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All kids should learn how to throw and kick

All Kids Should Learn to Throw And Kick

Art of Coaching, Coaching, Youth Development / By leetaft

All kids should learn to throw and kick. As kids grow and develop through play, they naturally develop strategies to move in both acceleration and deceleration pathways.  This occurs as …

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teaching young athletes, motor learning takes time and needs the reps to build a deep and wide roots system

Reps Need Roots

Art of Coaching, Coaching, Youth Development / By leetaft

What’s a Rep? When defining a repetition (rep), we might define it as the completion of an action. The definition describes what a rep is. It doesn’t describe the quality …

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Developing a Coach's Eye

Developing a Coach’s Eye

Coaching, Speed Training, Youth Development / By leetaft

We all have strengths and limitations that define our perspective in speed development. The strength coach that comes primarily from the weight-room might look at strength being the primary determinant …

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Mobilize the Ankles For Power

Coaching, Multi-Directional Speed, Speed Training, Youth Development / By leetaft

It goes without saying, if an athlete is in a better “athletic stance”, then she can generate more power. But, what does it take to get into a better athletic …

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coaching speed

Components of Coaching Speed

Leave a Comment / Coaching, Speed Training, Strength Training / By leetaft

As we develop our individual athletes or teams from an athletic standpoint we look at several components; speed and quickness, strength and power, and conditioning. If we want an athlete …

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rebounder

Importance of Rebounder Training

Baseball, Basketball, Coaching, Medicine Ball, Multi-Directional Speed, Plyometrics, Speed Training, Strength Training, Youth Development / By leetaft

Why Rebounder Training? Having owned and operated several speed academies since 1994, I have experience with many different types of training tools. A good coach knows a training tool is …

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body control factors

Body Control Factors

Coaching, Multi-Directional Speed, Speed Training / By leetaft

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 …

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principles of athletic movement

Principles of Athletic Movement

Coaching, Multi-Directional Speed, Speed Training / By leetaft

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 …

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assessing speed

Assessing Speed

Coaching, Multi-Directional Speed, Speed Training, Youth Development / By leetaft

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 …

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improve base stealing

Improve Your Base Stealing

Baseball, Multi-Directional Speed, Speed Training / By leetaft

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. …

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Lee Taft Athletic Consulting

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