It’s a straight run….no shuttle….no cuts…no angle. Rarely in a game of football does any player run 40 straight yards. In fact, if a receiver runs a straight 40 yard pattern, the quarterback is usually about to get sacked. Yet, the 40 yard dash holds a lot of weight in college recruiting and professional football’s draft status. It’s a major test. the difference between a 4.4 and a 4.6 could mean millions of dollars to a professional player. A few tenths of a second can be the difference between a scholarship at Ohio State….and Weber State. Click here for a link to some NFL combine stats of this year’s OSU Buckeyes at the combine. For example, A.J. Hawk ran a 4.49 …..Donte Whitner ran a 4.3 and his draft status skyrocketed and so will his wallet!
Deion Sanders is supposedly the NFL record holder in the 40. Sanders registered a 4.29. Joey Galloway and Micheal Vick had similar times. On the other hand, Emmitt smith ran a 4.7 at his combine. And that’s considered quite slow….. his draft status tumbled. Funny though, he set the All-Time Rushing record in the National Football League and starred in three Super Bowls. Go figure.
To improve your forty time you’ve got to practice them and practice them. At the Workout @Covington, the ASAP Staff knows how to coach athletes to get better at this event. Troy High School Assistant Coach Mick Roberts had many of his players from Troy High School (Troy, Ohio) make the over 1 hour drive to Covington, Kentucky in the winter to work on their speed development on the indoor Field Turf.
OK…. time to get to work!
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