When athletes start working with us, their parents usually ask, “Is this something we will have to do forever?” Which is a good question since our service is a paid service. They don’t want to sacrifice their college savings for this. Unless, they are gambling that this will pay off in a college scholarship [...]
When you break down running, it is a series of single leg explosions. The faster and more explosive you are with each leg, the faster you will run. Your goal is to have your foot quickly get off the ground, but in that split instance it is touching the ground, you need to generate a [...]
One of the big mantras for speed training is you have to train fast to be fast. You can’t do a speed drill slow and expect to develop speed appropriately. You can do that exercise slow, it just might be affecting a different physiological component for your body. For example, doing heavy sled runs might [...]
This past weekend, there were three new people elected into the baseball hall of fame. One of them was Tim Raines who played for the New York Yankees. Raines was probably the second best leadoff man in his era to Rickey Henderson. He led the National League in stolen bases for several years. If Raines [...]
Performance coaches in the private sector get a bad rap sometimes with coaches who coach a club team or school team. And to be honest, I’m getting tired of it. My athletes come back to me telling me, “My coach told me this, or my coach told me that.” And it usually involves a [...]
This past weekend I was at the NSCA Ohio State Clinic and listened to a lot of great speakers. One of the speakers, Chris Powell, talked about developing linear speed. This is essentially your straight ahead running and how fast you can get your first initial steps of acceleration. For most athletes, developing linear speed [...]
I have been lucky enough to work with a lot of great athletes and great teams. One in particular was the 2003 Columbus Academy football team which won the state title that year. I was the strength coach at Academy so I got to work with all the teams (if they chose to send their [...]
I have sat down with so many parents in my career discussing their athletes that I can probably sound off the reasons they want to do speed/strength training. Get Faster/Stronger Rehab An Injury Make My Team Make All-State Play In College And The List Goes On But, one reason that I hear every so often [...]