Would any PL players be able to run 100m in under 10 secs?

Chardee MacDennis

advertsfox wrote: »

Robben nearly can...



http://www.espnfc.com/fifa-world-cup/story/1888364/arjen-robben-of-netherlands-becomes-worlds-fastest-player

:eek: 30 year old player 'smashes' his own pb by over 20%, nothing suspicious here at all...

GavRedKing

BastardPrince wrote: »

:eek: 30 year old player 'smashes' his own pb by over 20%, nothing suspicious here at all...

In the 80th minute.....in a World Cup in Brazil.

Francie Barrett

If you're talking about a 100m dash, then the likes of Sterling or Walcott would get destroyed. Those guys are built for acceleration over much shorter distances. Any sprinter would be carrying an extra 10-20kg over these guys and after 50-60m's, they would have a much higher top speed.

RayCun

how did they calculate those speeds? over 10m? over 20m? over 5?
A sprinter starts from blocks, spends 30-50m getting up to max speed and holds it for as long as possible.
A footballer usually has a running start, accelerates faster, but doesn't run in a straight line for very long

Dun laoire

http://youtu.be/Wp1KlSBjmqk

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Too Tough To Die

Has Dennis Rommedahl been mentioned yet?

AgileMyth

Francie Barrett wrote: »

If you're talking about a 100m dash, then the likes of Sterling or Walcott would get destroyed. Those guys are built for acceleration over much shorter distances. Any sprinter would be carrying an extra 10-20kg over these guys and after 50-60m's, they would have a much higher top speed.

Indeed. Theres a reason most top sprinters are over 6 foot and hailing from the Caribbean.

When we think of quick footballers its all small lads like Sterling or Messi. Its because the initial burst of pace is what counts most in football.

Ferris_Bueller

I'm sure many footballers could have went down a different career path and become sprinters, and if they did go down that path I'm sure there are a few who could break 10 seconds now, but I would be surprised if they could do it now.

Owen_S

I doubt Usain Bolt could run 100m in under 10 seconds on grass while wearing football boots

AllGunsBlazing

Owen_S wrote: »

I doubt Usain Bolt could run 100m in under 10 seconds on grass while wearing football boots

He'd be lucky to make the first metre before I'd have both legs gone from under him.

wandatowell

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Skid X

Muahahaha wrote: »

I'm hoping some of the older posters here might be able to jog my memory on this. I think it was back in the late 1980s ITV had the rights to the FA Cup or Littlewoods Cup. As part of their coverage they ran a competition where the fastest players on each team would compete in a 100m sprint before the game kicked off. The sprint race was on grass and they ran in their football boots. I can't for the life of me remember who won the thing but as far as I remember he covered 100m in just over 11 seconds which is pretty fast given it's on grass and he was wearing football boots.

It's on Youtube - £10,000 was a decent prize for a lower division player back then. And another few quid from betting on himself.

Cienciano

Check out Carlin Isles (rugby player) gives you an idea of that sort of pace on a pitch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA5bwqVN5LM

Y2KBOS86

Cienciano wrote: »

Check out Carlin Isles (rugby player) gives you an idea of that sort of pace on a pitch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA5bwqVN5LM

That's fast.

He looks way faster than the likes of Habana, Lomu ever did.

Morzadec

advertsfox wrote: »

Robben nearly can...



http://www.espnfc.com/fifa-world-cup/story/1888364/arjen-robben-of-netherlands-becomes-worlds-fastest-player

No he can't (not a proper sprint anyway). You are not taking into account the standing start 100m sprinters have to deal with. It takes them a while to build up full speed. It would be like saying that Bolt could run it in 8.2 seconds (taking his maximum speed and stretching it out over 100 meters).

Could a pro footballer run 100m under 10 seconds with a running start? It could be possible. It wouldn't be Sterling or Walcott though. These guys look so fast because you see them in short bursts in tight situations. They are all about acceleration. 100m is a long, long distance by football standards. As has been mentioned you hear stories about the likes of Richard Dunne and Gary Pallister out running pacy wingers over 100m. Robben does not have the build of a sprinter, and even with extensive training I don't think he would ever have amounted to anything more than an average sprinter (and remember, running under 10 means you are one of the world's very best). Cristiano Ronaldo would perhaps be a better shout - he is a physical specimen and has the build to do it too. But again, under 10 is a really big ask, so I would be doubtful if he could ever have achieved this

Could a pro footballer run under 10 sec under normal sprint conditions? No way. As has been pointed out, only a handful of people have ever done this.

I watched the European Championship sprint final the other day - the best sprinters of Europe who dedicate their lives to this. Not a single one ran under 10 seconds.