I’ve written tons of blog posts on how I can get you faster.  I discuss a bunch of methods that work real well for our athletes.  You can spend hours on this blog just scrolling through the posts and see what we have available.

Today, I thought it would be interesting, or fun in a twisted way, to explain to you why I could not get your athlete faster.  So I am going to go through the top 5 reasons why I can’t get you faster.

  1. Your expectations are too high –  I really can get anyone faster.   I can get you faster than what you were before.  What I can’t do is make you into a world class sprinter unless you have the genetics for it.  So, if you are a receiver that runs a 5.5 in the 40 yard dash and want to improve your speed, YES, I can get you faster, but you aren’t going to be running a 4.38 like DeSean Jackson.  Unless your body is genetically wired to have the potential to be that explosive, it ain’t going to happen.  That is why we have an individual assessment.  We can learn your goals, assess you, then explain what we can and can’t do with the training.  If the expectations are unrealistic, than when can address them there.
  2. You expect to be faster in an unrealistic amount of time – It never fails.  Each year around mid-July, we get a call or two from a parent asking us to get their kid faster before football starts in August.  Once again, I can get anyone faster, but you gotta give me more than 2 weeks!!  Would you expect your strength to be improved in two weeks?  Would you expect to be a better pitcher in 2 weeks?  Nothing of significance.  You need to give us time to allow the athlete’s body to adapt to the training.  That is why our minimum length of training is 3 months.  Gives us ample time to train the body appropriately and get the athlete faster.
  3. You are spotty at best making your appointments with us – I can’t get you faster if I only see you once every two weeks.  Or you’re missing an appointment every other week.  Along the lines of giving us the time to train you, you also have to be consistent.  Especially when you are starting out on a program, every time you miss you end up starting back at square one.  You would think paying us hundreds of dollars would be an accountability trigger for you, but to some of our athletes it apparently doesn’t bother them if they miss a week here or there.  Get in consistently to let this training work.
  4. You don’t even come to train with my staff and I – I can’t get you faster if you decide not to work with us.  I get it.  People like a deal.  Our program is not the cheapest out there, but it certainly isn’t the most expensive.  Speed training shouldn’t be cookie cutter and it isn’t something we can just throw you into and get results.  We take care in designing a workout for each and every athlete to get the best chance of speed development.  I know what you get when you sign up with us.  I can’t promise that you will get faster not being with us.  If you decide we aren’t it for your athlete, good luck, we’ll always be here, and I hope it works out for you.
  5. You aren’t even trying – This one irks me the most.  Parents want to help their kids be the best at their sport.  They are shelling out their hard earned money in the hopes to make their kid a better athlete.  And the little brat will not put forth any legit effort on a consistent basis.  Got an excuse for everything.  This hurts, I’m tired, stopping short before the drill ends, roll your eyes at me one more time PLEASE!  You are paying me for my expertise and ability to get your kid faster and stronger, but not to constantly beg for this kid to give his/her all on everything.  Your athlete needs to show some motivation to be better.  That needs to come from within.  I will be excited when something positive happens and will encourage them to push through the difficult workouts.  But, if you are looking for me to motivate them to give me the best of their ability each and every workout, don’t bother.  Give me an athlete who is willing to give me 100%, not an athlete who is looking for me to convince him/her this is worth giving a 100%.