40 times verses the 10 yard "burst"

[Red Storm Brewing]

For those who haven't seen the Alexander play or have just forgotten ..

Neither with your philosophy cause we'd want/need the 10.0 100m kid.

 

[BigWillie]

So what sprints are they doing to evaluate then?

LJS - Pelini: Helu's looked tremendous

Pelini: Helu's looked tremendousBy BRIAN CHRISTOPHERSON / The Associated Press

Saturday, Mar 28, 2009 - 07:05:38 pm CDT

A guy gains a little weight and it’s all the talk. So it goes for Roy Helu, who showed up to spring football looking more Hulkish, toting 222 pounds, 15 more than he had at the end of last season.

For any Husker backers worried the extra bulk might slow the running back and take the hurdling out of his game, the words of Bo Pelini after Saturday’s practice should ease concern.

The Husker head coach was heavy on praise for Helu, saying he has looked tremendous through three spring practices.

“He’s really picked up where he left off,” Pelini said. “I think he’s bigger, he’s faster. I think he’s feeling good. He looks like he’s smaller and he’s actually carrying more weight. Obviously the strength staff did a tremendous job and you got to give credit to Roy. He worked his tail off and it’s paying off for him.”

Coming off a team-best 803 rushing yards as a sophomore last year, Helu recently ran the fastest sprint time he’s had at NU.

“He looks pretty special,” Pelini said.

Our trainers and coaches both are putting more emphasis on explosion (i.e., 10 yard times) than anything else.

IIRC, Helu had the fastest 10 yard time of anyone on the team.

 

[Dundermifflinite]

Our trainers and coaches both are putting more emphasis on explosion (i.e., 10 yard times) than anything else.

IIRC, Helu had the fastest 10 yard time of anyone on the team.

demmit...you beat me to it.

I would hedge to bet they didn't even run 40-yard dashes, especially in the spring.

And not only will pads slow you down. Time a guy wearing pads in the 40, then time him wearing pads and carrying a football.

(37, please don't try this yourself )

 

[HuskerJen]

Our trainers and coaches both are putting more emphasis on explosion (i.e., 10 yard times) than anything else.

IIRC, Helu had the fastest 10 yard time of anyone on the team.

demmit...you beat me to it.

I would hedge to bet they didn't even run 40-yard dashes, especially in the spring.

And not only will pads slow you down. Time a guy wearing pads in the 40, then time him wearing pads and carrying a football.

(37, please don't try this yourself )

True. But if two players in spandex and track shoes run a 4.37 and 4.50, who would be faster when the pads are on? I'm guessing it'll be the 4.37 guy.

 

[Dundermifflinite]

True. But if two players in spandex and track shoes run a 4.37 and 4.50, who would be faster when the pads are on? I'm guessing it'll be the 4.37 guy.

actually I would have to disagree. I think this is something you would have to evaluate on a player by player basis, as different players carry extra weight differently. It was commonly known that the fastest guy on our high school team was not the fastest player in pads, conversly I would hate to have to rank that off one testing day.

That being said, the fullback in the video that started all of this is slow as hell.

 

[HuskerJen]

True. But if two players in spandex and track shoes run a 4.37 and 4.50, who would be faster when the pads are on? I'm guessing it'll be the 4.37 guy.

actually I would have to disagree. I think this is something you would have to evaluate on a player by player basis, as different players carry extra weight differently. It was commonly known that the fastest guy on our high school team was not the fastest player in pads, conversly I would hate to have to rank that off one testing day.

That being said, the fullback in the video that started all of this is slow as hell.

I'm just saying that if all things are equal...

Meaning two players are in spandex and track suits and they run a 4.37 and 4.50 40 respectively...

If you put pads on those players and both sets of pads weighs 10 pounds...

Then the 4.37 guy will probably clock in at a 4.50 time while the 4.50 will probably clock in at a 4.63.

The point is, that the 40 time while over-hyped isn't worthless or meaningless.