The 40 Yard Dash: Improving Your Time At The Combine

by Jay Edwards

The 40-yard dash is the signature event of the combine in college and for the NFL. You don’t believe me? The fact is that when the NFL Channel televises the combine each spring, the 40-yard dash easily gets the highest ratings. Every athlete’s numbers are immediately posted worldwide on the Internet and discussed completely by radio and television hosts and experts as well as the fans at the barbershops on Main Street throughout the country. This is a job interview where first impressions can make or break you. Most athletes have about 12 weeks to get ready for these events, plenty of time to make some gains in the gym and show everyone just how hard you have been working so you can perform at your absolute best. If you show up soft bodied and weak, everyone will question your work ethic and desire to succeed – not a very good first impression if you ask me! Even more importantly than how you look however, is how you perform. Now that colleges, and even high schools, are putting together combines that test recruits, the skills needed to run a quality 40-yard dash are even more important. Bestselling author and a coach for over three decades, Jay Edwards has compiled a textbook based on what has worked for his athltetes who have gone on to the NFL and the Olympics.

35 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 27, 2011

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