Speed Training

This is probably the most important thing a high school athlete can understand about their training. Speed training and conditioning are not the same thing. They do not even work the same energy system. Running them together kills the results of both. Most programs mix them because it looks productive. You are always moving, always working, always tired. Tired is not fast. How Speed Works True speed development uses your phosphocreatine energy system. That system is powerful

Bobsled is a sport most people have seen once in the Olympics and never thought about again. That is a mistake if you care about acceleration. Bobsled push athletes are some of the best pure accelerators in the world. The sport demands it. You have about fifty meters to push a four hundred pound sled as fast as humanly possible and then hold on. The standards are brutal and the margin between making a team and going home is measured in hundredths of a second. What the Sport D

Hamstrings KEEP getting injured, despite advances in science and training. What could be the cause?

The posterior chain is arguably the most important muscle group on the human body. Here is why you should never neglect it.

Top speed gets all the attention. Forty times. Laser gates. Highlight reels of guys flying down the sideline. In most field sports, top speed is not what separates athletes. Acceleration is. The average sprint in a football game is under ten yards.

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Speed training is one of the most talked about and misunderstood parts of athlete development. You've probably seen the videos: ladder drills, resistance bands, cone patterns. Athletes move fast, look athletic, and work hard. Most of it does not make athletes faster. Here’s why. Conditioning Is Not Speed Training Many programs labeled as speed training are really just conditioning. They involve running a lot of routes, short rest periods, and high reps. This taxes your energy