40 Yard Dash Training
in Scottsdale, AZ

The 40 yard dash is the most scrutinized single athletic test in American football. College coaches reference it in evaluation conversations. Camp directors put it on scorecards. Recruiting databases list it next to every player profile. A verified electronic time in the 4.3s to 4.5s range for a skill position opens conversations that a slower time closes. A verified time in the 4.6s to 4.8s range for a linebacker or tight end communicates athleticism that generic conditioning cannot prove. Every tenth of a second carries weight, and every tenth of a second is trainable when the right mechanics are in place.

Bret Lockett participated in the NFL evaluation process as a player and watched it happen around him for five years in the league. He knows what a 4.4 looks like from the starting stance. He knows what drive phase errors cost athletes in the first 10 yards. He knows what the transition from acceleration to top end looks like when it is done correctly versus when an athlete rises too early and bleeds momentum. That knowledge is built into every session at D1 Training Scottsdale. Cravon Gillespie adds the sprint mechanics perspective of a man who ran 9.93 in competition. An NFL combine veteran and a World Championships gold medalist coaching the same event is a credential combination that is genuinely rare in any market.

The D1 Training Scottsdale facility uses electronic timing gates that measure from first movement, not from a verbal command. That distinction matters for training because it trains athletes to execute their stance and launch mechanics under real evaluation conditions. Athletes who train with hand timers and transition to electronic timing consistently run slower on the gate. Athletes who train under electronic gates from day one build mechanics and habits that are accurate to the hundredth of a second from the first evaluation they walk into.