What exactly are we complaining about?

Danno · 03-14-2013, 07:27 PM

Originally Posted by nola_swammi

I am just saying you can't go by forty to determine speed maybe excelleration but not speed

dash - T-shirt, shorts, straight line, track start.

NFL- Full gear, avoiding contact and often getting physically disrupted, often turning a 180 from a back-pedal, half-fatigued from exertion, running with your head on a swivel, anticipation/instinc advantages...

The 40 is merely one of numerous evaluation tools and isn't a true indicator of NFL speed.

And in the NFL the race always starts after contact, which is actually a jogging start, not a track start. Someone skilled at a track start probably has at least a 10th of a second advantage over someone not skilled at a track start.

03-14-2013, 07:27 PM	#11
Danno Truth Addict Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Spanish Fort, AL (via NO and B/R) Posts: 24,758	Re: What exactly are we complaining about? Originally Posted by nola_swammi I am just saying you can't go by forty to determine speed maybe excelleration but not speed dash - T-shirt, shorts, straight line, track start. NFL- Full gear, avoiding contact and often getting physically disrupted, often turning a 180 from a back-pedal, half-fatigued from exertion, running with your head on a swivel, anticipation/instinc advantages... The 40 is merely one of numerous evaluation tools and isn't a true indicator of NFL speed. And in the NFL the race always starts after contact, which is actually a jogging start, not a track start. Someone skilled at a track start probably has at least a 10th of a second advantage over someone not skilled at a track start. nycsaintfan likes this.

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