American football - 40 yard sprint?

windwalker296

New member
Joined
Sep 8, 2008
Messages
2
Reaction score
0
Points
1
Am I right in thinking in US Football a measure of how fast a player is, is by timing them running over 40 yards in full gear? Thats around 36 metres.

Why was this distance chosen? I know in indoor athletics they run 60 metres I would have thought a distance like that would have been more appropriate?

Just being curious.....
 
Back
Top