It can also show who has the fastest speed on a fly route. The pressure is evident even in practice. Age 8 40yd 6.17, LJ 1010, SB Throw 103 2, Turbo Jav 382 College baseball scouts evaluate players by arm strength, fielding range, speed, and hitting for power and average. My Daughter just turned 10 and her time is 5.53. Your results from the 20 yard dash show that this other kid is faster and just as good of a running back. Based on the age of the athlete, 0.4 - 0.7 s and 4 - 14 cm changes in the 40-yd and VJ, In my experience, these entrepreneurs attempt to use their athletic resume to hide their inexperience as coaches. Clayton was taught to sprint by his dad, one of the best track coaches in the state of Illinois. 7.83 was as a 14yr 8month (my mistake in the prior post). The first half of the run is pretty much in line with our rough expectations. The unfortunate thing is that we are going to have to make decisions about high school soon as his small private school that he loveshas a very poor program. Thanks for the input as I always look for ways to improve my coaching skills. No Practices? Im a college sprint coach and my son plays multiple sports and he likes to train and get faster. My 2018 went to a PG event the summer after his Freshman year and had his 60 time recorded at 7.2. Im not interested in things that slow you down. I have been playing tennis for 20 years and I have seen parents push their kids to the limit. Not all that long ago an 88-91 mph fastball was considered major league average, but current data shows it is now below-average. My understanding is that MLB average home to first is about 4.0. RJ, Exact same scenario for mine. Great post. Jan 3, 2012. Keep in mind: When watching prospects, college coaches are constantly trying to project how well they are going to do at the college level. That would translate to a sub 6 second 40. Soccer is an endurance sport. This improvement was noted immediately after the growth spurt. As a sophomore, T.J. again quarterbacked his group to a 9-0 season. Is your comment really even necessary? JavaScript is disabled. Sprint training requires ground contact times of a fraction of a second (0.08 in elite sprinters). Anything more than this is counterproductive. The distance from the baseline to the opposite service line is 20 yards. For optimum effectiveness, kids must sprint two or three times a week. Repeatedly seen him make plays in CFunlike any other (really trying to be objective - his coach has said the same thing). BTW ive googled this and apparently their are just tons of kids out there running 4.1- 4.5s at 12-15. Coach Kim Goss delves into the importance of elastic strength training in helping injury-proof athletes against non-contact lower-body injuries. DI QB - 6'3" 200 40-4.6 RB - 6'0" 210 40-4.5 I would also mention that if you have the opportunity to see players race against each other at the 20 yard distance, it's helpful. Division 1 catchers swing the bat well and usually can hit for power or average at a high level OBP: .500 Slugging: .600 (minimum 2 at bats per game) Pop Time: 1.95 and below consistently (verified by a neutral source) ERA below 2.00 Division 2 Height: 6'0" Weight: 180 lbs. And find a way to keep your son in multiple sports through 9-10th grade, it helps with keeping it fun, developing an athlete, cross training, and being with their other friends etc. We were 3 sports thru 9th, 2 thru 10th, then he knew he wanted to focus on baseball. Video must be analyzed. He tops out at 85. I run a two week camp in the summer. *New Jersey Crew (973 and 201)* you jus mad cuz im stylin' on ya?? Great stuff with a lot of useful information. I do not. Does anyone know what the average college time from home to first is? All my kids ran the 20 in the same general times except 2, which spawned my curiousity thats all. She sprint trains a few days a week in the off season. My guy's was more along the lines of Go44's thoughts. -- Vince Lombardi, On another note, how fast a kid can run in a straight line doesn't tell me anything about what position he is going to playjmo. My advice is to keep collecting data and stay patient. Note: if you proceed, you will no longer be following. What I found especially useful was the information you provided in regards to pulling, climbing exercisesfor example parachutes, uphill climbing. He is at a local mid D1, no idea how it's going since he just got there in August. A twenty-year-old male usually runs the distance in about five seconds, while a thirty-year-old male has an average 40 yard dash time of 3.7 seconds. OMG I am now running a 4.80 and im still 10. 