3 cone drill
The 3 Cone Drill is a common physical test in American football . Here, three cones are set up in an L-shape at a distance of 5 yards and the tested person stands in a three-point stand at one of the two end cones. The test person walks to the middle cone, touches the ground and walks back to the starting cone. There the ground is touched again, the person turns around and walks past the middle cone to the third cone. There it is reversed again and the tested person walks past the middle cone to the starting point. Was invented it in the early 1980s of CO Brocato, a scout of the Houston Oilers . Jeffrey Maehl holds the record in the NFL Combine with 6.42 seconds. Since 2007, only eleven players have managed to achieve a time of 6.5 seconds or less in the Combine. The test is used to assess a player's ability to move around a given space, change direction quickly, maintain balance and accelerate on short distances. It is mainly used to evaluate running backs , wide receivers and cornerbacks .
Individual evidence
- ↑ NFL Combine drills explained: 3-cone drill. SB Nation, February 26, 2017, accessed March 4, 2017 .
- ^ Three-cone drill, like some tests at the NFL scouting combine, actually matters. Star Tribune, March 2, 2017, accessed March 4, 2017 .
- ↑ a b NFL Combine testing to begin today: Some links to help scout players in the draft. Retrieved March 4, 2017 (English).
- ↑ COMBINE 101: THE BASICS BEHIND EACH PROSPECT DRILL. (No longer available online.) Canadian Football League, archived from the original on March 5, 2018 ; accessed on March 4, 2018 .