Only 14 players were timed at 6.99 or faster (or about 7.5% who showed up for the test). In 2006, 189 different players were timed for 60 yards at the Puma All-American Event in Tuscon, AZ.

A 60 yard dash time between 6.7 – 6.9 usually equate to an average runner on the playing field.

Most Major League Baseball (MLB) clubs look for times under 7.00 seconds. What is important is the ability to score from second base to home plate with two outs! Thus the 60 yard dash is only valuable to show straight line linear speed and really nothing else. A double or triple entails running in a curved fashion, sort of like question mark (?)… you would start straight from home plate, then run wide to touch the bag at first base in a curved fashion.

If you are trying to beat out a ground ball with a play at First base, that run would easily be 30 yards, or 90 feet in a straight line. Why a 60 yard test for baseball? Everyone knows it’s 90 feet between bases or 30 yards, so in theory, second base is “only” 60 yards, The 60 meter dash is the indoor standard today. 60 yards is 54.864 meters, which is almost equivalent to the rarely held indoor 55 meter dash.

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