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<blockquote data-quote="Rodney Kent" data-source="post: 35356" data-attributes="member: 923"><p>Boomergump: Maybe, I did not make myself clear enough. I certainly was not implying that we should use backs or wide receivers that run a 5.5. I was merely stressing the difference in time between 4.5 and 5.5 as only being one second, and then I asked the readers to count off one second to really see how short it is. I will now add this for the reader to count of one tenth of a second to see how short it is. I was stressing the importance of mental and physical quickness over straight ahead speed. Those with natural quickness or the instincts of quickness will normally outperform anyone with straight ahead speed. Absolute, straight ahead speed is a valued trait in a runner, but let me watch them run and see which one gets through the line the quickest; it s normally the one with quickness, or has so much strength he can bull his way through.</p><p> </p><p>You must remember the skilled postion players only have a few tenths of a second between their top speeds. So the quicker they make their moves, the better they can utilize any speed they might have. An A Back can use speed to reach the corner. The B Back on most occasions will only utilize his speed once he breaks through the line or through a hole. Actually, even a slow B Back, if he is big and strong, can do a lot of damage up the middle, and still burst through the middle of the field for long TDs. Many times, even the slower B Backs are headed for a TD before the DBs even notice him, as he has already run by the LBs.</p><p> </p><p>In my opinion, straight ahead speed is most desirable in kickoff returners. It is also desirable in wide receivers, but if a WR does not have the quickness or savy of a quick or deceptive fake, then he will not get open against those who give him a cushion, as he would lose several tenths of a second in making a motion fake that has no quickness to it. I was merely saying speed is not everything. Even a DB must have mental and physical quickness to get to the point of attack.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rodney Kent, post: 35356, member: 923"] Boomergump: Maybe, I did not make myself clear enough. I certainly was not implying that we should use backs or wide receivers that run a 5.5. I was merely stressing the difference in time between 4.5 and 5.5 as only being one second, and then I asked the readers to count off one second to really see how short it is. I will now add this for the reader to count of one tenth of a second to see how short it is. I was stressing the importance of mental and physical quickness over straight ahead speed. Those with natural quickness or the instincts of quickness will normally outperform anyone with straight ahead speed. Absolute, straight ahead speed is a valued trait in a runner, but let me watch them run and see which one gets through the line the quickest; it s normally the one with quickness, or has so much strength he can bull his way through. You must remember the skilled postion players only have a few tenths of a second between their top speeds. So the quicker they make their moves, the better they can utilize any speed they might have. An A Back can use speed to reach the corner. The B Back on most occasions will only utilize his speed once he breaks through the line or through a hole. Actually, even a slow B Back, if he is big and strong, can do a lot of damage up the middle, and still burst through the middle of the field for long TDs. Many times, even the slower B Backs are headed for a TD before the DBs even notice him, as he has already run by the LBs. In my opinion, straight ahead speed is most desirable in kickoff returners. It is also desirable in wide receivers, but if a WR does not have the quickness or savy of a quick or deceptive fake, then he will not get open against those who give him a cushion, as he would lose several tenths of a second in making a motion fake that has no quickness to it. I was merely saying speed is not everything. Even a DB must have mental and physical quickness to get to the point of attack. [/QUOTE]
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