The Opening 2014: SPARQ Scores

Submitted by boliver46 on

Haven't seen much info about The Opening so far outside of a little Alex Malzone love.  Thought I'd share the SPARQ top-10

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The SPARQ test, developed by Nike, accounts for a player's weight (to normalize results), 40-yard dash time, 5-10-5 test, kneeling powerball toss, and vertical jump. SPARQ shows how quick athletes are for their size and speed, and it also measures explosiveness, power and agility. For reference, a score above 130 puts an athlete in an incredibly elite group:

Some info on Josh Sweat - an amazing athlete!

The second overall prospect in the nation, defensive end recruit Josh Sweat ran a 4.46-second forty-yard dash at The Opening — all 6'4, 230 pounds of him. That's an incredible time for a player his size, and it was enough to put him in the top five at the camp.

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Looking forward to all the scores to see where Malzone and Kirkland end up...and would love to hear more about their recruiting efforts!

Wolfman

July 8th, 2014 at 11:12 PM ^

and hit their peak, which they maintain for about 10 yrs, at about twenty years old.  Now I'm just guessing here, but I would imagine unless it's bad weight the same would be true for even the bigger athletes. I do know, based on sceintific studies, athletes enjoy their peak years between 27 and 32 years old. This was based on a number of factors but speed and strength were among them.