Does track speed translate to other sports?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son (freshman) runs a 6.9 sec 90m for baseball. He's by far the fastest player and base runner. He regularly steals home-base with ease. So, yes, it translates to other sports.

I'm guessing you mean 60 yard dash (which is what baseball players are measured at), and not 90 meters!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son (freshman) runs a 6.9 sec 90m for baseball. He's by far the fastest player and base runner. He regularly steals home-base with ease. So, yes, it translates to other sports.

The world record at 100m is 9.58 by Usain Bolt. Your son is one heck of a runner!

Yeah, lol, I thought the same. Numbers can be complicated.

Bolt wasn’t running the 100 in 9th and 10th grade. I saw him at Penn Relays years ago running the 400. As he matured he grew stronger and rose quickly through the ranks.

[Anonymous]

First, that time is amazing for a freshman. Wow. Second, my dc was a football player and highly skilled but on the small side but fast- playing RB positions on O and D, and fell into track randomly and is now staying there. Football is injury prone, and he fortunately quit to focus on track.

I’d highly recommend your dc avoid any contact sports with that kind of time bc you don’t want to mess it up. Soccer or baseball maybe if there’s interest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son is a freshman on track and is naturally fast without training broke 11 seconds on 100m already.

But that is on a track, with track shoes etc.

He is not that big (5’8”) but some of the coaches are already mentioning football and to get a 40 time. He has never played football and not sure if they time him on the track in track gear or are they timing them on grass/football cleats?

I do not want him to play football so hope it is on grass and will have a slow time.

Football is the easiest. There really is not much of a skill to entry like in soccer or basketball. Also football takes all shapes and sizes depending on position. Also everyone plays on the same surface. So the fastest ones still fast on grass. Soccer would be a very hard transition at this age.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son (freshman) runs a 6.9 sec 90m for baseball. He's by far the fastest player and base runner. He regularly steals home-base with ease. So, yes, it translates to other sports.

That is over 29mph the entire run.

The fastest a human is known to have run is 27.5mph.

Like in the Olympics - and not sustained for the entire run. Fraction of a second.
Did you adopt a cheetah or just make stuff up?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son is a freshman on track and is naturally fast without training broke 11 seconds on 100m already.

But that is on a track, with track shoes etc.

He is not that big (5’8”) but some of the coaches are already mentioning football and to get a 40 time. He has never played football and not sure if they time him on the track in track gear or are they timing them on grass/football cleats?

I do not want him to play football so hope it is on grass and will have a slow time.

Football is only one without the steep learning curve but this time is hella fast. Almost Jackie Joyner fast

[Anonymous]

There is zero chance that is a real time unless your son has god tier athleticism and is a freak athlete.

Derek Henry's (the current top NFL RB) highschool PR was just under 11.0 seconds. There's no chance a freshman ran that his first year in track.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son (freshman) runs a 6.9 sec 90m for baseball. He's by far the fastest player and base runner. He regularly steals home-base with ease. So, yes, it translates to other sports.

That is over 29mph the entire run.

The fastest a human is known to have run is 27.5mph.

Like in the Olympics - and not sustained for the entire run. Fraction of a second.
Did you adopt a cheetah or just make stuff up?

LOL. I’m sure she means a 60 not a 90.

6.9 is an excellent 60 time (especially for a freshman) & realistically possible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is zero chance that is a real time unless your son has god tier athleticism and is a freak athlete.

Derek Henry's (the current top NFL RB) highschool PR was just under 11.0 seconds. There's no chance a freshman ran that his first year in track.

Yep fake news

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is zero chance that is a real time unless your son has god tier athleticism and is a freak athlete.

Derek Henry's (the current top NFL RB) highschool PR was just under 11.0 seconds. There's no chance a freshman ran that his first year in track.

Uh, subbing 11 seconds is not rare. 11.9 or whatever happens in HS.

Improvement on that time under 10.5 is.

Under 10.5 is Olympic qualifying.

Very, very few NFL players are in league of elite track athletes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is zero chance that is a real time unless your son has god tier athleticism and is a freak athlete.

