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“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 unique ways he trains pro clients for the 40-yard dash
- Video on How to Improve Your 40 Yard Dash – Jason Hadeed from Elite Athlete Training Systems and his 4 and a half minute video on how to improve your 40 yard dash. Jason Hadeed was murdered February 2008.
Improving your 40 Yard Dash Instructional Articles
- Staying Low on a 40 Yard Dash or 100 Meter Start – Adarian Barr from Speedbynature.com explains 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.
- Kettlebell Training to Improve Your 40 Yard Dash Time – Joe Sarti explains why this article could be titled “Kettlebell Training to Increase Your Vertical Jump” or “Kettlebell Training to Run a Faster”
- Football Combine – How to Run a Faster 40 Yard Dash – Patrick Beith from Athletes’ Acceleration explains How To Run A Faster 40 Yard Dash (Part 1)
- How to Run a Faster 40 Yard Dash – Part 2 – Part 2 of Patrick Beith from Athletes’ Acceleration
- How To Run A Faster 40 Yard Dash In 2 Easy Steps – Two easy corrections you can make to your technique to get the most out of your body’s power and run your fastest 40-yard dash
Fastest 40 Yard Dash Videos
- Darren McFadden 4.27 40 Yard Dash – Video of Darren McFadden’s reported 4.27 on his 40 Yard Dash NFL football combine in 2008.
- Dwayne Jarrett 4.62 40 Yard Dash – Video of Dwayne Jarrett’s 4.62 and 4.67 40-yard dash at USC’s 2007 Pro Day
- Reggie Bush 40 Yard Dash – Fastest 4.33? – Video of Reggie Bush’s 4.33 40 Yard Dash at the 2006 Pro Day
40 Yard Dash Controversy
- NFL Hopefuls Run to Michael Johnson – PreRaceJitters.com’s Jay Hicks writes about how Olympic sprint champion Michael Johnson has been teaching some of football’s biggest names how to prepare for football combine for the past six years
- Justin Gatlin 4.42 40 Yard Dash – Justin Gatlin’s 4.42 electronic 40 yard dash is still impressive despite running a 9.77 100 meter dash during his running prime
- Fabian Washington 4.29 Fastest 40 Yard Dash? – Fabian Washington recorded the fastest 40 yard dash at the 2005 NFL Combine with a time of 4.29 seconds but no video is available for proof.
- Fastest 40 Yard Dash Time? – Ben Johnson splits in his 9.79 100 meter race in Seoul was 4.38 seconds for 40 yards, 5.52 seconds for 50 meters, and 60 meters in 6.37 seconds
Jimson Lee
Coach & Founder at SpeedEndurance.com
I am a Masters Athlete and Coach currently based in London UK. 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.
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