How accurate would you say laser timed 40's are?

 

I do not have enough experience on laser time to give an informed opinion. Anyone?

Let's cut MJK a break on this one, as he sounds like he was just repeating what he heard. Kinda' reminds me of those "weight room stories" or worse yet--"the height & weight of players in basketball & football programs"!!

I do not have enough experience on laser time to give an informed opinion. Anyone?

from my experience with laser, there are two eyes if you would. One starts the clock on the twitch, theo other stops, upon the first part that crosses the line. Barring an electrical or battery slip up, lasers are accurate within .001 of a second.

Keep in mind--in track--the standard addition for hand times would be .24 compared to FAT (fully automatic timing).

 

Even if the coach did say 4.3 (which--I would have to wonder about to begin with) that puts the time at a more believable 4.54.

 

The one thing that I don't understand is what is to gain by telling a kid that he ran a 4.3 40? Does this help a players confidence? I doubt it. If anything--it gives the kid a false sense of reality and--where they stand. This may sound like it is pointed towards Coach R--but it isn't--because nearly every coach I have ever met does it.

 

In reality--I would say that there are no more than 10 (and probably fewer) kids from Kentucky who have ran a legit 4.4 40 this year. There may be more 4.5's--but again--this number is significantly lower than most people are guessing at.

 

Another thing to look at--as far as the 40 yard dash goes--the Anderson, OH (Track) Invitational runs the 40 yard dash as an event every year. This meet attracts some of the best compeition in Ohio (which is much faster as a whole compared to Kentucky)--all of the fastest kids run the 40 because it is FAT--and they are running against other fast kids. There are VERY FEW runners who break 4.6. (And this includes high 10 100 meter runners). It just goes to show--things are different when you exclude the human factor in 40's.

Nice post QS.

Do you understand how many 4.4-4.5 guys are on college rosters? Great speed does not always mean advancement in the sports. I have a buddy who ran a 4.4 in high school but only played football his senior season. Their are fast guys on rosters, that might not be good enough football players fot continue a career.

 

 

I agree great speed doesn't equate to automatic college football material, but all of the players in DI college football have to have a minimum level of speed to compete, or else they would not be a DI football player.

Unless they use lasers there is a variable of about .2 seconds on the times...some coaches time faster and slower than others.

I agree not to many kids at H.S level run a 4.3 forty (4 or 5 in entire country). You hardley even hear college kids running a 4.3, other than the first round draft picks. And that goes on to say they have been in college with the strength coach's, and a demanding sprinting plan to develop fast twitch fibers in order to sprint fast, and proper running form, not as easy as one would think.

 

oh ya, take that and most people don't have the genitics to run that fast even with that training program.

Can anyone tell us who the two players were?

Not to say that they are not very fast high school athletes, but just not 4.3 with laser timing.