That is just another conjectural, theoretical model that is CRAP! 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. Subtract 0.24 from FAT to HT, and you are looking at 8.6 or 8.7 hand time. ?>8>l?>~\6]CBXy oJ, Do you think world class sprinters and their coaches do not concern themselves with split times? 10.06 for 100m converts to 40 Yard Dash = 04.19. The chart is a fun illustration for discussion purposes. It's easily verified. Re: What does an 11.3 100 meter time translate into for 40 y. In recent years, Jackson's 40 has been a subject of comparison to the times of world-class sprintersto show, oddly enough, that he couldn't have run that time and that he most certainly could have. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. You guys are acting like professional football players are just a bunch of muscleheads/entertainers playing a game and that they dont focus on speed like sprinters do when the exact opposite is true. Periodend of story. 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. Time/Mark to Convert. If you weren't born with natural speed don't give up because anyone can be fast they just have to work for it and want it, don't half ass anything or you will not get anywhere. Privacy Policy The International Association of Athletics Federations says to add 0.24 secondsto hand-timed races to convert to the probable electronic timing. Right just like WWF wrestlers are really the heights and weights that the announcers always claim them to be. Why not? Since Dickson, Ed 4.67 Worilds, Jason 4.72 The question is: Was that time accurate? equals 91.44 meters. The basic procedure is that of interpolation, taking the following steps I quite agree that the first pass comparison (subtract start, find average speed, extrapolate, add back start) is too simple to make accurate comparisons, and misses the boat for the 60y or 60m dashes because the finish line comes before the end of the acceleration phase for the top sprinters (but just barely) and there is no Maintenance in those races. Below is a video comparing who is really faster, Deion Sanders 4.17 or Usain Bolt. The following are from this years NFL Combine. The NFL.com database on the combinestarts with the 2006 workouts. I decided to use their data and your excel sheet/formula to try and estimate what the fastest 40-yard dash possible might be. P.S. I have seen and heard of guys like you that dispute everything. 330-yard LH to girls 300-meter LH subtract .2 sec. The 40 yard dash was an arbitrary number, just like the 72 ounce steak eat in 1 hour and its free in Amarillo Texas on Route 66. 9x+2y=39 6x+13y=9""". I know from years of timing track races that Im usually at least .4 off the electronic time. No one is running 3.40 without rocking momentum or one foot extra step in. You can argue how fast John Carlos 9.1 would be if he had better spikes, better training, and faster tracks, but Ill save that for the documentary. If you are getting a flying sprint from combine testing and you are still using yards, convert the 10 yard split with the formula below. As far as the CFL goes, theyll take anyone. U,QKV9Y ZX[%S^ZW$CIAfJWUrc[]t/h!DP !9A E#d@&s The yard conversion factor is simply the result of converting the distance x[;{`E]A\g0`Hsbc;2IHQ*D.qXuSJ/?o_|~}_{_u~ffnOgn6x~I{}? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xbs-aWxyLk, IFAC 2022: The Return of In-Person Conferences (with Virtual option), Here is our 400m Discussion Recording over 2 Hours Long, The Best Free Coaching Book post Beijing 2022 Olympics, The Ultimate 400m Track Webinar for Coaches & Athletes, NACAC Athletics Coaching Science Series 2022, Top Six 400m Predictor Workouts (Number 4 is my Favourite), Why Karsten Warholms 45.94 400mH WR is my Highlight of 2021, Sprinting: 10 Research Articles for Effective Sprint Training [Part 23], Pressure in Sports Reflections from Tokyo 2020 Olympics. +tU8e$-O%tU8-5,&)piC*GXu!+,{&4AeNsSD9V@pZ1ZMR0)_KpZf@p/8E86D8;NSE$,2G7NNS`$X:N \^=vd$Fpe(-H/Vu8myr:m?K}X;VU,*KFS9VuU,e (see chart below) These sprinters (among others) are the fastest men in the world in their era, and yet we hear football players with much faster times? What does an 11.3 100 meter time translate into for 40 yard? Math is a way of solving problems by using numbers and equations. 03-24-2005, 12:00 AM. 3 0 obj Conner, Kavell 4.63 Then again, some 100 meter races are won and lost during those last 8.5 meters! two-mile run to 3200-meter run subtract 3.4 sec. LeFevour, Dan 4.66 Anyway, no disrespect to proponents of either side. . Someone smarter than me did it. Running Back Jahvid Best Detroit 1st round It's not true electronic timing because while the clock is stopped electronically at the finish line, it's started by hand on the first movement by the runner. Type in the time or mark in the blank above, select the event or function from the drop down menu, and click convert. The 40 yard dash is similar: your goal is to get to the 40 yard line as fast as possible from a motionless position. Their results in the various drills will be available almost instantaneously on NFL.com. Plus they probably focus more on the latter part of the distance (70m+) in their training. Circa 1984. What event was it. Chances are, guy A is gonna run a better 400m all things being equal training wise. Thats exactly right. You can acheive medeocre(sp?) 