If I were to rank the steps I use to prioritize coaching speed to my athletes it would look like this: Steps to Becoming Faster Intensity– Run more aggressively, stop trying to look pretty, and put force into the ground when you step. Use your arms to help the length of foot contact from acceleration through […]
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One of my favorite sayings for coaches and trainers is, “We need to be teachers of skills not of drills.” Too often we focus more on the fancy speed drill and not enough on the execution of the skill. I believe a large part of the blame has to go on inexperience and fear in
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Hidden Gems in the BackYard When I was a kid we use to play backyard games like Jarts, croquet, Bocce Ball, and games we made up; target practice by throwing rocks at cans on a wall, home run derby with a ping pong ball and paddle, and so many other games. The athleticism we talk
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I AM… I am known as a Naturalist Speed Coach. I take what the body shows me, tighten it up where needed and let it go. I then make corrections as the athletes show me they need it. This brings up a point…. My Teaching Style… My teaching style of many skills as an encouraging
The purpose of the warm up and movemement preparation system for our adolescent athletes is to: Improve neurological firing (proprioception and kinesthetic awareness) Correct any postural or length tension issues before training Increase blood flow to increase body temperature and increase muscle and joint function. Increase the sympathetic nervous system for heighten awareness Increase range
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How to Improve Agility Skills? Have you ever watched a baseball game and seen an outfielder’s feet become tangled up going back for a high pop fly? Or have you noticed how many times basketball players get crossed up when the person they are guarding makes a great double move? How about the football cornerback
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Below are 5 simple but effective tips that will greatly improve lateral speed and quickness. Tip #1 Improve your overall functional strength using functional exercises. Increasing leg strength will allow the muscles to apply more force into the ground. Improving functional strength which implies movement patterns that are used throughout sports, activities, and daily living
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Athletic Development Strength Energy System Multi-Directional Speed When we look at these three areas of athletic development; strength, energy system, and multi-directional speed we must understand that the first two easily follow a progressive overload method. It is about continually putting stress on the systems to increase results. We can’t blindly say this about multi-directional
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Over the past few years, there has been a big push on “Primal” emphasis. Primal movement, Primal Foods, Primal Patterns, etc…. As I was thinking about, this Primal emphasis it dawned on me. Everything I have taught for the past 25 years has been an emphasis on allowing the “Primal” or original intuitive patterns of
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Let’s not think in only a linear direction. In basketball, tennis, and football most of the time the first step is on an angle or lateral. Many times the first step is backwards…think corner back or outfielder. We have to understand how the athlete moves best in multi-directions. Understand not all sports have the same
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