Whats the big deal with numbers? no real correlation like that between 100 and the 60 , ie alot happens between 60m 70m 80m 90m , strength plays a huge factor and so speed endurance is non existent over 40yards where it plays a part for the 100m sprinter, where it is an absolute must for the 400m sprinter. 03-24-2005, 12:00 AM. Convert. I have one other note: I was football/track throughout my career and there are more incentives in football there may well be football flyers who could have competed at the top levels in track but had no incentive to drop the generalist training program of football to do so. You ran a 60y in 6.4 (pretty good) or a 60m in 6.4 (highly unlikely as the world record is 6.39 by Mo Greene). 10.06 for 100m converts to 40 Yard Dash = 04.19. Be patient,seems to me that your coach hasent done a bad job. Because the extrapolated 40 yard dash time is merely an extrapolation or split en route to a 100 meters. You say you cant extrapulate a forty from a spit time and even if you could it isnt an accurate reflection of their potential 40 because the dont train for the forty. Its really unfair to use their actual 100 meter race splits and extrapolate their 40 yard dash time AS THEIR TRUE POTENTIAL. What is your best 40 yard dash time and 400 meter time? When training for the 400 meter dash, many coaches train different.Some train the anaerobic alactic system first and some start with long anaerobic endurance system from 150-600 meters. 110-yard LH to girls 100-meter LH subtract .1 sec. The (400 meters is mostly a speed endurance race), that is why most sub (44)400 meters runners can run under 1:15 in the 600 meters. Type in the time or mark in the blank above, select the event or function from the drop down menu, and click convert. The track at Seoul 1988 was nowhere near as fast as todays hard tracks favoring sprinters. How accurate is this formula? The CFL in its current form has been around since the 1950s! 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. There is no intentional hold back on the throttle until you get to 60 meter mentality out there. Maybe one day Usian can hold 11 world records concurrently? Just had fun. Also, a sprinter such as Usain Bolt, the comparison runner of choice these days, still will be accelerating 20 yards past the 40-yard mark in a 100-meter dash. Edds, A.J. For example: 155-6.5 would be 155 feet and 6.5 inches. On the next WC, I would like to see the IAAF setup 2 finish lines with the first one at 91.44 meters. I don't want to blame genetics, I'm not blazing fast, but I'm considered pretty fast amongst my friends. That you cannot measure with a stop watch or electronics. For example, USA Today had a front-page storyabout the feat. Am I the only one who thinks the chart is a little harsh? And during track, we kicked axx. As a formal coach, When training anaerobic alactic first, It helps the sprinter to develop proper running mechians and I have never had a sprinter to pull when training from short to long. Linebacker Jamar Chaney Philadelphia 7th round 100 m to yd conversion. Starks, James 4.50 FOR MORE OF AL.COM'S COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE OF THE NFL, GO TO OUR NFL PAGE. I had a sprinter once, very quick, who could beat everyone else out of the start, was ahead at 40-45m, but several would pass him after that. Rivals.com put together this chart a few years back, it's not a bad estimator. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. he didn't let up, didn't appear to slow down, but they were still gaining speed and he wasn't. Reaction, Acceleration, Transition, Maintenance this way of seeing the 100 m is, in my view, both accurate AND telling when it comes to comparing sprints of different distances. Also, Jackson told ESPN's Dan Lebatard in 2012 that he ran a 4.13-second 40at the 1986 combine that was electronically timed. Do you think world class sprinters and their coaches do not concern themselves with split times? 