re: Nine year old girl clocks 5.2 in 40 yard dash: Is it relatively good

Nine year running a 5.2 40 yard dash

Not being the father makes this even stranger

I think you posting on the wrong board is the issue and the reason for most of your a-hole responses

The fastest kid in the US ran right at 5.0 (11 year old boy). A 5.2 time for a 9 year old girl is literally impossible.

I'll time my, very fast, 10 yr old boy in the 40 today after I pick him up from school. I'll post the results in this thread. I don't want to go to the track, should I run him on concrete in running shoes or on grass in cleats?

He's never trained on a track start, or in track at all, so I'm guessing he'll be slower than if he had.

Stop being a douche.

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Y'all are missing the point. Anything 5.5 and under is flying for a 9 yr old girl.
I'm a father of 4 and without a doubt she will get faster before she is a freshman.
I would think under 5 for a 9 yr old boy would put him in the top 1% of kids that age nationally.

The "hand timed" comments are dumb. Mistakes can be made both ways.

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Exactly. The timing was not done with track meet equipment so even if the time was off a little it would still seem to be in the higher percentile as you stated.

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A young athlete who has an advanced skill set because she loves to train and workout

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Train and workout are words that should never be associated with a 9 year old or an 11 year old. I'm all about competition and pushing kids to be "winners". However, I'm not training a 9 year old to run the fricking 40. You got the kid pulling sleds and chutes? Hell where would you find a chute small enough for a 9 year old? Working on stance and jumps to shave a couple tenths off the time? Make sure the kid has good running form. Relaxed arm, with a consistent "hip to lip" motion.

People who "train" and "workout" 9 year olds are weird. Kids should be playing, not training. That'll come later in life.

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The timing was not done with track meet equipment so even if the time was off a little it would still seem to be in the higher percentile as you stated.

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If you started getting instructions on techniques, a coach could drop a point or two off a 9 yrvolds time in one day.

A 9 yr old girl running anywhere near a 5.2 is flying! That's .7 slower than LFs time at the combine

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Isn't that 2 ways?

But ill play your need for the short bus explanation.

You can also stop it late....correct?

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You got me... Yea, no one stops it late unless they are trying to sabotage the runner. I'm not sure a laser timed 40 has ever been faster than a hand timed. (exaggeration of course)