EA Sports’ Active NFL Training Camp, released this week, gives gamers more than 70 strength, agility, and reaction drills commonly found in NFL training camps for them to recreate on their Wii. With the consultation of NFL strength and conditioning coaches and EA Sports’ in-house fitness instructor, Active Training Camp’s game producers incorporated football drills to create a fitness-based game.

“What we did was try to instill different team’s philosophies into how they put their training together,” Justin Sheffield, a producer for Active Training Camp, told Wired.com. He said it was critical to balancen the input of suggested drills from the coaches. Whereas San Diego Chargers strength and conditioning coach Jeff Hurd advised leg-based and strength-driven drills, Chris Carlisle of the Seattle Seahawks valued ones which emphasize speed and agility.

Gamers can compete head-to-head in multi-player mode in drills such as QB Window Challenge, which tests throwing accuracy, and Field Goal Challenge. A more organized program exists with the NFL Combine 60-Day Challenge. Per the NFL’s PLAY 60 commitment to youth health and fitness, the in-game challenge lets users work out four days per week for 60 days by participating in drills held at the NFL Combine every February.

Many of the Combine’s drills, including the 40-yard dash, are renowned for their ability to demonstrate NFL players’ athleticism. A prime example is, well, Deion “Prime Time” Sanders. The six-time All-Pro cornerback reportedly clocked in at a blazing-fast 4.21 seconds in his 40-yard time at the 1989 Combine.

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Authors: Kyle Stack

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