220-yard LH to girls 200-meter LH subtract .2 sec. Conversion Calculator Result 10.06 for 100m converts to. English distances for field events should always be expressed as feet dash inches. [Tweet Usain Bolt and Ben Johnson : 40 Yard Dash Times]. For track and field, the runner will start as soon as the gun has been shot. Chaney, Jamar 4.54 So dont post something if you clearly havent done your research. It seems to me that it would be much more accurate to find the coraltion between 40 times and 400 times if you took elite 400 meter runners (who are close to their potential) and time them in the 40 yd dash.I would asume that a collegite athlete that can run a 48 or 47 400 could easily run a 4.8 or 4.7 40;at the same time im sure their are plenty of high school kids that can run a 4.6 40 that could not run better than a 50. or 49. quarter. That of course is rediculous. 40 Yard Dash = 04.19 100y = 09.2 110y = 10.12 40y Dash Pace = 03.68 Convert Time/Mark to Convert What event was it. I am not sure whether the table is for 30 meter time or 40 yard dash time. Olympic History, Track & Field 100 Yards, Usain Bolt. Or 40 yard or 36.6 meters. Its not to say that they dont train on this phase of the race, but rather they probably just dont have that natural ability. Confidentiality is important in order to maintain trust between individuals and organizations. Harbor, Clay 4.69 T LQDl7*(0d>gIt.h# G2!Q( v Do you run in california? A special mention for Bob Hayes on being inducted into the Football Hall of Fame yesterday in Canton, Ohio. P.S. All it takes is one race to qualify for these. That is just another conjectural, theoretical model that is CRAP! In 1964, Bob Hayes set the WR of 9.1 seconds for 100 yards which was equaled by John Carlos in 1969. I am a Masters Athlete and Coach currently based in London UK. That is, 100 yards is equal to 91.44 meters (making When training 400 meters you have many parts of the race you have to train. My 20yd time was 2.6. Worilds, Jason 4.72 Usain is credited for the 150 meter World Record. Someone chose 40 yards as the distance a football player needs to run, just like 72 ounces (4.5 pounds or over 2 kilograms!) FloSports, Inc. MileSplit United States Editor: Wide Receiver Jacoby Ford Oakland 4th round Probably add .15 to.25 to times. Privacy Policy 0$x8[*k(P3%&poqXRU43.i
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H ~. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions. World class sprinters do not reach there max speeds until 50-60 meters because THEY ARE world class srinters. But what would happen if they trained seriously for the event and reached their top speed earlier? That makes a grand total of 8.75 + 0.12 = 8.87 seconds for an approximate 100 yard dash. 2023 Copyright Defensive Lineman Dexter Davis Seattle 7th round @Money what are you talking about and why are you so angry? Football ( IMO ) is a lot more fun too :). Coleman, Harry 4.65 I would like to theorize though that if we had an event for 40 yard dash, that maybe indeed Husain Bolt and other world class 100m sprinters mau not end up the fastest at the 50 , just as most 200m and 400m world class sprinters are not the fastest 100m sprinters. But at face value a 40y of "5.3" is likely to result in a 60m run hovering somewhere around 8 seconds. In 1986, when Jackson ran his combine 40, Calvin Smith was the world's fastest human, and his world-record 100-meter time of 9.93 seconds would be 3.63 seconds when reduced to 40 yards. A nice, succinct way of raising a point would be: For world class sprinters, what is potentially the shortest length someone could reach their max speed while sprinting? Let me give you another illustration of how fitness or a lack of fitness can determine ones 400 meter potential. It's not that simple, because Johnson's 4.24 isn't a true electronic time either - the clock was started by hand. It really comes down to faster tracks, not better training. Some coaches do train sprinters over the distances that you suggested. Safety Taylor Mays San Francisco 2nd round. Turn your smartphone instantly into a 100m tape measure and a, These are the steps that you should follow in order to make the necessary calculations to convert 100 Meters to Meters. Theres still a big difference between 50 meters and 40 yards, but its a much better comparison than 100 meters vs 40 yards at least. I tried to do things the opposite way when I first came back (to masters), and just succeeded in hurting myself. The 49ers also grabbed 2. There were even some reports of 9.0 performances. Running Back Jahvid Best Detroit 1st round The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. Formula to convert forty yard times to miles per hour mph = 3600 / (4.50 * 44) Substitute in your forty yard dash time in seconds mph = 3600 / 198 Calculate the brackets to get the number of seconds it would take to run a mile mph = 18.18 Divide the number of seconds in an hour, 3600, by your time per mile, 198. And counting. ?lg|s{8-k3GPf>2S1mc95&-4s3tG+Wod`f'kS|O.oz[,^0gj.w#hu=Lgw4yb8o}?dma>MoM;7r39'6O~y/'CHI$"hX<74^utHX]>?i4 H!