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. Perhaps he will shed some light on your perceptions. In my example, we are ASSUMING world class sprinters can reach top speed at 30m, and not between 50-60 meter mark. World class sprinters do not reach there max speeds until 50-60 meters because THEY ARE world class srinters. Who knows what kind of hurricane winds were assisting some of the better 40 yard times recorded. How many football/track guys with (great 40 yard times) run a good 400 meters? I do concur with Jimsons last sentence, how can a football player have a faster time than a sprinter?. and a quarter horse. And there are other adjustments possible to increase your short sprint time at a cost to final velocity or maintenance. 100m sprinters train for just that 100 meters, not 40 yards. Sure, in a track race there is the difference of reaction time, but theres also the advantages of running on a surface designed for speed (mondo surface) and wearing spikes designed to maximize ones speed on that surface. These are the steps that you should follow in order to make the necessary calculations to convert 100 Meters to Meters. But was Johnson's 40 the fastest ever run at the combine? Capers, Selvish 5.14 Yes, many 100m sprinters obviously have fast 40 times but, more often than not, their fastest times come after a full 100 meters, not 40 yards. But they will very likely fade when they hit 70m if they continued running. The 40-yard sprints at the combine have had semi-electronic timing since 1999. http://www.nfl.com/combine/top-performers ,+Z =aR3LV![^BRFKz&%AhfV)9K-FnAw}B B A( Fd"F}cbP<4kfy?yT#PQ(CiA2'O?tBvVm;2,Iu a%B)xTpwt){Yd+U.eZ2VKRCdI#Yd: 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. 3j,)l{r 9@LI M'0bl# G2!QFn_2$s113_ I think I will use this to settle some debates with some friends in football circles. What event was it. x = 40 time x/2.54 + 2x ~ 100m time Charlie Francis Community Forums 40yard dash to 100 meter time converter In the second instance, the 400 meter race has a large component of fitness (stamina). Safety Taylor Mays San Francisco 2nd round. Football players, especially NFL players, ARE world class athletes/runners, often times with world class speed, so dont you think they would want to exploit that talent by making millions in the NFL ? My 20yd time was 2.6. So, if you have a 10 second 100-yard dash, you are going about 20.5 mph. =i2v_2HuO0~A"-K(bke vp=Ya/9)tUhej1kAZ;sMz=D*'Xu^OVXJf+U^=UK~%iG;$=I#LDfE":?Cxc*Td,*"" The NFL coaches would be drooling. 2. I understand your desire to contribute, Mary, but you are wrong on numerous levels beginning with your understanding of football. Thank you so much to the developers and everyone else involved, Ive always struggled with factorsing and negative exponents and this app uses the exact same methods we were taught. You can take his last 10m segment (0.83 sec) and multiply that by 0.144 to get 0.1195 seconds. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. That's because the combine participants aren't reacting to a starter's gun. I am not sure whether the table is for 30 meter time or 40 yard dash time. So, do you think that football players are faster than sprinters in the 40 yard dash? convert these earlier performances. an answer of 0.1323272. Essentially, reaction time must be accounted for when calculating these times. 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. Hall, Max 4.87, Running Backs 100 meters, and then rounding to the nearest tenth of a second, the final How long is 100 meters? 220 yards to 200 meters subtract .1 sec. Thanks and damn you guys are fast how do you do it??? 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. A better question would be why do football players post faster 40 times than 50 or 60 meter sprinters. That is how Jeremy Wariner can run faster 400 meter times than Tyson Gay43.45 seconds as compared to 44.89 seconds, (although not Gays specialty). Football fans can watch the prospects working out at the combine on the NFL Network starting on Friday. time becomes 13.2. The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user. As a coach, I have found it much easier to start with anaerobic alactic and work around until I reach my goal of training either to 500 or 600 meters in distant. FOR MORE OF AL.COM'S COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE OF THE NFL, GO TO OUR NFL PAGE. There is no fixed rule. Always round up the last digit of the final time. Thanks, but how fast do you think I can get? All track . I would submit to you world class sprinter train not only for 40 yards (or rather probably 40 meters) but also 10, 20, 60, and 80 meters. A good or bad 40 yard dash time can make or break a football combine. The 40 is well the 40, it is a test that is used in football but does not tell much about what a football player can do never mind what can be done in a 400. Owner @ Gymless Fitness: http://gymlessfit.com. You can take his last 10m segment (0.83 sec) and multiply that by 0.144 to get 0.1195 seconds. o'KS@1 LX[Nn1hetZ0SIN`*`M`_e0&&2hAa1cu *BuB1;]KX[P>+^ZqhAha*;-A] DY'g+]^~Kn-(](E DHvE2RPt@(L(I M^h=Gnd$$Fp e(+H}Z\yTVPt0w]t2LVQ'9*Q}R0SWB*`s:g%!