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Quote from: psychomark32 on July 29, 2011, 02:24:01 pm

I bet you its because guys with great verts are quad dominant and guys with great forty's are more posterior dominant and have great reactive strength.  To have a great 40 you have to have nasty top end speed.  Guys who are quad dominant have great acceleration but tend to pitter out at the end of the race because there thighs are too big  and they have to "push" through the race instead of propel effortlessly.

You have contradicted yourself some what.

"guys with great verts are quad dominant".
"guys who are quad dominant have great acceleration".


Your saying; guys who are quad dominant have great acceleration.

Well doesn't that mean the verters should have a great 40yd dash?.

Quote from: Raptor on July 29, 2011, 06:19:57 pm

It doesn't make any sense for this to happen.

But it has.

Quote from: LanceSTS on July 29, 2011, 04:58:57 pm

Whats happening with the 40yd dash times is guys are getting coached to run the race.

I would have thought every athlete at the combine would put equal emphasis in training on the vert & 40yd dash? & all camps would have coaches with the necessary experience to coach both events.

If it came down to greater coaching, certain States/Universities would dominate the vert/40dash tables?.

  You thought wrong.  The 40yd dash is pushed so heavily and sprint coaches have nit picked every detail from the big toe to the top of the head.  The vertical jump is coached primarily as "jump".   There are of course exceptions but most combine training facilities are "practicing" the vertical jump, while teaching in detail sprint technique/starts/every step in the race.

Quote from: LanceSTS on July 31, 2011, 11:42:42 pm

You thought wrong.  The 40yd dash is pushed so heavily and sprint coaches have nit picked every detail from the big toe to the top of the head.  The vertical jump is coached primarily as "jump".   There are of course exceptions but most combine training facilities are "practising" the vertical jump, while teaching in detail sprint technique/starts/every step in the race.

I agree. A lot of linebackers and elite defensive ends have the same vertical jumps as defensive backs. It's there massive lower body strength that gives them so much power to jump high.  But, in the 40, they can't keep up with the little guys because it's hard to have fast top end speed when you weigh 250 lbs.  Extra body weight takes away from your reactivity, which will effect how "springy" you are once you've reached top speed. The more springy you are the more ground you are covering with each step you take. 

Quote from: LanceSTS on July 31, 2011, 11:42:42 pm

  You thought wrong.  The 40yd dash is pushed so heavily and sprint coaches have nit picked every detail from the big toe to the top of the head.  The vertical jump is coached primarily as "jump".   There are of course exceptions but most combine training facilities are "practicing" the vertical jump, while teaching in detail sprint technique/starts/every step in the race.

this is why i will never be fast, shitty big toes. 

 Just work on your spinal mobility blu, you can cut off both big toes and still run like a cheetah.


btw, in studies involving deficiencies in the big toe, there is often a high occurrence of multiple std's.  Strange fact but interesting never the less.

I agree. A lot of linebackers and elite defensive ends have the same vertical jumps as defensive backs. It's there massive lower body strength that gives them so much power to jump high.  But, in the 40, they can't keep up with the little guys because it's hard to have fast top end speed when you weigh 250 lbs.  Extra body weight takes away from your reactivity, which will effect how "springy" you are once you've reached top speed. The more springy you are the more ground you are covering with each step you take. 

Good reply.

I am with lance on this.  The technique of every test is coached in such detail that you can shave .2 - .3 off a 40 in less than an hour.  You cannot finnesse your way into a good vertical jump.  You just need raw power.  You dont creep the line, big step, stare at this point, keep your lean, dont pop up but step out, etc... to a good jump.  I have seen hip dominant jumpers jump 36+ and quad dominant jump 36+.  it is more about horsepower than anything.