that repetition. Most of them were clustered in the 7.95-8.05 second range for the 60 and 12.45-12.60 for the 100. The answer is yes, if you can run 0.82 for the next 40 meters with exceptional speed endurance. In my experience, if you keep quality high, linear sprint workouts for football players usually dont need to exceed 300 yards in one workout. Bo Jackson and Herschel Walker were around 6.60 guys over 60 meters during their college sprinting days. Take a look at the chart below and its clear Maurice Green ran close to his potential indoors, which explains why he still has both indoor world records 14 years later. The incidence of ACL and Achilles injuries, even non-contact injuries, is rising, as anyone who watches football, basketball, or soccer knows. Small advances in max velocity can lead to large changes across the entire acceleration profile. But how many of us are really doing whats necessary to improve our football players speed? 6096 to identify the time it would take to run 40 yards at the average rate of speed run in the 60 meters. It would work if they ran the same race patterns. Most positions start from a more upright position. Coleman's 6.45 was the fastest 60-meter time in the world in 2017. History/origin: The origin of the yard as a unit is unclear. 40 times out of high school are more accurate for college prospects now then ever. 10.67 These tables or conversions assume a maximum velocity to 60 meters, followed by speed endurance maintenance for another 20-30 meters, and a deceleration anywhere from 10-15 meters. What we want to see when athletes are sprinting at maximum velocity2: The sequence below is the same exact NFL linebacker as before, now showing efficient mechanics at maximum velocity (during a flying 10-yard sprint) after we took the time to develop technique. So, dont ditch the acceleration workjust dont forget to include the maximum velocity work! If we remove Bolts reaction time of 0.146 seconds, then he covered 100 meters in 9.43 seconds. 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My other projects include the Bud Winter Foundation, writer for the IAAF New Studies in Athletics Journal (NSA) and a member of the Track & Field Writers of America. amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; If you spot an error on this site, we would be grateful if you could report it to us by using the contact link at the top of this page and we will endeavour to correct it as soon as possible. According to the correlations above, an athlete would likely need a maximum velocity of around 10.40 m/s, which would correspond to a 0.88-second flying 10-yard sprint! 40 yards, that's 120 feet, that's about a 12 story buildingI wonder what the 40 yard time would be if you dropped them off the side of a 12 story buildingwould that be world class speed? Let's take a closer look at the conversion formula so that you can do these conversions yourself with a calculator or with an old-fashioned pencil and paper. Tests like the flying 10-yard sprint and technology for calculating maximum velocity are both very useful here and can involve a more relaxed environment for testing speed more often than relying on periodically testing 40-yard dash times. While our goal as coaches is to help remove limiting factors to a players performance, if we are responsible for their physical development and see that they are not fast enough (based on velocity) then we owe it to them to help them get faster. Thompson 6.45 9.93 9.89 .04 Small improvements in maximum velocity can result in large changes across the entire acceleration profile. one of you math wizards figure that speed out for me pleasethat's the kind of speed I want to see in the 40dropped off the side of a 12 story building speedno more 40 yard dash times for meoh yeah, now that's got to be fasthurry up Sept 4! amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "tidefansdotco-20"; Coleman is LEGIT. I am a Masters Athlete and Coach currently based in London UK. This is my first season as a sprint coach, so please bear with me. Submaximal Sprint Around 90% to find rhythm, Tyreek Hill 105-yard kickoff return for touchdown (penalized for holding) 10.39 m/s, Tyreek Hill 86-yard kickoff return for touchdown 10.18 m/s, Desean Jackson 59-yard pass reception for touchdown 10.10 m/s, Xavier Rhodes 100-yard interception return for touchdown 10.01 m/s, Brandin Cooks 45-yard pass reception for touchdown 10.01 m/s, Clark, K. P., Rieger, R. H., Bruno, R. F., & Stearne, D. J. Converting 40 yard dash time to 60 yard dash time Ask an Expert Answers to Homework Calculus Questions 31,582 Satisfied Customers Scott is online now Share this conversation Related Calculus and Above Questions I have multiple physics questions I don't understand. ***Carl Lewis 100m PR even as a professional was 9.86.Christian Coleman just ran 9.82 LEGAL. Hes definitely slow, but his shuttle was impressive! It just doesnt happen this way. I think thats they key as fatigue appears. Your answer will appear in the mph field. English distances for field events should always be expressed as feet dash inches. Available from. Home of the BamaNation. 40 yard = 36.576 meter 36.576m / 60m = .6096 Thus a 60 meter time x .6096 = 40 yard dash time I think the 60 meter race is the nearest to the 40 yard dash time as it is basically an all out sprint. Do we care more about the 40-yard dash time itself, or the fact that our players are getting faster? Required fields are marked *. These tables or conversions assume a maximum velocity to 60 meters, followed by speed endurance maintenance for another 20-30 meters, and a deceleration anywhere from 10-15 meters.