Many of you know that I have a speed training facility in Columbus, Ohio.  Currently, the training is done by two people: myself and my assistant, Bryan Morosky.  You might have heard me talk about Bryan as he has participated in some Olympic and Sprint distance triathlons, but other than that you really don’t know much about him.  So, let me tell you a little bit about Bryan and how he came to work for me.

I’ve had a speed training business for over 10 years and if you want your business to grow, one way of doing it is having great staff working for you.  It isn’t as easy as just putting a help wanted sign up and hiring the first people who express interest.  There are several things I look for, but some of the important ones to me are:

  • Do you have some type of athletic background?
  • Do you have a qualified educational background?
  • Do you have a good personality and personable to others?
  • Can you pick up my speed training system?
  • Are you dependable and reliable?

There are other traits I look for, but after so many years in the industry, these five are what I think really will benefit my business.

I was a strength coach at my old high school, Columbus Academy, from 2001 – 2005 and that is where I initially met Bryan.  He was a freshman playing football and baseball.  He had an older and younger brother who I also worked with at various times, but Bryan was the one who spent the most years with me.  I also had gone to school with his cousin in high school so I was familiar with his family.

When I was at the school, they had a good crop of athletes from the various classes.  Bryan’s class, though, really enjoyed working out and putting in the extra work needed to excel.  This is where Bryan got his initial foundation to weightlifting, through my strength program.  So, I know Bryan is technically sound when it comes to the various lifts because I taught him.

Bryan made an impression on the baseball team as a sophomore, but his athletic achievements really started to come on as a junior.  He had an injury that hindered the start of his junior year in football, but he eventually was a starter at linebacker and getting some reps in the offense.  We had a good team that year, but lost to Pleasant (who eventually went on to win states) in the regional finals.  I’ve told Bryan, I thought if we had made some tweaks to the gameplan utilizing him more, I think we could have won that game and possibly the state title.

His baseball team his junior year made it to the state championship game playing against St. Henry and future OSU quarterback Todd Boeckman.  They ended up losing the game in extra innings, but it was something to remember.

Bryan’s senior year in football was pretty fun to watch.  I remember right before two-a-days we put the football players through testing and of course the big test was the 40 yard dash.  I realize the coaches aren’t the most accurate when timing athletes, but Bryan’s time was handheld a 4.4.  We had a lot of speed that year and Bryan led the way.  Despite the handheld time, I legitimately think he could run the 40 somewhere in the 4.4’s and I don’t say that about too many athletes.

Bryan was first team all state that year and our team won the division V state championship against Amanda-Clearcreek 13-9.  Unfortunately, Bryan and our other stud running back were not at 100% for that game.  If either one or both had been healthy, we would have beat Amanda by at least 20 (sorry Amanda, but that’s the truth).

Bryan’s speed was on full display throughout the entire season.  He never left the field.  He played offense, defense, he was the kicker, and punter.  I saw him chase dudes down from behind and tackle them.  I saw him do touchdown runs against Pleasant in the regional semi-finals that were ridiculous.  The offense coordinator (the late Mark Barren) was up in the pressbox and said watching B-Mo (his nickname) run was like watching a video game joystick controller.  He just would beat dudes to the spot.

Bryan ended up playing baseball for a couple years at William and Mary.  Then decided to go a different route, transferring to OSU and finally earning his degree at Capital.  To earn his degree, he needed to do an internship and called me up to see if he could do it with my company.

At the time, I had cleaned house of my staff and it was just me, but I was looking to start building it back up and needed the right person.  Bryan picked up my system easily and having been an athlete of mine, we pretty much have been on the same page ever since.  He knows my system inside and out and has been instrumental this past year in getting our other athletes fast.

Bryan now competes in triathlons and has been doing pretty well.  Recently, he competed in New Zealand for the sprint amateur world championships.  So rest assured, if I can’t work with you all the time, you are in good hands with Bryan.  If we can get you reasonably close to how fast Bryan was in high school, I think you will have a good athletic future ahead of you.