Post by hoptions on May 21, 2006 20:19:36 GMT -6
I have just returned from a NATS combine with some of our young HS athletes. I was disappointed with the set up. Why are they not using timing gates to time the speed drills!!!! My biggest problem is with the variability of different coaches timing athletes all over the nation, when they are supposed to be compared with each other. 
I understand that there is a lot of debate about these types of events and was wondering what you coaches thought about them…We are in a rural area that does not get much exposure for our athletes…I was worried about our prospects possibly hurting their chances of playing at the next level…It seems that by having a variety of different coaches timing athletes in different states in different locations that there would be no chance of comparing athletes!!!
An example would be that we have an athlete that I have timed at under 4.6 in the 40 and today at the NATS combine he was timed at a 4.78! Both were hand timed with a stop watch…and I am told that I have a slow thumb!!!
However I still know that it is still about weather or not they can play football...I hope...
What are your opinions?
Thanks
Hoptions
I understand that there is a lot of debate about these types of events and was wondering what you coaches thought about them…We are in a rural area that does not get much exposure for our athletes…I was worried about our prospects possibly hurting their chances of playing at the next level…It seems that by having a variety of different coaches timing athletes in different states in different locations that there would be no chance of comparing athletes!!!
An example would be that we have an athlete that I have timed at under 4.6 in the 40 and today at the NATS combine he was timed at a 4.78! Both were hand timed with a stop watch…and I am told that I have a slow thumb!!!
However I still know that it is still about weather or not they can play football...I hope...
What are your opinions?
Thanks
Hoptions