Derek Henry's (the current top NFL RB) highschool PR was just under 11.0 seconds. There's no chance a freshman ran that his first year in track.

Uh, subbing 11 seconds is not rare. 11.9 or whatever happens in HS.

Improvement on that time under 10.5 is.

Under 10.5 is Olympic qualifying.

Very, very few NFL players are in league of elite track athletes.

You think a freshman who never ran track before is going out there and doing sub 11 100M?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son is a freshman on track and is naturally fast without training broke 11 seconds on 100m already.

But that is on a track, with track shoes etc.

He is not that big (5’8”) but some of the coaches are already mentioning football and to get a 40 time. He has never played football and not sure if they time him on the track in track gear or are they timing them on grass/football cleats?

I do not want him to play football so hope it is on grass and will have a slow time.

He’d be awesome at ultimate frisbee. DC has a great ultimate scene.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is zero chance that is a real time unless your son has god tier athleticism and is a freak athlete.

Derek Henry's (the current top NFL RB) highschool PR was just under 11.0 seconds. There's no chance a freshman ran that his first year in track.

Uh, subbing 11 seconds is not rare. 11.9 or whatever happens in HS.

Improvement on that time under 10.5 is.

Under 10.5 is Olympic qualifying.

Very, very few NFL players are in league of elite track athletes.

You think a freshman who never ran track before is going out there and doing sub 11 100M?

Yes I do believe a freshman can run sub 11. It fits with a trajectory of a future NCAA D1 sprinter. Who knows how much a kid could improve? Boys often develop later so it makes sense for a sub 11 freshman to consider dedicating themselves to the sport.

10.5 won’t get you anywhere in the sport today. The Olympic Trials B standard is 10.20, a time that likely won’t get you into the NCAA finals although it will qualify for the entry into the meet. And 10.20 won’t get you anywhere at the Olympic Trials even though a qualifying time.

The Olympic A standard is 10.05. That is in essence the time needed to merely enter the Olympics, although countries without participants could get a slower athlete into the Games via nomination. The US has 8-10 guys with this standard. Going to the Olympics means 9.7 to win, and 9.8 to make the team (9.9 on a slow day).

Although football players are often fast, they are not sprinter fast. Daryl Green from the 80’s (10.1) and Ron Brown (10.0) from the 80’s and 90’s are exceptions. Football players have to run heavy otherwise they get knocked off their feet. It is one of the reasons the great hurdler from Maryland, Renaldo Nehemiah, in the late 70’s (world record holder) had only a modest career for the 49ers. He ran too high on his feet and could be knocked around. Derek Henry is a great athlete but doesn’t have speed comparable to an average D1 sprinter. Terrific speed for his size though. South Carolina has a football player at 220 pounds who is a SEC track finalist. A rare talent. Put on 20 pounds needed to go in the first round of the draft and that speed might be diminished.


Hope this helps give a frame of reference. If there is any doubt as to the athletic future of a sub 11 freshman, the Bullis coach could inform better than most. He had a 16 year old in the Olympics this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is zero chance that is a real time unless your son has god tier athleticism and is a freak athlete.

Derek Henry's (the current top NFL RB) highschool PR was just under 11.0 seconds. There's no chance a freshman ran that his first year in track.

Uh, subbing 11 seconds is not rare. 11.9 or whatever happens in HS.

Improvement on that time under 10.5 is.

Under 10.5 is Olympic qualifying.

Very, very few NFL players are in league of elite track athletes.

You think a freshman who never ran track before is going out there and doing sub 11 100M?

+1 The fastest freshman time in the nation last year was 10.47. I doubt anyone is casually stepping on a track for the first time and achieving that mark.

“Broke 11 seconds” here might mean broke into the 11 second range, as in 11.XX, which is in the realm of possibility for a fast kid. Without knowing the exact time, the circumstances, or the timing method, it’s hard to tell. Hand times tend to be faster than FAT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Yes I do believe a freshman can run sub 11. It fits with a trajectory of a future NCAA D1 sprinter.

Oh sure thing. The OP just happens to have a D1 sprinter on their hand and just didn't realize they were that athletic.

I'm with the PP. This is fake news.