🗣️Attention Athletes (especially you 2026 NFL Draft eligible prospects) BE SPRINTING!! With NFL Rookie Minicamps coming up soon after this weekend’s draft you should be sprinting @ or near max speed 1-2 times per week. I despise fear mongering on social media but the truth is, for a late-round or UDFA guy, a hamstring injury early in camp can be a death sentence for their playing career. The best way to lessen that risk? Sprinting. A retrospective analysis published in 2023 (PMID: 37867737) correlated consistent near-max sprinting exposure with a significant reduction in hamstring injury risk. In fact, out of the 600+ players under observation, those who reached 95% (or higher) of their recorded maximum speed 2 days before a game had 0 instances of hamstring strains. For most 🏈 players that 95% threshold is likely in the ~20-22.3 MPH range. If you don’t have access to GPS I highly suggest using laser timers to performed 10-yard Flys, simply set them up (at approximately hip height) 10-yards apart and give yourself 20-30 yards to get up to top speed before gate 1. The following chart will tell you the time to speed achieved; 0.91 = 22.48 0.92 = 22.23 0.93 = 22 0.94 = 21.8 0.95 = 21.54 0.96 = 21.32 0.97 = 21.1 0.98 = 20.87 0.99 = 20.66 1.00 = 20.45 1.01 = 20.25 1.02 = 20.05 1.03 = 19.86

Not gonna lie I didn’t even know 1st grade level soccer even HAD playoffs until a week ago, regardless, my son pulling this sliding goal off in the championship game was pretty cool.

Just in case some of you were forgetting who the bad guys are.

That “it” is excellent eyesight/saccadic processing speed. 👁️+🧠

Eloquently put by this announcer…