200 meter dash: 27.89 Ive seen 58 11 year olds who are studs but never get significantly better. I had heard uphill climbing was great was speed. Im guessing she runs about an 8.2 as an old five year old just before her sixth bday. I was also an athlete and played football in High school and college. But when i see that at th end of th first training session, he gained 0.7 seconds on 15m sprint (3.16s, 17km/h), it puts me in an optimistic mood. What will often separate recruits in the mind of coaches is how serious a prospect takes their sport. Anytime. Their age at the time of testing plays a big part of their results since one year to a 6 or 7 year old can mean a lot of growth and progress. Interesting to see all the different opinions on what is considered fast and what isn't. OP, congrats to your DD for being in the top 20 at the event. In fact, Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya achieved this feat in 2019, running a time of 1 hour, 59 minutes, and 40 seconds. You would be one of the fastest 15 year-olds in the world if your ran a 3.9-4.0, and I seriously doubt you can come close to 4 seconds. She is a third baseman. 20-yard sprint: Run 60 feet to measure speed from home plate to first base. 100M 11.71 HH Like you said in the article, kids rarely fully sprint during practice, so am I on the right track by having his do speed and acceleration work on his off days? Sticky All of these are timed and then I add the times together and the lowest total times are the best athletes on the team. When it comes to midfielders, D1 college coaches tend to focus their recruiting efforts on shortstops, rather than athletes who strictly play second base. When kids compete for an hour, theyre never sprinting. I think he was like thesmart kid who does poorly in standardized tests until somebody gives him basic techniquefor time management, guessing strategy, etc. Of course anything faster is considered above average. I am not a track person, but if hes that talented what can I do to help him as he continues to grow and keep his speed. In my opinion, the best indicator of sprint ability is max-speed. Of around 50 kids (almost all of them are athletically gifted as this is academy level Soccer). Is this normal?? This article is misleading at best. When accelerating, ground contact times are much longer than max-speed sprinting. Forum contains unread posts, Topic Icons: I agree for certain positions, not for others. I have a 14u 2020. Sprinting is never achieved in high-volume situations. Here's some data for you, based on current PG percentiles this year: 2017: a 7.17sixty is the 50th percentile for the class of 2017 this year, 2018: a 7.31 sixty is the 51st percentile for the class of 2018 this year, 2019: a 7.41sixty is the 51st percentile for the class of 2019 this year, 2020: a 7.66 sixty is the 52nd percentile for the class of 2020 this year, 2021: a7.85 sixty is the 50th percentile for the class of 2021 this year. This is complete BS. DII Outfielder: 60 Yard Dash: 7.0 or below Home to 1st Time: 4.4 (RHH) 4.3 (LHH) Throwing Velocity: 82 + Ball Exit Velocity: 88 + More people are reading SimpliFaster than ever, and each week we bring you compelling content from coaches, sport scientists, and physiotherapists who are devoted to building better athletes. I found that some kids have a seperate gear that they can only seem to reach when they are being pushed. Regardless of your age, prospects should focus on getting better and putting themselves in the right position against the best competition available. It is impossible for a 9 year old to run a laser timed, 5.45 40 yard dash . The time differences were evenly distributed between 0. Chad Lakatos has all the results from his youth speed camps on Edwardsvilles track website from quite a few years. If you are pushing things, pulling things, running slowly uphill, or running with parachutes, your contact time wont be 0.08. My prodigious offspring runs a 5.2 60 as a 15 y/o while dragging an obdurate mule behind him. The smaller kids have been relegated to MIF, their compact size still gives them an advantage there, because they just don't have the arm strength to throw it meaningfully the 200+ feet it takes to get the ball in from the outfield. Parents invest. In short, yes, you can get the necessary experience and exposure from summer travel if that is the path you choose and choice of HS should not have "strength of baseball program" as a line item that weighs too heavily in the selection process. Had 8 of my 31 players in the sub-5.5 range, and about as many of my linemen at the 6.5+ range. The 40-yard dash isn't a track event. He was busy and so were the coaches I tried to get him to, so before HF he was able to get in just one session with a speed coach, and then he worked on the stuff the coach gave him for a couple weeks. I kept a scrapbook, not a Twitter account. Records must be kept. 10 and 20 are what I look at the most when I eval kids. Forum contains no unread posts If you don't see that going well then neither will the coach, and your boy won't make the team or he will be the bench warmer until that growth spurt hits. Competition and measured efforts take athletes to new levels. Congratulations you have the fastest 7 year old in the hisotry of the human race. It may not display this or other websites correctly. But wait, this kid will run a 3.8 by the time hes 15 right? 