Check-in begins when you arrive, approximately 15-30 minutes before your scheduled testing time. You will first check in at the gate and then proceed to athlete check-in made evident by the sign below. At athlete check-in, your metrics will be taken and a briefing will be provided to the whole group for the assigned timeslot.
After the briefing, you will be given half of the field to complete your typical warm-up, similar to what you would do with your home football team. If this is your first year of football, staff will instruct and assist you with your warm-up, but it is up to you to determine when you are sufficiently prepared to perform in each test.
Each station will be open for trial runs without metrics. After stretching and warming up for your events, you are free to visit any station to become familiar with each one.
Below are the instructions for each event.
If you are in a section of a session and there are overflows from participants requesting a skills assessment, some of this—primarily drill work—may be conducted during that time. However, most time slots, except for the final slot of each session, will not include skills assessments.
At that point, testing will begin in a specific order:
Position Skills Assessment (Only available to those who signed up- TE’s with WR group)
- DB’s Begin the Assessment with Drill Work (Line and Field Drills)
- QB’s and Receivers will warm-up by playing catch during DB’s Drill Work
- QB’s will set up at gauntlet drill with both DB’s and WR’s
- QB’s, WR’s, and RB’s will then set-up for pass patterns in 3-5-7 step drop work
- DB’s and LB’s will perform ball drills during pass pattern work
- 1/2 QB’s will then go with RB’s to do handoff, pitch, and option assessments w/ LB’s
- 1/2 QB’s will then go with WR’s/DB’s and do a mirror 1v1 drill (no contact-no pass breakups-footwork only) LB’s will be added for a zone drop drill assessment
- QB’s and LB’s will switch at half drill
- ALL QB’s will work on decision and pressure drills with all other positions
- DB’s, QB’s, and WR’s will be excused
- RB’s and LB’s will do some drill work to assess footwork and decisions.
- That will conclude all the skills assessments
IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS FOR COMBINE TESTING
NO FOOD ALLOWED: Including sunflower seeds, gum, and tobacco products of any kind. First is a warning and thereafter disqualification and removal from the Combine Event
ONLY WATER: Be advised to bring your own water jug to help limit the spread of germs. We will have water available for refills of your water jug
NO SPIKES OR SCREW IN CLEATS (NO METAL SOLES): Only football cleats with the molded cleat will be allowed on the field. Track shoes without spikes will be allowable but must pass inspection to prevent field damage
NO COACH INTERACTION: In some jurisdictions, it is a violation of the practice rules if your coach, sponsor, or any person that the State would consider a coach were present for in-season, out-of-season, and off-season workouts like this combine event. Under no circumstances will coaches be allowed on the field unless they have been approved and have a pass to be present.
NO COACHING: We do not provide any coaching whatsoever. We only explain what we want to see and/or how to perform the task. We record all of the Skills Assessment Section and will send you an assessment within 30 days of the Combine Event. If more than 5 athletes from a school attend a High School Combine Event, the coach will be given a logon and password to view, assess, and coach those who performed the Skills Assessment Section of the Combine Event.
NO BULLYING OR HAZING BEHAVIOR: All levels of ability will be welcomed to our Combine Events. There will be only ONE WARNING if the behavior cannot be substantiated by any witness(es) of the behavior but will result in disqualification and removal from the event if more than one person was a witness to it.
INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY: In the event of a weather issue that results in cancellation prior to the Event, will result in your option to use your credit to attend the next Event or get a full refund. In the instance where there is a weather issue during the Event, the venue manager will assist us with the safety protocol and we will resume the Event upon the conclusion of the weather issue. IF ANY PORTION OF THE EVENT RESULTS IN TESTING, you will only be able to get a credit to complete the testing once started.