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My daughter running a timed 40 yard dash

Wes Mantooth said:
I think these times are off a bit. I never posted it but like a week or two after this workout, I brought them to the track again. Each kid was considerably slower. I think like a dimwit, I started the kids at the correct spot (visually at where the 40 yard line on the football field was) but stopped them at the finish line instead of the goal line. Oh well. My daughter finished soccer a month ago and has basically wanted me to train her in the backyard so we’ve been doing running workouts like 3-4 days a week on top of her two days of soccer practice. Nothing long. Not counting joke warmups and cool downs, like 5-10 minute workouts. But it’s something and better than her watching tv all afternoon. I’ll increase intensity slowly til April. Basically I’m doing everything I can to develop a drug addiction or mental health problems in her. I jest. She really has come to me.
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I’m envious. My kid will not take coaching from me beyond tips on technique. If you’ve got the weather, it is a good time of year to get fast. When you get new times in the spring, do post them.

Other than it being with coaches and different sports, my son is in the same boat. He’s currently putting in about 9 hours per week in training plus the occasional weekend tournament.
 
Al-O-Meter said:
I’m envious. My kid will not take coaching from me beyond tips on technique. If you’ve got the weather, it is a good time of year to get fast. When you get new times in the spring, do post them.

Other than it being with coaches and different sports, my son is in the same boat. He’s currently putting in about 9 hours per week in training plus the occasional weekend tournament.
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She never did take my coaching but I backed off a bit, play good cop more, and had a talk with her and am trying to be a bit more thoughtful and Phil Jackson with her. Iirc, I think I said how working truly hard at something is invaluable. Gives you an appreciation for certain things in life, builds character, etc. And that at this moment, everything seems to come very easy to her. School. Socialization. Art. TV lol. The next day I came home from work and my wife said she had gone into the backyard on her own. So…we’ll see how long it lasts.
 
Wes Mantooth said:
So last year, just before her 2nd birthday, I posted this in the UGLI forum...

"On vacation, on 8/9/2016, on an all-weather track, my one year old daughter (she's turning two later this month) ran 18.93 in the 40 yard dash. That would be listed as 19.0 hand-timed or would be approximately 19.17 fully automatic, which is how NFL guys get timed.

Gonna do this every year a little before her birthday.

It was awesome watching her. Based on growth, effort (she was only around 85% effort here it seemed), and ability to focus, I'm thinking she could run sub 14.00 next year.

And don't worry, I'm not one of those crazy parents. Just wanna do this once a year to have fun with it. Maybe it will actually become something meaningful once she's 13 or 14 and thereafter."
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This is awesome! Good on ya brother.
 
Wes Mantooth said:
What’s up, stranger?
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Hey bro.. just doin the thing. Just got back from 6 weeks in the Keys. My kids schools think I’m terrible for pulling them out in long stretches. I’m comfortable with who they are and they’re trajectory.

So you have two now??? Or three? Get your back patio finished? Haha
 
Dr. Jones said:
Hey bro.. just doin the thing. Just got back from 6 weeks in the Keys. My kids schools think I’m terrible for pulling them out in long stretches. I’m comfortable with who they are and they’re trajectory.

So you have two now??? Or three? Get your back patio finished? Haha
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Three. And yeah, that patio’s been done for over five years, goof. How old are the kids who are in school? What are your oldest up to? Working? College? And what Keys? Islamorada?
 
Wes Mantooth said:
Three. And yeah, that patio’s been done for over five years, goof. How old are the kids who are in school? What are your oldest up to? Working? College? And what Keys? Islamorada?
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I have 6.
One daughter is 30 with 4 of her own.
Son that is 22 and manages logistics in healthcare.
Son that is 19 going to Southern UTAH University for who knows what..
Son at home that’s 14 and a rockstar (not literally)
Daughter that is 11 and is a YouTube sensation singing classical crossover opera
Son that is 8 that constantly makes weird faces that annoy me

Got an amazing, amazing, amazing home on Islamorada. Good guess!
 
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