-c3XIvE?=)! In my example, we are ASSUMING world class sprinters can reach top speed at 30m, and not between 50-60 meter mark. ,em##!H&5 2$s;Xck The 40 is just one of many measurements and does not guarantee performance success. For the football 40, the runner gets to start the time. Click here to download the free ebook of Alberto Juantorenas detailed training workouts leading up to the 1976 Montreal Olympics, Last Updated on May 21, 2014 by Jimson Lee. While showing Jackson, Bolt and Smith can pick them up and lay them down, those mathematical gyrations don't contribute to finding an answer to who ran the fastest 40 at the NFL combine - Jackson or Johnson or, to muddy the waters more, Eastern Kentucky wide receiver Rondel Melendez, who was credited with a 4.24 40in 1999. Players that post the fastest 40 times are often decorated collegiate sprinters as well and could have had tremendous careers in track so its not that surprising that the fastest NFL players post world class 40 times because thats what they train extremely hard for. respectively concerning football players and sprinters is even further off the mark. You can take his last 10m segment (0.83 sec) and multiply that by 0.144 to get 0.1195 seconds. yea i run in california and my best 200 is not good to me its 22.8 im not sure about my 100 and in meets i run the open 400 , 200 and 44. So while it would be a good predictor for a 400m specialist as far as top potential, I think its rather limited for sprinters in general. in yards into its equivalent distance in meters. It seems that you are arguing with yourself about a tangential matter that youve perceived. I think I will use this to settle some debates with some friends in football circles. I was timed at 4.8 in 8th grade anoher guy was 4.3 and he was so much faster and older looking than any other back inthee league and ran a 10.3 in the 100 yard das (in 8th grade) but I only did 11.2 so i doubt if he ran a 4.3 prob 4.5 and mine was prob more like 4.75 as a timed start in 12th grade was 4.49 for me, which was probably right because an electronic best time in college was a 4.43 and I was done playing football just track. Do you believe slit times are never used in training, rather only on the day of competition so spectators can muse over them and speculate about potential 40 times? I submit that a world class sprinter would happily strive to trim time from any interval in the entire 100 meters and works tirelessly on that very thing. I think what the combine comes down to is acceleration. And finally, what if you subtracted 0.24 from their FAT time to downward convert it to a hand time? The conversion calculator has been around MileSplit longer than almost any other remaining feature on the site! Anyway, no disrespect to proponents of either side. The 100m sprint is not a paced race. Your assumpions are flawed. Hall, Max 4.87, Running Backs 500 Yards 600 Meters 1.40 Three Mile 5000 Meters 1.036 500 Meters 600 Yards 1.13 4x110 Relay (Yards) 4x100 Relay 0.9942 . A good or bad 40 yard dash time can make or break a football combine. Degeare, Chris 5.16, Defensive Linemen To Joey Fowler You are absolutely correct in your assumptions. They need to be applauded for training for and posting excellent times. So, do you think that football players are faster than sprinters in the 40 yard dash? Grimm, Cody 4.64 The best way to convert it backwards from the 100 to the 40 is: 100 time minus 1.17 (blocks and reaction) Then take that time divided by 10. In the first instance, 40 yard dash times are universally INNACURATE unless they are extrapolated from a fully automatically timed race (FAT). There is obviously a cross-over between the two sports. If youre fast, youll know it. Im not sure what method of timing was used hand held or electronic, but I distictly recall the time. Peace One Day, September 21, 2009 - Adidas and Puma Celebrate, Jim Hiserman - Developing 800m Runners: Identifying, Categorizing and Developing 400m-800m Type Athletes, Jim Hiserman - Developing Distance Runners Volume 2: A Systematic Approach to Developing Individual Success within a Dynamic Team Culture, Tony Holler's "Feed the Cats" Complete Sprint Training Program, Bud Winter & Arthur Lydiard MP3 [Download only]. 