What is the average time for the 20 and 40 yard dash for 6-8 year old players?
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Posted 10 August 2004 - 09:28 AM
This is something you should not worry about. You should make sure these kids have fun and learn the fundamentals. But most of all BE SAFE!!!
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Posted 10 August 2004 - 03:27 PM
Coach,
Here is what I have from data I have been pulling together for about 9 years.
40 yard time (break away speed) -
ages
5 - 8.16
6 - 7.67
7 - 7.48
8 - 7.35
9 - 7.20
10 - 7.05
11 - 6.85
12 - 6.68
20 yard time (speed)
ages
5 - 4.89
6 - 4.41
7 - 4.29
8 - 4.2
9 - 4.12
10 - 3.93
11 - 3.87
12 - 3.72
10 yard time (quickness)
ages
5 - 2.81
6 - 2.69
7 - 2.58
8 - 2.5
9 - 2.46
10 - 2.43
11 - 2.28
12 - 2.15
20 yard Pro Agility (agility)
ages
5 - 6.57
6 - 6.35
7 - 6.3
8 - 6.23
9 - 6.18
10 - 6.16
11 - 5.97
12 - 5.93
This is all based on data for about 1500 kids that I have taken while coaching in North Caroline, California, and Texas along with data other coaches have given me across the country.
Now these are average scores. A really athletic kid would have a score .3 or better in his age range.
I am going to respectfully disagree with CIFLBILL. At the younger ages, especially at the real younger ages, you really need to be good at evaluating ability so that you can improve on weaknesses and techniques...that is a coaches job after all to improve each player. Having a baseline of athletic ability is key to that. I have data on kids that have been in our program at the age of 5 and that allows me to track improvement and to get feel for each kids weaknesses and a team's weakenesses so that we can work on improving those areas.
Football should be fun but if a kid is going to be in your program from age 5 to 12 you are doing him a real disservice by not knowing how to properly evaluate his athletic ability and improve upon it. Not mention that if you can do this you are improving the athletic ability of your team....and I don't think I need to explain the benefits of developing talent within your team.
If your interested I have a article I wrote on Youth Ability Assessment for football that is worth reading.
Coach Gregory
Here is what I have from data I have been pulling together for about 9 years.
40 yard time (break away speed) -
ages
5 - 8.16
6 - 7.67
7 - 7.48
8 - 7.35
9 - 7.20
10 - 7.05
11 - 6.85
12 - 6.68
20 yard time (speed)
ages
5 - 4.89
6 - 4.41
7 - 4.29
8 - 4.2
9 - 4.12
10 - 3.93
11 - 3.87
12 - 3.72
10 yard time (quickness)
ages
5 - 2.81
6 - 2.69
7 - 2.58
8 - 2.5
9 - 2.46
10 - 2.43
11 - 2.28
12 - 2.15
20 yard Pro Agility (agility)
ages
5 - 6.57
6 - 6.35
7 - 6.3
8 - 6.23
9 - 6.18
10 - 6.16
11 - 5.97
12 - 5.93
This is all based on data for about 1500 kids that I have taken while coaching in North Caroline, California, and Texas along with data other coaches have given me across the country.
Now these are average scores. A really athletic kid would have a score .3 or better in his age range.
I am going to respectfully disagree with CIFLBILL. At the younger ages, especially at the real younger ages, you really need to be good at evaluating ability so that you can improve on weaknesses and techniques...that is a coaches job after all to improve each player. Having a baseline of athletic ability is key to that. I have data on kids that have been in our program at the age of 5 and that allows me to track improvement and to get feel for each kids weaknesses and a team's weakenesses so that we can work on improving those areas.
Football should be fun but if a kid is going to be in your program from age 5 to 12 you are doing him a real disservice by not knowing how to properly evaluate his athletic ability and improve upon it. Not mention that if you can do this you are improving the athletic ability of your team....and I don't think I need to explain the benefits of developing talent within your team.
If your interested I have a article I wrote on Youth Ability Assessment for football that is worth reading.
Coach Gregory
