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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD is doing the Future 500 ID Camp next week where there is an add-on for 40 yard dash testing.  They also have shuttle run and vertical jump testing. She has done the shuttle and vertical tests before and did well so she is signed up for those.  She has not done a 40 yet so I told her to skip that.  My guess would be 5.3-5.4 secs would be pretty good.  [/quote]

This topic is a great example of what is wrong with youth soccer in this country. [/quote]

Your what's wrong. A 40 yard dash is a measurements of explosiveness. Been around a long time. Its not an indicator of talent it's an indicator of speed.

Guess what...speed kills. Ask Mbappe[/quote]

Speed with the ball matters. I'm not sure how many 40 yard post routes get run in soccer.[/quote]

98 percent of the time you don't have the ball. Gues what...speed matters  without the ball as well. [/quote]

But if you’re running to the wrong place, speed doesn’t matter. Soccer intelligence matters a lot more.  A great player still needs to be athletic and coordinated, but A faster brain is more important than a faster body. Get it meathead? [/quote]

Yes but . . . if you run a 6.4 second 40, then it does not matter how much soccer intelligence you have.

Same goes for overall fitness.  If you're not fit, then it does not matter how much soccer intelligence you have.

This is why pro, college, high school, etc. teams all have various forms of timed runs that measure these things.  [/quote]

And if you run a 6.4 second 40 it will show in game. But if you can always get to the ball first it doesn't really matter what your 40 time is. Situational awareness and anticipation can make up for mediocre 40 times. 
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Meathead combine dad doesn’t get it. He thinks the rest of us are saying speed isn’t important. As was posted just go get the sprinters off the track team if speed kills.  Taking 3 steps in wrong direction because of low soccer iq cannot be made up with a great 40 time.

Examples of “slow” athletes at the elite level. Xavi, Figo, Rivaldo, Zidane and Pirlo. My guess is that you likely haven’t seen all of those play. But you would rather have a Lukaku or Yedlin. [/quote]

As long as you admit that speed is important, then we are in agreement.  There are basic physical attributes that one must possess in order to play.  You must be fit.  You must be athletic.  You must be coordinated.  You must have speed.  Etc.

Those players you mention above were all more fit, more athletic, more coordinated and faster than the vast majority of men.  They were just below-average in speed in relation to other [b]professional[/b] soccer players.

Just a thought exercise:  I have no idea how fast Zidane was at his peak, but let's assume he ran a 5.0 second 40-yard dash.  Would he have been a better overall player if he instead ran a 4.4 second 40-yard dash, assuming he retained all his other skills and playing attributes?

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