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Is There Any Measure of Soccer Players' Speed?
Posted on 4/17/14 at 3:18 pm
Posted on 4/17/14 at 3:18 pm
I know there are a lot of fast soccer players - or, to use the parlance of the sport, players with pace. But is there any way to measure how fast? Something analogous to the 40-yard-dash? Maybe some of these guys run/ran track? For instance, how would, say, Bale and Ronaldo compare to the NFL's best combine performers re: speed? Just something I've always wondered. TIA
This question has probably been asked and answered before on this board, but I couldn't find anything with a search.
This question has probably been asked and answered before on this board, but I couldn't find anything with a search.
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Posted on 4/17/14 at 3:37 pm to Patrick_Bateman
CRon sports science video. Hope this helps 
Posted on 4/17/14 at 3:40 pm to Patrick_Bateman
adidas had those shoes with the computer chip in them...
Posted on 4/17/14 at 3:43 pm to Wait For It...
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CRon sports science video. Hope this helps
Skip to about 21 min in to this and have your mind fricking blown w/ the diving header in the dark.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 3:44 pm to Patrick_Bateman
Kind of. Poorly. It's different:
LINK ETA: This is the sprinting portion of Tested to the Limit
tl;dw: Ronaldo gets smoked over 25m straight line by the Spanish 100m champion, but then destroys him when lateral movements are incorporated
Marvell Wynne is the only player I know of who could certainly push players at the combine, but he sucks.
ETA2: Ronaldo appears to be faster than he is, straight-line. His anticipation is off the charts, and his work rate in the final third is virtually un-matchable.
LINK ETA: This is the sprinting portion of Tested to the Limit
tl;dw: Ronaldo gets smoked over 25m straight line by the Spanish 100m champion, but then destroys him when lateral movements are incorporated
Marvell Wynne is the only player I know of who could certainly push players at the combine, but he sucks.
ETA2: Ronaldo appears to be faster than he is, straight-line. His anticipation is off the charts, and his work rate in the final third is virtually un-matchable.
This post was edited on 4/17/14 at 4:11 pm
Posted on 4/17/14 at 3:52 pm to Patrick_Bateman
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For instance, how would, say, Bale and Ronaldo compare to the NFL's best combine performers re: speed?
The problem with this is the start. College players train for the 40 and how to get out of the blocks. It can make/cost them big dollars. Nobody other than sprinters actually train this way so a soccer player thrown into the blocks and told to run (like in joey's link) isn't going to fare well at all.
Now as far as natural top end speed goes, I think guys like Bale, Ronaldo, Walcott, etc. could hang with a good amount of NFLers but we really only have the eyeball test and conjecture to go on there.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 4:11 pm to etm512
Thanks for the replies.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 4:19 pm to Doldil
holy fricking balls when he finishes the half volley i was giddy like a little bitch. what a fricking stud
ETA: nope i dont believe he actually did all of this. jesus
ETA: nope i dont believe he actually did all of this. jesus
This post was edited on 4/17/14 at 4:21 pm
Posted on 4/17/14 at 6:06 pm to rockchlkjayhku11
quote:It really is hard to believe. Crazy.
holy fricking balls when he finishes the half volley i was giddy like a little bitch. what a fricking stud
Posted on 4/18/14 at 6:48 am to Patrick_Bateman
Supposedly Bales averaged 17.1mph in his run for the goal vs Barca
Posted on 4/18/14 at 10:59 am to rockchlkjayhku11
I don't know if you got a chance to continue or not, but the one where he actually uses his shoulder was even crazier with the lights going out right as the ball was being struck. There's good instincts...and then there's super powers that let you see in the dark which apparently he has 
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