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Learn proper running form it helps a lot!! /zyqkGHs Kwk8zv$N SaD&b9V;QhAV#Z?jn*^5Sw`89w7AeA"KUm{ ), Novice 100m runners and female sprinters will reach their top speed sooner, so more of their race will be speed endurance (NOTE to Coaches worry less about their reaction time and starting blocks, and focus on acceleration and speed endurance. Just like 100m specialize in 100 meters, NFL players specialize in 40 yards or less. I have a quick burst in the first 1-20yds but then I can't maintain top speed. The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes. But was Johnson's 40 the fastest ever run at the combine? As kids develope on many different levels. LeFevour, Dan 4.66 Nothing against Football players, but they dont train for the 100 meters like true 100 meter sprinters. U;I^*piKb%;L(U:e:O8XX&R. I wonder what position Mr. Bolt would be the most effective at if he ever had been brought up to play football. Answer (1 of 4): As has been said, it's impossible to tell. I am a Masters Athlete and Coach currently based in London UK. (Shades of Donovan Bailey and Michael Johnson circa 1997 come to mind. stream
Williams, Kyle 4.43 Re: What does an 11.3 100 meter time translate into for 40 y. The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. Football season is around the corner, so its time for yet another 40 yard dash post. [deleted] 2 yr. ago. I got by my senior year without power cleaning but by all means, don't skip them, they are crucial for runs like the 40 and just getting a good start on the 100m. Are flexable? HOWEVER, for old-time football players who ran on grass in cleats, the adjustment factor is probably MORE than the reaction time adjustment. 10/10=1 And if you have you only want the elite athletes.I have been coaching track and field for the past 7 years and I have discovered a workout that really works and the results for the 100 meters is 10.50 or better in 6 months and 21.15 for the 200 meters.If you have a guy that runs 11.2 and can bech about 200-225 he should be able to run these times. That contradictory statement could be true because of changes in the way the 40 is timed at the combine and changes in the combine itself. Plus you have to figure out how to train that particular athlete. Hello Aaron, 50.32 is a good time for 400 meters if it was eletronic time. I ended up bein an ok 60 sprinter 6.4 in college. Alem, Rahim 4.75, Linebackers Always gave me explanation, helps me breqk down and solve problems. Check out some threads by jhawk and its some other guy that has a long thread and is very knowledgable fullback7 read stuff he has on here its all very helpfulit helped me out. Davis, Dexter 4.64 Just curious, I dont really understand your post beyond the fact that you have been able to coach some kids to run fast and apparently the rest of the world has not. )$cB:$H1oFQ_fGK^)44mSxC;S&_C}='~sn*{mMOApa,AR]o3A0[/~l5maj8-0fr Take that time and multiply by 3.66. In the 100m, you accelerate as long as possible to reach top speed, then maintain top speed. A better question would be why do football players post faster 40 times than 50 or 60 meter sprinters. (10 yard / time split) * 0.91 = Max Velocity m / s of steak as simply a very large amount of steak eaten by one human in one sitting. The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. Acceleration is a skill and talent that not everyone has. I believe he was the first to break the 6 second barrier in the 60 yard dash. If someone was that much faster than Ben Johnson or Usain Bolt, perhaps they should take a break from the NFL and compete at the next Olympics or World Championships. Mathews, Ryan 4.45 U,QKV9Y ZX[%S^ZW$CIAfJWUrc[]t/h!DP !9A E#d@&s Jackson received a 7 grade for speed, which is the rating for "very good," and not an 8 for "outstanding," and he was timed at 4.1 seconds over the 30 yards from home to first, which, of course, involved getting out of the batter's box after hitting the ball, not exploding from a four-point stance as runners do at the combine. endobj
Convert a 40-yd or 100-yd Dash Time to MPH? Has anybody thought about the fact that in real sprint events, wind readings are involved.