Combine Preparation and Other Tests of Athleticism

Happy New Year Cygen Cyber-spacers! This truly is the most wonderful time of the year; that is if you are a serious football fan! For college (NCAA Div I - III) it’s Bowl Season. For the Pro’s (NFL) its playoff’s – speaking of which, did anyone see that Colt’s game!? Who could have predicted the J-E-T-S winning with a field goal!? That’s some pretty awesome action – which brings us to our topic for this posting – COMBINE PREPARATION. The Combine is where these teams are built; those teams whose respective recruiting staff does their homework the best will tip the scales in favor of a Superbowl Trophy at the end of the 2012 season.

For those of you who may not be familiar with the NFL combine, it is a little under 4 months away and facilities like Joe Defranco’s in Wycoff, New Jersey and Athlete’s Performance in Tempe, Arizona are already buzzing with bodies getting prepped to be at their physical best come April. April is the month when the top college athlete’s of today become the potential Pro Bowler’s of tomorrow and face the biggest job interview of their athletic lives at the Draft which is held each year in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Here in Canada, that deadline is even closer with the CFL Evaluation Camp taking place in March. The Evaluation Camp is an opportunity for top level Canadian born talent to showcase their skills in much a similar stage as the NFL Combine. Facilities like Twist Conditioning Centers in British Columbia (home base), Sport Specific Training Centers (S.S.T.) and Dynamic Conditioning Centers both in Ontario are hubs where athletes will flock to prepare for the challenge that will face them North of the border come March.


Regardless of whether you are North or South come Combine time (March / April) one thing remains consistent and that is the barrage of athletic tests that these hopeful potential Professional Athletes will face. Here is your opportunity my Cygen Cyber-spacers - rather than go on a tirade about the tests: Vertical Jump, Bench Press, 40 yard dash, T-test, Standing broad jump, Body composition testing, the Wonderlic test and positional specific testing that participant’s face I pose these 2 questions to you:

“What one test do you feel is the best measure of athleticism?”
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“Which test would you like to improve your performance in?”

Yours in Health & Strength,
~ Christopher