Does track speed translate to other sports?

[Anonymous]

He could be a lacrosse middie if he could learn how to shoot.

You can’t learn how to shoot he can be a defensive midfielder.

[Anonymous]

Fake news . I will shave my ballsack with a straight razor if this is true

[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.

It depends on the other sport. My son is a very fast runner when he’s running sprints ( in a straight line or around the track field ), but he also plays squash but isn’t as fast on the squash court where reflex as well as lateral and backward movement also come into play.

As one coach once told me, there is a difference between speed and quickness.
Your son might have both but you can never tell if he doesn’t try the other sport.

[Anonymous]

Speed is important, I think it's interesting my DD, is playing basketball she is always at the back of the pack on "super girls" and down and backs, but when they do lateral slides to half court first, she is first. Beating even the girls with elite track pedigrees. No getting around her.

The point is that straight line speed under optimal conditions doesn't necessarily translate into lateral speed, agile cornering, jumping etc. Layer on that for most other sports except maybe soccer (probably even soccer if you want to win a 50/50), you'll need to develop some upper body, which negatively impacts speed. My DD is a beast on the boards, because she swims and built an upper body.

[Anonymous]

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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.

There are definitely some fast girls in Virginia who had great freshman track seasons with state qualifying and national times that didn’t run track until freshman year. I am not sure about other sports they did but it does happen. Girls from Loudoun, South Lakes, Woodson, west Springfield, Robinson, etc…

[Anonymous]

I would not put my 5'8" kid in football. My coworkers all tell me how huge some of the other kids are in football. I think the parents of unusually big kids are self selecting into the sport. I'd be worried about injury.

[Anonymous]

Does he have really skinny ankles? That's the real tell. The athletes with the skinniest ankles are typically the fastest and most agile. I was always concerned about my DD's tiny little ankles. Now, she is known to be among the fastest athletes in her NCAA D1 field sport.

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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.

I am the OP.

My child was in private school - wanted to go to public for hs. Played travel soccer- was average ar best at that level highly skilled but not aggressive. We wrote him off as not athletic at any higher level.

Goes to a public hs and for first non official time in third week hit 10.98. Times only count in sanctioned events. Now people are interested.
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[Anonymous]

He’s too small to play football will get crushed

[Anonymous]

If that 10.98 was hand timed, the FAT equivalent (official time) would be about 11.24. Also have to take wind into account. Still fast though!