Well, you bring up a good point regarding time away from 100% efforts; however, I had theoretically accounted for this via the stress associated with the flying 30-60yd work I had them conduct during the taper. while the intensity of these efforts was <95%, more or less subjectively determined, I had thought of the increased distances that were covered, during the flying sprints, to serve as a sufficient retention mechanism regarding ‘intensiveness’.
To be clear, I would only draw this correlation regarding the comparison against acceleration activities as the ‘intensity’ of a run as short as 40yds in no way approaches that of the distances, as you referenced, in the SE range.
thus I’m comparing a 100% 40yd against a 95% effort sprint up to 60yds.
Regarding the agility tests, similar to your experience, there was only one PR set in the 5-10-5; however, the 3cone went very well as did the jumps.
Here’s the bottom line numbers (omitting player names, heights, weight, wing span, and hand)