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Posted on 10/28/21 at 4:23 pm to GnashRebel
Posted on 10/28/21 at 4:23 pm to GnashRebel
There is a thing there with quicks vs speed. What good what Carl Lewis do ya on a football field, then there is Dexter cat quick, stop, start, cut. Lewis can't do that.
Tyreek Hill is the guy with quicks and great speed.
Tyreek Hill is the guy with quicks and great speed.
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Posted on 10/28/21 at 4:30 pm to Avante
Not one mention of Shaun Shivers? Dude ran a 10.39 in the Florida state championships and a wind aided 10.29 Ran a 10.44 at AU and won a meet in the 200 at FSU.
He will also hit you.
He will also hit you.
This post was edited on 10/28/21 at 4:32 pm
Posted on 10/28/21 at 4:53 pm to Avante
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There has never been a 225 Olympic 100m sprinter. It doesn't matter what Bo Jackson would have done he isn't running sub 10.00 which is what he'd need.
Agreed.
There was also a lot of track talent on the American teams in the '80s and '90s. I "think" that each country can only enter three participants, and if that was the case Bo would have had to beat out some pretty stiff competition just to have been in Los Angeles, Seoul or Barcelona.
I have made an argument before that the 100 meter dash is the world's most competitive sport/event because of how easy it is to identify and develop speed talent all around the world. There might be a lot of people who could have been as good as Michael Phelps in swimming or Roger Federer in tennis but were never introduced to those sports and had their talent developed. But if you grow up with the ability to be a world class sprinter, it would be damn near impossible for it not to be recognized and developed. All of us remember who was the fastest kid in the class, the neighborhood, the football team, etc., when we were growing up.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 5:03 pm to Globetrotter747
I see you get it, cool.
You either have it or ya don't. Obviously you can enhance that speed with training but all the training in the world won't make a slow guy fast, just a fast guy faster.
World class sprinting is all about speed endurance that ability to sustain/maintain a high % of you topend/max velocity, this takes training nobody just has it you must build it, yep just like body building. Those able to sustain the speed decellerate slower have a huge advantage.
Fast footballers can run with world class sprinters in a 40, then they start to fade as the sprinter is starting to hit his topend.
You either have it or ya don't. Obviously you can enhance that speed with training but all the training in the world won't make a slow guy fast, just a fast guy faster.
World class sprinting is all about speed endurance that ability to sustain/maintain a high % of you topend/max velocity, this takes training nobody just has it you must build it, yep just like body building. Those able to sustain the speed decellerate slower have a huge advantage.
Fast footballers can run with world class sprinters in a 40, then they start to fade as the sprinter is starting to hit his topend.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 7:03 pm to Avante
How Jeff Demps didn't make it, don't get that one.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 7:19 pm to GnashRebel
FWIW, Christian Coleman ran a 4.12 40yd dash at UT. AND he did that before his big breakout year internationally.
God knows what he'd run today now that he's beaten Bolt and had time to dedicate himself professionally and especially given that sprinters usually don't hit their prime super-early.
God knows what he'd run today now that he's beaten Bolt and had time to dedicate himself professionally and especially given that sprinters usually don't hit their prime super-early.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 7:31 pm to Avante
I think Haisley Crawford won the 100 meters in the Olympics maybe 1976. He was 230 lbs. or so.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 7:45 pm to Avante
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Henry is fast for a 245 pounder but in with fast guys no not really
"According to NFL's Next Gen Stats, Henry reached a top speed of 21.8 mph on the play, which is notable, because it's currently the FASTEST speed that any player in the NFL has reached this season. Before Henry's run, that honor belonged to Raiders receiver Henry Ruggs, who hit a top speed of 21.78 mph on a 51-yard catch against the Chargers in Week 4."
CBS Sports - Oct 19, 2021
This post was edited on 10/28/21 at 7:48 pm
Posted on 10/28/21 at 8:31 pm to Avante
That 10.23 time for 100 meter for Walker was from High School.
Herschel ran a 9.3 in the 100 yard
Herschel ran a 9.3 in the 100 yard
Posted on 10/28/21 at 9:08 pm to Dawgy49
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The spring before winning the Heisman, Walker clocked a personal-best 10.23 and went as low as a 10.10 with the aid of the wind.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 9:20 pm to Hugh McElroy
[quote]Walker won the Heisman in 1982 and was the first true freshman to make the All-American team. Walker had blazing speed—he ran track in high school and recorded a 10.23-second 100-meter dash[/quote
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This post was edited on 10/28/21 at 9:28 pm
Posted on 10/28/21 at 9:22 pm to MidMoAg
Crawford was a 195 pounder which is huge for a world class sprinter.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 9:25 pm to Che Boludo
Doesn't matter Henry cannot run with Jonathan Taylor, Raheem Mostert, who were legit sprinters.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 9:26 pm to Dawgy49
Walker never ran a 9.3 100 yard dash.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 9:29 pm to Avante
Posted on 10/28/21 at 9:36 pm to Dawgy49
Here ya go dumbass
track and field
Also a standout athlete, Walker competed on the Trojans track and field team in events ranging from the 100-yard dash to the shot put.[17] He won the shot put (16.56m/54 ft 4in), 100-yard dash (9.5s), and 220-yard dash (21.5s) events at the GHSA Class A State T&F Championships. He also anchored the 4x400 team to victory, with a time of 3:24.01 minutes.[18]
His best 100 yard time was a 9.5.
This post was edited on 10/28/21 at 9:46 pm
Posted on 10/28/21 at 9:42 pm to Avante
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Cannon could consistently run a 9.5 in the 100-yard dash and, at 6-1, 210 pounds, he had the size to overpower his opponents as well as outrun them.
He never ran a 9.4 100.
You also need to remember what kind of track Cannon was running on. Likely cinder. These modern tracks are much faster than cinder tracks.
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