What are the 4 Most Important Words that Improve Speed?
Again, there is no magical exercise or drill that will make everyone an Olympic sprinter. Many of your emailed in agreeing with this idea. Others said that it has been difficult to get old school, 'my way or the high way’ head coaches to buy into this truth.

Fundamentals of Linear Speed Development
Speed is a skill that can be taught to any athlete who desires to excel in their particular sports. While there is a limitation to the degree of improvement that can be made to an athlete’s ability to accelerate and reach new top speeds, all athletes can refine their current training in order to take advantage of abilities that are simply lying dormant due to improper and/or ineffective training strategies.

Summer Training for Speed
Summer training is a critical time for all athletes regardless of their sport. It is possibly the most important season with regards to training especially for high school athletes

Summer Training for Speed - Part II
Most coaches agree that conditioning work is a must for summer training. What they don't agree on is what conditioning is.

How to get your athletes to do everything you say
So you have to get your athletes to buy into what you do. And that starts at your very first workout, practice or training session.Because even if they're paying you to teach them how to get faster, it doesn't mean they'll come back for future programs.Here is my sure-fire way to get athletes to buy into what you're teaching.

What Kind of Sports Coach are You?
Last week I had the opportunity to talk to an excellent coach who is running into a problem that I have had countless experiences with. Since I know it's something Patrick and I have seen many times, I figured there was a good chance you can relate to it as well.

Speed Coach of the Year - Co-founder of Athletes' Acceleration and Performance Consultant, Latif Thomas, had received the Massachusetts State Track Coach of the Year Award this year. I made Latif sit down over the weekend to answer in detail common questions we receive.

Top Speed Training
Top Speed or Maximum Velocity is another way of saying running at full speed. The point in a race, workout or game that you reach maximum velocity depends on strength levels, experience and running mechanics.

Acceleration Speed Development
Start your acceleration work on the ground and work your way up. In order to put the athletes in the best mechanical position, even without great strength levels, athletes will start with short intervals, in a horizontal position.

Goal Setting for Athletes
Whether you coach a team of 50 athletes, just your son or daughter or run groups at a facility, getting athletes to both write and verbalize their goals is an important part of the overall process.

What's the ONLY Way to Get Faster?
The only way to get faster is to learn to apply more force to the ground. Simple Physics state that every action has an equalAnd opposite reaction. So it stands to reason that the more force you apply to the ground with every step, the more it is going to give back to you.

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