Interesting observation by Chad Johnson

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(05-20-2023, 10:11 AM)grampahol Wrote: Back when I was about 17 I knew a guy who asked if I wanted to race for a buck.. I thought I was pretty fast so I thought I had that buck to the good.  He upped the stakes and said he'd run backwards for $5. Never got so smoked in my life. He was running backwards, jogging and laughing the whole way like I was standing still..pretty much like a pool shark..
That dude was unbelievably fast, but never looked like he was even trying .He never ran track, didn't play sports, but super deceptive speed. 
That was Job Corps in Derby Montana in the mountains. One night some joker in our dorm put a garden snake under his pillow. By the time we heard the scream and made it to the window he was already across the compound, across the road and river and half way up the mountain. LOL As a result we all spent the rest of the month stuck in the dorm because nobody was about to snitch on the perpetrator.. 
That's the guy I thought of the first time I saw Chase run away from the defense..looked like he was just jogging and laughing at them..  

A guy I played softball with several years ago had that deceptive speed. He was fairly tall, 6'2" probably. Really long legs, he had a sort of wonky running gait. Long strider.  You'd watch him running for fly ball or around bases and you'd think Man I can smoke him. He was quite a bit younger than me. But I got out there with him in outfield one day and said let's race to the fence. He beat me so bad he sat down and started lunch, lol. It looked like he wasn't even trying, very deceptive.

Chase has that deceptive speed. Effortless it seems. I believe we aren't even close to his ceiling yet.