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Question on Combine 40 yd dash times

  • Does anyone know why there appears to be so much subjectivity? There are the unofficial times, official times, and I justly read where teams keep their own times. Isn't starting and crossing the line something that can be accurately measured with technology and reported immediately?

    This post was edited by flash_281 on 2/28/2012 at 9:17 PM

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  • They need time after the run to synchronize the satellite lasers with the on-field lasers. They are equally accurate, but set at different angles. The scouts don't get caught up in 1/100ths of seconds like we do because they know what they're looking for.

    Douché!

    bol1484395

  • Okay, so a little googling answered my own question. Electronic times (like the "official" times) are rely on hand movement to start the clock. Some players don't get a good jump out of their stance, so an electronic time will penalize those players; at the end of the day, teams care about how fast you rather than how well trained you are to come out a three point stance correctly. That is the reason why they have multiple people hand time the run; they can throw any outlier times, average the rest, and come up with a time that measures more closely what they want to have measured.

    This post has been edited 2 times, most recently by flash_281 on 2/28/2012 at 9:35 PM

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  • flash_281 said...

    Okay, so a little googling answered my own question. Electronic times (like the "official" times) are rely on hand movement to start the clock. Some players don't get a good jump out of their stance, so an electronic time will penalize those players; at the end of the day, teams care about how fast you rather than how well trained you are to come out a three point stance correctly. That is the reason why they have multiple people hand time the run; they can throw any outlier times, average the rest, and come up with a time that measures more closely what they want to have measured.

    In other words, they just guess at which time is right and glue it on the guy?

    bvg153555

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