7.Throwing Velocity measured by the use of a radar gun The athlete makes a maximum of five overhand throws with a regulation softball, on flat ground. Glad I wasted my time reading this and some of the other data. Please contact the developer of this form processor to improve this message. Average Ht/Wt & 40 time in DI, D2 and D3 Average 20-yard dash time for high school softball is approximately 3.5 seconds; NCAA softball is approximately 3.1 seconds. Speed is measured by running a 60-yard dash. Compare yourself with the chart below. Record two runs to determine fastest time. Hot They may be running relatively fast, but theyre not sprinting. Luckily, there are several. Hi! Age 6 40yd 7.19, LJ 83, Softball Throw 694, Turbo Javelin 2510 I do implement sprint training with my combat athletes, as they tend to transfer that into mat area. he was under 6.4 at 7 years old. You get a feel for when they added velocity &how their physical growth tracked along with that. They waste their time and money and we lose all credibility. Nelson Gord, former D1 baseball athlete and NJCAA coach, shares how athletes can catch the attention of college coaches in the video below. Only 4 days of varsity tryouts and 1 day of fielding and 3 days hitting. You might as well be wearing ankle weights (dont wear ankle weights either). A study published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research found that the hand-timed method produces average 40 times 0.31 seconds faster, and as much as 0.42 seconds faster. Coaches Eye works so well with air play to the big screen tv. These times were set in May and will be retested in November/December and then every 6 months. Im a believer in specificity. Club experience: 34 years of high-level travel baseball, Awards and accolades: multiple-time All-Conference, All-Area, All-State honors, Club experience: 23 years of high-level travel baseball, Awards and accolades: multiple time All-Conference, All-Area, potential All-State honors, Club experience: 23 years playing travel baseball, Awards and accolades: multiple time All-Conference, All-Area honors, Pitch velocity: 84 MPH consistently; up to 95+ MPH, Walk less than 1 batter per 2 innings pitched, Control of one off-speed pitch and 1 additional pitch thrown to spots consistently, Walk around 1 batter per 2 innings pitcher, Control of at least one off-speed pitch and developing another, Coaches will take a closer look at catch and throw mechanics as well as the arm strength shown while throwing to 2nd and 3rd base, While defense comes first for a catcher, Division 1 coaches will also look for a player who demonstrates outstanding leadership skills and has the ability to work with the entire pitching staff, Division 1 catchers swing the bat well and usually can hit for power or average at a high level, Slugging: .600 (minimum 2 at bats per game), Pop Time: 1.95 and below consistently (verified by a neutral source), Slugging: .550 (minimum 2 at bats per game), Pop Time: 2.0 and below consistently (verified by a neutral source), HR: 510 as a junior and senior in high school, Slugging: .750 (minimum 2 at bats per game), Needs to demonstrate the ability or potential to hit for power, A solid 1B recruit in this tier should have a few HRs and a lot of RBIs as a junior and senior in high school, HR: 510 as a junior and senior in high school, Infield Velocity: At least 80 MPH with the ability to improve through development, HR: At least 2 HR as a high school junior and senior, 60-yard dash: 6.56.8. A "Good" 10-Yard Split Time (1.56-1.59) Gaines Adams, Buccaneers: 1.58 (2007) Derrick Harvey, Jaguars: 1.59 (2008) An "Average" 10-Yard Split Time (1.60-1.62) Kamerion Wimbley, Raiders: 1.60 (2006) Bruce Davis, Patriots: 1.62 (2008) A "Below Average" 10-Yard Split Times (1.63-1.69) Charles Johnson, Panthers: 1.63 (2007) Men's Age-Adjusted Running Tables Women's Age-Adjusted Running Tables Other Web Links my home page High school sports were covered by the local radio station and daily newspaper. I don't look for just straight line speed numbers, I use a variety of methods during evals. I am member of US lacrosse and football USAA certified coach in both.