Question about football combines

[RAW87]

when your in High school and go to a college combine, what events do they have you do?

[Dennis71]

bench press, in high school its 185
40
shuttle
agility work
position drills
body fat %
and more

[HardHitter22]

bench press, in high school its 185
40
shuttle
agility work
position drills
body fat %
and more

For freshman high schoolers, what do they do for bench press? I don't think many freshman can even bench 185 lbs. ( Myself included )

[wrestle445]

my friend went to one as a freshmen and i think he said they used 155 lbs. for bench.

[HardHitter22]

my friend went to one as a freshmen and i think he said they used 155 lbs. for bench.

I still can't do that. Good thing I have almost a whole year to prepare, lol.

[RAW87]

its 135 for freshmen and soph. 185 for juniors and seniors

[HardHitter22]

its 135 for freshmen and soph. 185 for juniors and seniors

Thanks.

[Dennis71]

u also do vertical jump

[RAW87]

alright, thank you all. reps will come on recharge.

[RAW87]

How can I add combine training while on Rippetoe's Starting Strength? (M-W-F)

[Footballx14]

How can I add combine training while on Rippetoe's Starting Strength? (M-W-F)

uhh add some plyo's or speed training tues/thurs

[giftedman]

How can I add combine training while on Rippetoe's Starting Strength? (M-W-F)

One option is do your high intensity stuff on the days you lift, before you lift. For example you could split by speed, plyos and agility(short shuttle, 3 cone drill, the other drills they use to test your agility at the combine)

You could do...

Mon. agilty + weights
Tues. tempo or rest
Wed. speed + weights
Thurs. tempo or rest
Fri. plyo + weights
Sat. tempo or rest
Sun. complete rest

Depending on how much time you have to prepare you could test yourself every 4 weeks.

Just a suggestion

Hope this helps,

Thomas

[RAW87]

One option is do your high intensity stuff on the days you lift, before you lift. For example you could split by speed, plyos and agility(short shuttle, 3 cone drill, the other drills they use to test your agility at the combine)

You could do...

Mon. agilty + weights
Tues. tempo or rest
Wed. speed + weights
Thurs. tempo or rest
Fri. plyo + weights
Sat. tempo or rest
Sun. complete rest

Depending on how much time you have to prepare you could test yourself every 4 weeks.

Just a suggestion

Hope this helps,

Thomas

I might try that. the only thing Is, I am squatting heavy 3X a week and I really need to keep increasiing the weight. Im thining about for now just finishing up SS, but on saturday's Ill rotate with a speed/agility session and a plyo's session. Then after SS Ill move on to a program where a running program is already layed out. How does that sound?

[The_LB_43]

The one i plan on going to at the start of summer said Freshman all get 135, and soph and juniors: skill pos. get 155, and semi- and line get 185
just throwin that out there

[hawaiiancrack]

Doesn't the combines seperate you into weight class? B/c I'm a senior now and last year at my regional combine, I was put into the weight class right below heavy and the bench was at 155.

They also make you do vertical, broad jumps.
A T-test for agility
40 yard dash
An endurance/agility test, sometimes called the Beep Test
Bench press.

And thats about it I think, depends on whose organizing the combine.

[The_LB_43]

the beep test?
****
i can get to the end
but that thing is so damn drawn-out and boring lol

[HardHitter22]

They don't test for power clean or squat?

[scsc]

They don't test for power clean or squat?

They will watch you "workout" if you want to show what you've got. Also, I read somewhere that Nike Sparq combines are doing away with the bench and testing on the seated medicine ball chest pass. Some say that is a better test of explosive strength than than the bench press. Anyone else pick up on that?

[The_LB_43]

hardhitter, i was just talkin about bench lol
they do everything else that was mentioned

[Dennis71]

They will watch you "workout" if you want to show what you've got. Also, I read somewhere that Nike Sparq combines are doing away with the bench and testing on the seated medicine ball chest pass. Some say that is a better test of explosive strength than than the bench press. Anyone else pick up on that?

what they do is
u get on yur knees and u grab the medicine ball, then u take it and throw it behind u as far as u can

i guess it measures how well u can roll your hips which equates to explosiveness

[BoxingAthlete08]

the beep test?
****
i can get to the end
but that thing is so damn drawn-out and boring lol

you can get to the end?
well done only u and like 10 others have ever done this.

[The_LB_43]

^...sarcasm?
lol we must be talken about a diff. difficulty test
the one we have taken wasent hard whatsoever
just boring

[BoxingAthlete08]

yeah, well the one here in UK 'the bleep test' has only been completed by like 8 people.

[The_LB_43]

haha well that sounds pretty tough , so we def. arnt talkin the same test
lol mine was in gym and only the fat kids didnt pass it