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Increase Vertical Jump with Plyometric Exercises

The vertical jump is one of many tests performed at the Football Combine. The following speed, power and explosive tests are as follows:

40 yard dash
Vertical Jump
Max 225 Bench Reps
Standing Long Jump

For Football quickness and agility, they may do the following:

Pro-Agility Test (lateral agility or I-test)
J or L cone Test (another agility test performed in […]

Usain Bolt 100m 10 meter Splits and Speed Endurance

Usain Bolt won the 100 meters because of his speed endurance.

I’ve said this all along, unless you are running a 40 yard dash or 50 meter sprint, sprinting the 100, 200, or 400 meters is all about speed endurance… reach your top speed, and maintain it. The winner of two athletes with the same […]

Track Dimensions: How Many Feet is 400 meters?

The 400 meters is exactly 1312.34 feet or 437.2 yards.

Conversely, the 440 yard dash = 402.56 meters.

You can read a lot more on 440 Yard and 400 Meters Races from an earlier blog post where Tommie Smith ran 44.5 400 meters and 44.8 for 440 yards in the same race.

I am reflecting on my last […]

Speed Linking - Complete Guide to the 40 Yard Dash

“Speed-linking” is a term to define a collection (or handful) of good posts on a particular topic, very similar to a Blog Carnival.

Here is a collection of 40 yard dash workouts and videos from Speedendurance.com’s archives:

Improving your 40 Yard Dash Instructional Videos

Draftguys TV: The Secrets of the 40-Yard Dash - Coach Travelle Gaines explains the […]

It was 11 Years Ago Today - June 1, 1997

This event was the highly anticipated Michael Johnson - Donovan Bailey “match” race at 150m at the Skydome, Toronto (Donovan’s home turf)

After the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, where Michael Johnson won both the 200m and 400m, he claimed to be the World’s Fastest Man. Normally, that title is given to the 100m winner. If […]

The 12 Commandments to Better Health and Wellness

This article is guest blogged by Joe Sarti. Joe blogged recently on the topic of Nutrition and Kettlebell Training to Improve Your 40 Yard Dash Time

The Commandments of Being Healthy

1. Commitment

What do goals, deadlines, words mean if you are not willing to commitment to seeing them through? What is more important than committing to […]

Draftguys TV: The Secrets of the 40-Yard Dash

The 2008 NFL Draft will be held April 26-27.

Millions of fans tune in to the NFL Draft, but many of us have never had a chance to see more than a handful of the players selected each year… until now! Draftguys TV gives football fans over 40 in-depth player profiles breaking down practice footage, […]

Darren McFadden 4.27 40 Yard Dash

The Miami Dolphins will make the first choice of the 2008 NFL Draft on April 26-27. If they don’t pick running back Darren McFadden (aka “D-Mac”) from Arkansas, they should fire their whole executive staff. At least pick him, and trade him if necessary. In my opinion, he’s the most talented athlete […]

10K Runner Galen Rupp Joins Sprint Coach Brooks Johnson

I love it when distance runners wake up and smell the coffee.
It All Comes Down to Pure Speed
From Oregon Live:

Galen Rupp, on leave from the Oregon track team while preparing his bid for the U.S. Olympic team in the 10,000 meters, plans to go to Orlando, Fla., to spend quality time with sprint […]

Dwayne Jarrett 4.62 40 Yard Dash

The 2008 NFL Draft is around the corner.
I recall last year when Dwayne Jarrett ran a 4.62 and a 4.67 40-yard dash at USC’s 2007 Pro Day.
Dwayne was drafted in the 2nd round (45th overall) of the 2007 NFL Draft by the Carolina Panthers, and the eighth receiver selected.
He was originally projected as a […]

Justin Gatlin 4.42 40 Yard Dash

This just in from NFL Pro day Updates:

WR Justin Gatlin (5-11 7/8, 195): Ran a 4.45 and a 4.42 in the 40. Had a 40 ½-inch vertical jump, 11-foot long jump, 4.4 short shuttle and 7.36 cone drill and 12 reps in the bench press. The former Olympic sprinter faces long odds of getting signed.

The […]

NFL Hopefuls Run to Michael Johnson

This guest post was written by Jay Hicks of Prerace Jitters.
The NFL’s top candidates are hoping track legend, Michael Johnson’s sprinting wisdom brushes off on them.
Two of the draft’s top running backs, Darren McFadden and Felix Jones, are in a six-week training program for the scouting combine at the Michael Johnson Performance Center (MJPC) […]

Fabian Washington 4.29 Fastest 40 Yard Dash?

Thanks to John for sending me this info.
In the video Reggie Bush 40 Yard Dash - Fastest 4.33 video, Bush is on a track surface and possibly wearing track spikes.
Fabian Washington recorded the fastest 40 yard dash at the 2005 NFL Combine with a time of 4.29 seconds. Unfortunately no videos are available.
Washington reportedly […]

Top Trainer Jason Hadeed Shot and Killed

This is really sad news as I just featured Jason on his video on How to Improve Your 40 Yard Dash

I was also in the works on promoting Sparqtraining.com latest training video involving Jon Drummond

From Rivals.com newswire:

Jason Hadeed, age 33, and founder-owner of Elite Athlete Training Systems, was fatally shot late Friday night, Feb. […]

Kettlebell Training to Improve Your 40 Yard Dash Time

This article is guest blogged by Joe Sarti. Joe blogged recently on the topic of Nutrition.
This article could also be titled “Kettlebell Training to Increase Your Vertical Jump” or “Kettlebell Training to Run a Faster”.
Why?
10 seconds flat, a 4.4 or faster 40 yard dash, a 36 inch + vertical jump…
These events are all about […]

Staying Low on a 40 Yard Dash or 100 Meter Start

This article is guest blogged by Adarian Barr from Speedbynature.com
What is implied when a sprinter is instructed to stay low at the start and for the first 10 yards or meters of a sprint race?
Staying low has to do with the lean angle of the body from head to toe. The degree of being low […]

Video on How to Improve Your 40 Yard Dash

I really opened a can of worms in my quest to find the fastest 40 yard dash ever on video.
Here is Jason Hadeed from Elite Athlete Training Systems and his 4 and a half minute video on how to improve your 40 yard dash. It’s fairly basic, but if you pick up a tip […]

Fastest 40 Yard Dash Time?

The shortest distance the IAAF recognizes for indoor world record performances is the 50 meters (approx 54 yards) run in 5.56 seconds set by Canadian sprinter Donovan Bailey in 1996. The irony is he was considered a poor starter!
The current world record for 60 meters is 6.39 seconds set twice by American Maurice Greene […]

Reggie Bush 40 Yard Dash - Fastest 4.33?

Thanks to Adarian for sending me the link to the video.

Everyone talks about the fastest 40 yard dash time. The fastest 40 yard I recall was the “4.17″ by Deion Sanders. If that is a hand time, that makes 4.2 (rounded up) or 4.44 FAT (by adding 0.24 from hand to FAT)

The direct […]

How to Run a Faster 40 Yard Dash - Part 2

This article was guest blogged by Patrick Beith, a Performance Consultant for Athletes’ Acceleration.

This is part 2. Click here for Part 1 of
How To Run A Faster 40 Yard Dash

This is the time of the season where I am sure that you are asked the same question over and over: ‘How do I run […]

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