$}a )ZlXX|g: 100 m to yd conversion. It's so easy to solve the problem and gets a very acurate answer with all the steps, very helpful app I highly recommend using, but they need to start putting in more problems that they can solve for you. If you need to estimate measurements quickly when you are out and about, download the Moasure App. running event records exist in both meters and yards it is necessary to So, Olympic runner Justin Gatlin's 4.42 forty-yard dash split. Some people reach their top speed quickly, some don't. His 40 time could be 5 seconds for the first 40 yards, or it could be 4.3 (or less) for another section of 40 yards somewhere in between. Graham, Brandon 4.72 Miller, Lonyae 4.53 40y Dash Pace = 03.68. 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. Rivals.com put together this chart a few years back, it's not a bad estimator. <> Hell most coaches, cant get them to run a 350m TT. Robinson, Zac 4.71 TO CONVERT TIME FROM: 100 yards to 100 meters add .9 sec. It seems that you are arguing with yourself about a tangential matter that youve perceived. But without the stamina (and to some degree youre born with that potential wise), and the raw drive and toughness you still wont run well. last track season I ran a 13.5 100m, I was running w/ a torn meniscus back then also. what was your best 200 meter time? The track at Seoul 1988 was nowhere near as fast as todays hard tracks favoring sprinters. 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. Whats your 1 rep max for the bench press, cling, and squat. When I was in HS, College and now in the Masters ranks, I seem to benefit from focusing on my long sprint endurance first and the doing the short stuff. 880-yard relay to 4x200-meter relay subtract .5 sec. When training 400 meters you have many parts of the race you have to train. [Tweet Usain Bolt and Ben Johnson : 40 Yard Dash Times]. 11.72 100 meter time to 40 yard dash. I can't take credit for the formula. These guys leave nothing to chance. Im not sure where you are going with your statements. I could still run that fast in spikes on a track until I was 40. You may think wow if he can to a 4.45 at 15-1617 what can he do later may actually slow down as they get taller bigger or just slightly faster. I meant I was timed 4.6 in8th grade not 4.8 = but probably was most likely only 4.7-4.8. 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? Ego aside, how can a football player have a faster time than a sprinter? Moats, Arthur 4.66 [deleted] 2 yr. ago. `qpM:>i(%!Pw]] ]usbuausC]AU6"-Z ].|e=rXl(o2*7k.u;A8p&*Lmuwu So do we assign Jackson a 4.36-second time and declare Johnson the combine 40 champ? 2 0 obj I look forward to others comments on this topic. (10 yard / time split) * 0.91 = Max Velocity m / s Hughes, Jerry 4.69 Its saying a 4.6 40 yard dash has the POTENTIAL of running 48 seconds for 400 meters based on raw speed. ", Bo Jackson winning 100-meter race at track meet in Florida. Tate, Ben 4.43 Do you run in california? Just like 100m specialize in 100 meters, NFL players specialize in 40 yards or less. Easley, Marcus 4.46 - Gold Academy If you have a 100-yard dash time, divide it into 205 to get an approximate miles per hour speed. Cornerback Brandon Ghee Cincinnati 3rd round Most of the great 40y times that you hear about in football are hand times. At that time, the 100 meter World Record was 9.9 hand timed. If you as a coach dont believe in the 30-40 training theory then say it! 3.674s (the first 30m) + 0.57s (the final 6.576m) = 4.24s 4.24s - 0.10s (the recorded "fastest" reaction time) = 4.14 second 40-yard dash @ money im in the la city area & its 165 right now not sure about the squat. NOTE: This procedure is suggested for seeding purposes ONLY, and should not be considered accurate for converting records from English to metric, or vice-versa. Los Angeles Raiders running back Bo Jackson carries the ball against the Seattle Seahawks during an NFL game on Dec. 1, 1987. It came out as follows. That makes a grand total of 8.75 + 0.12 = 8.87 seconds for an approximate 100 yard dash. 40 Yard Dash, Featured Story, Track & Field, Witty 100 meters, speed, speed endurance, Usain Bolt. