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40 time for Maurice Green (Track & Field)

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Ok, I was bored and I may have done this wrong....(Math experts, plz correct me if I'm wrong!) so, since I'm paying very very close attention to the Olympic trials this week...particularly track and field, I did notice that Maurice Green ran in the Finals for the 100m a 9.91.

So I wondered what that would be if I converted it to a 40 yard dash time...for us football folks. :D
So I converted the 100 meters to 109 yards. Then simply multiplied the 40yards times Maurice's time (9.91) to get 396.4. At this point I divided that by 109 (Yards) and walla I got 3.6 seconds.

So Maurice's time of 9.91 converted to a forty time would be about 3.6 seconds.
BTW, Maurice had the fastest FINAL time in the Olympic trials for the 100m event.
 
Sounds nice. You have to factor in how fast he takes off. Does he have an explosive start? Or is it truly his max running speed that makes him so fast? I'm not doubting that he is fast. If his strong point is his max speed, as opposed to starting speed, then it would have less of an impact on his 40 time than it does on his 100 time.I would imagine his 40 time would be slightly slower, than3.6, but I could be wrong on that.
 
So Maurice's time of 9.91 converted to a forty time would be about 3.6 seconds.

"Fuzzy math" as I've taken to saying lately (in mockery of George W.)

If you think logically about a sprint, especially a 40, the sprinter is traveling the last 10 yards much much faster than he was traveling the first 10 yards, because the take-off is a bigtime drag on your overall time. So just projecting "40 yards" of the 100 meter race is folly, because the average speed of the 100 meters will be higher than the average speed of the first 40 yards on any creature.

If you could find what his first 40 yard split time was, that would be more accurate...and I would have a hard time believing it was much less than 4.2, let alone less than 4.0
 
Scrap said:
Sounds nice. You have to factor in how fast he takes off. Does he have an explosive start? Or is it truly his max running speed that makes him so fast? I'm not doubting that he is fast. If his strong point is his max speed, as opposed to starting speed, then it would have less of an impact on his 40 time than it does on his 100 time.I would imagine his 40 time would be slightly slower, than3.6, but I could be wrong on that.

I would agree that he has a fast max speed because it was quite obvious that he was getting faster toward the end of the race. I guess you'd also have to factor in that these guys compete against each other...while NFL players run a 40 all alone.
 
I had read something pretty recently where they were trying to disprove the 40 times that were being reported for some draft prospects. Anyway, in the article they said that a world class 100 m sprinter, or maybe even the world record holder, I’m not sure, would get to 40 yds at about 4.2 seconds. They were basically saying that any the sub 4.2 40 times that are reported are bull****. It was an interesting article….if I can find it again I’ll post the link.
 
Ironically, I found a website where there is a personal trainer who claims to have trained someone to get a 3.9 40 time. If I can find it again, I will post a link.
 
9.91 / 100 = .0991

.0991 X 40 = 3.964

So his 40 time in this "experiment" would be 3.964, not 3.6.
 
Honestly, not many plays in football require a player to run a straight 40 yards. Most receivers have routes to run, and most running backs run less than 10 yards at a time.(That's including where they line up behind the line of scrimmage.) A 10 yard or even a 20 yard time would equate to football better than a 40 time.
 
Scrap said:
Honestly, not many plays in football require a player to run a straight 40 yards. Most receivers have routes to run, and most running backs run less than 10 yards at a time.(That's including where they line up behind the line of scrimmage.) A 10 yard or even a 20 yard time would equate to football better than a 40 time.

I agree...in addition to the lateral movements which are necessary for linebackers, safeties and CBs.

The cone drill is a good one.
 
NLude33 said:
9.91 / 100 = .0991

.0991 X 40 = 3.964

So his 40 time in this "experiment" would be 3.964, not 3.6.


Would be for 40 meters....but we are talking about 40 yards.
;)
 
I think I could run about a 4.2

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Superself said:
I would agree that he has a fast max speed because it was quite obvious that he was getting faster toward the end of the race. I guess you'd also have to factor in that these guys compete against each other...while NFL players run a 40 all alone.
Max speed is not at the finish line it´s between 60 and 80 meters then it comes to who decreseases less, so it may look he is pulling away but in true everyone is slowing down
 
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