I have written many posts based on my “naturalist” approach when it comes to athletic speed or multi-directional speed. I am a firm believer in the concept of learning from…
Body Control Factors
Body control is a broad subject due to the fact it is governed by so many systems in the body. To keep it simple stayed with the exercises that help…
Principles of Athletic Movement
Are we learning the principles of athletic movement from the right people? Bet you are wondering where I am going with this one. This isn't the first time voicing my…
Assessing Speed
We are becoming an assessment happy industry and that is a good thing. The more we know about our clients (within reason) the better we can address their goals. Questions…
Secret Behind Baseball Stealing That No One Talks About
For many years, I have spoken about how important the hand speed is to an explosive start in base stealing. There are other sports where this concept applies as well,…
Improve Your Base Stealing
A sports performance trainer that works with many baseball players wanted to talk about how to improve the speed of a baseball player, especially when it comes to base stealing.…
Business of Speed
Establishing the Business of Speed Unless you have been living under a rock, then you know speed training has established itself as a standalone business. Strength training and all the…
Body Weight Exercises Might Not Be Best
Thoughts to Consider with Body Weight Exercise There is a reason gymnastics is NOT easy. Body weight exercises are hard. It is kind of odd, but I agree and disagree…
3 Tips to Change a Speed Coach’s Life
There are many sad stories of young and older coaches not going full in on their dreams because they fear what others might say or believe about them. If this…
Purity of Youth Sports
The purity of youth sports is still there, you just have to dig a little harder to find it these days. Back in the Day We always talk about “Back…