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. Agreed. Maybe after years of training to carry their speed down the track for 400 meters to get to their potential 400 time. Im making this assessment of your comments as someone who has participated and supported football programs for at least 4 decades. I feel like you find a few athletes who this works for but you will find a much larger percentage that is way off. Put another way, sow me ANYONE who is capable of reaching his maximum speed by 30 meters and I will show you someone who is without question NOT a world class sprinter. Ok everybody lets get this straight first of all. Type in the time or mark in the blank above, select the event or function from the drop down menu, and click convert. two-mile relay to 4x800-meter relay subtract 2.8 sec. I would have to agree with the first comment as this just does not seem to add up. The NFL does not keep official recordsof combine performances. Owusu-Ansah, Akwasi 4.47 Because the extrapolated 40 yard dash time is merely an extrapolation or split en route to a 100 meters. A]Dp Officially its a .24 difference, but that is only when you have trained officials and they are standing right beside the gun. However, you should get props for thinking critically. U;I^*piKb%;L(U:e:O8XX&R. 100 meter dash and 40 yard dash are two COMPLETELY different sprints. In the end I think the 200 and really the 300 are better predictors, because as any competitive sprinter knows all sorts of things happen from 60-100-200 meters, which really determine what kind of sprinter you are. 08 La state championship track & field team. This would result in a phenomenal time of 41.4 seconds for the 400 meter race. So I trained like a 400/800 guy for a bit, came back and had a huge PR in the 200 go figure. 100y = 09.2. Probably add .15 to.25 to times. endobj 100m sprinters are often fastest at just that distance 100 meters, not 40 yards. endobj You just cant get away from the 40 yard dash trash talk when coaches and athletes float inaccurate numbers from a 40 yard dash time. I believe it is quite possible football players can beat some world class sprinters to the 40, but because they dont reach top speed until at least 60m, we cant really draw a parallel by suggesting that the best combine footballer could win Olympic Gold in the 100m. (I've also given an example below): Example McCluster, Dexter 4.58, Wide Receivers There is no real strategy : you dont conserve your energy for the last 30m, you dont change your strides deliberately etc.). Or 40 yard or 36.6 meters. Multiplying this answer by the race distance of 100 meters, and then rounding to the nearest tenth of a second, the final time becomes 13.2. Jerry, John 5.15 Learn proper running form it helps a lot!! Terms of Use he didn't let up, didn't appear to slow down, but they were still gaining speed and he wasn't. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. I think I would have to call it crap! Im not sure why you seem to be talking smack when it doesnt appear that you have been called out by anyone. I believe he was the first to break the 6 second barrier in the 60 yard dash. Based on these results, in theory, you could extrapolate your 100 yard dash time by adding 0.8 seconds if you were an elite sprinter. Olympic History, Track & Field 100 Yards, Usain Bolt. For the football 40, the runner gets to start the time. What if Ben Johnson or Usain Bolt trained to run the 40 yard dash (or 36.6 meter dash) as if it was a real event? Harbor, Clay 4.69 I feel I should have run 47-mid or better, so I definitely agree that the 40-yard predictor is just a guess. But I doubt not much than a handful below 4.4 or 4.5. To Marys point, football players might be known for good acceleration because that is critical to a 30-40yard carry. For example: 155-6.5 would be 155 feet and 6.5 inches. lW6_-Z0Z v ] jymN>Dy1'=63s Instead the whole point of the 40 yard dash is because the average amount of yards for a kick is 40 yards and a player needs at least 5 seconds to run there and get the ball before the other team does, so they needed a fast starting time with their top speed. 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. Has anybody thought about the fact that in real sprint events, wind readings are involved. Running a 100 yard dash in 12.1 is equivalent to running a 100 meter dash in 13.2. I do think most of these times in high school are flawed and habdheld timed errors. Spiller, C.J. But possible some are legit. The tracks now are rubber and lively. And weve also met the guys who have good speed who say are jumpers or 100m guys, etc, and they run an amazing 400 the first time out, because they have great natural endurance and have the toughness component. Thanks for the replies guys, and I aprreciate the estimate of my 40 yard time. Here Are The Preliminary Lists, The Top 25 Performances From The Past Week (Indoors/Out), WATCH: Check Out This Wild Finish In The VHSL Class 6 300m, National Boys Performer Of The Week (2/20-2/26), Who's Headed To NSAF Indoor Nationals? I don't want to blame genetics, I'm not blazing fast, but I'm considered pretty fast amongst my friends. Lawrence, Simoni 4.68 Note they ran the 100 yards up until the early 1970s but on the Olympic year, they ran the Nationals (which doubled as the Trials) in meters. 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.
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