as mentioned below, for a striker it's all about acceleration

how quickly you can reach top speed. Players like Aguero and Messi can do it really quickly and their sharpness over ten yards is what makes them so lethal. But they would probably get beaten in a 100m race by someone like Jerome who has a higher top speed but takes much longer to get up to it.

How often in football is a striker involved in even a 40m or 50m sprint to win the ball? It's all about explosivity to get goalside of the defender or to break through an offside trap.

Posted By: Mecagoenti, Nov 13, 13:35:04