Not too long ago I interviewed controversial speed
and strength coach Barry Ross.

The interview, as expected, got quite the reaction
from many of you.

In fact, some people were really mad at me. I mean
*really* mad.

So check out the email I sent and listen to my
conversation with Barry. And by all means, let me
know what you think:

Barry Ross Speed Training Audio Interview

What if I told you speed drills are a complete waste of
time?

Or if 90% of the training you do with athletes has no
real purpose?

How about if I told you that 15 minutes of uptempo walking
is all the ‘conditioning’ most athletes need?

Would you think I was crazy if I said you could make 400
meter runners significantly faster….never running further
than 70 meters?

What if I said there is only *one* exercise in the weight
room that athletes need to bother with?

Would that be difficult to comprehend?

For many of us, these concepts are the complete opposite of
what we’ve been told about strength and conditioning over
the years.

But in my latest interview with controversial coach
Barry Ross, he claims these very things to be true.

And more…

And he supports the claims with some compelling arguments
rooted firmly in science.

Barry believes this ‘minimalist’ approach to training
is the future of speed and strength development.

And he has a growing legion of followers who are getting
some eyebrow raising results.

So before you dismiss these ideas as ridiculous, you have
to listen to our discussion.

–> Barry Ross Speed Training Interview

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http://tinyurl.com/3um92e

Last week I let you know about how the youth
fitness community is changing drastically and
what you can do to stay in the fore-front of
our industry.

It’s all about trying to help as many athletes as
possible by having access to best information
available.

My friend Brian Grasso and his organization – The
International Youth Conditioning Association – have
officially released their brand new ‘Level 1: Youth
Fitness Specialist’ certification.

And the timing couldn’t be any better.

The rate of youth obesity has grown by as much as
20% worldwide over the past 10 years.

The youth sports training industry is littered with
over-zealousness, confusion and inappropriate
conditioning methods.

There is a need to educate passionate and dedicated
professionals in order to serve this incredibly
underserviced demographic better.

Many organizations have shown that the youth obesity
rate will climb to as high as 50% by 2010.

And even with the incredible expansion of the youth
sports training industry in the way of franchises,
facilities and consulting groups, young athletes
continue to be trained poorly and are suffering
from record high injury rates.

Brian and the IYCA are focused and dedicated on
creating change in these areas through a comprehensive
and cutting-edge educational process that will vault
you into the frontlines of helping combat these
problems worldwide.
Over 1 million children, youths and teenagers hired
a Personal Trainer in the United States last year.

That’s an all-time high.

The ‘youth’ market is growing at an unprecedented
rate and the opportunities that have come with it
are literally limitless.
The youth obesity and sports training epidemics
have reached a climaxing concern.
I know that you are passionate about providing your
athletes with the best training possible, that’s why
I wanted to let you know about the youth training
organization that shares your passion and dedication.
Go take a look for yourself and see how you
can get involved -

http://tinyurl.com/3um92e
To your success,

Patrick Beith
Athletes Acceleration
P.S. –  Brian and the IYCA are only letting their ‘Level 1:
Youth Fitness Specialist’ certification be available to
the first 500 people in order to assure quality of service
to each of the certified members.

I am not sure how many people will see the IYCA’s
message, but I know it will be over 500,000. So if
you want to check out what the IYCA and the certification
is all about, I suggest that you check it out now:

http://tinyurl.com/3um92e

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I was reminded this weekend about how important
it is for us coaches to continue to search not only
for new information aimed at helping our athletes
improve, but for new ways of saying the exact same
things we (think we) already know.

Here’s what I mean:

One of my athletes has been extremely inconsistent
in the long jump this year. He’s either way before
the board or way over it. He doesn’t get up in the
air or counter his rotation so he face plants into
the dirt like it’s his job…

The problem is in his approach. We’ve been talking
about and working on the different parts of the jump.
I’ve explained that athletes need to develop the
same consistency in their approach as they do in
their regular acceleration work and sprint training.

But the first 4 steps of his approach are different
every time.

And it’s not like this is a team wide issue. My
girls have yet to lose a long jump competition in
9 meets this year and even set the Division 2
State Record in the Long Jump Relay this weekend,
breaking a record that stood for 29 years.

So at the meet while I was watching other events,
this athlete went out and jumped a personal best
and jumped about a foot further than he had all
season.

How?

Someone else had explained to him how he should
accelerate down the runway. For whatever reason,
the different explanation (of the exact same concept
I had been trying to convey) clicked for him and
he put a good jump together.

Needless to say I was disappointed in myself for
not having come up with a better inventory of
coaching cues and explanations. Because it was
simply my lack of an effective vocabulary that
kept this athlete from greater success.

Because it’s not always about knowing the fanciest,
most technical and complicated new training program
that gets results. Sometimes it’s just knowing
more ways to say the same thing.

So when an athlete doesn’t ‘get it’, you can quickly
go to your next cue or explanation…then the next
one…and the next one, until you see the lightbulb
go off.

And that’s what I love about the Complete Speed
Training program. With over 240 drills and exercises,
it’s virtually impossible not to pick up several
new ways to teach and explain different movements
and concepts that are fundamental to athletic
success.

…Even when you’re pretty sure you ‘already know
what to do’.

Because you can know *what* to do all day, but if
you can’t get the message across to your athletes
then that information has no value at all.

You don’t have to be the perfect coach and you
shouldn’t expect to be. I know I’m not and this
story helps prove it.

But we want our athletes to succeed because of our
training and coaching, not in spite of it.

The latter happened to me this weekend and I’m not
afraid to admit it. But I do know it’s entirely
up to me to not let it happen again. And it doesn’t
have to happen to you at all.

So click here to not only pick up new information
on training athletes, but several new ways to say
the same things you already know…because sometimes
that’s the difference that makes the difference.

Complete Speed Training
To your success,

Latif Thomas

P.S. One of the most valuable bonuses in the
Complete Speed Training Program is the 30 minute
phone consultation with me. It’s the only way to
get every one of your questions answered. I’m
getting rid of that option because it takes up too
much of my time. My birthday is on June 10 so as a
gift to myself I’ll be dropping that option on
that day.

Order today to be sure you get grandfathered in
because you *will* want to take advantage of that
option.

Learn how to run faster with Complete Speed Training

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Last week I let you know about a resource on multi-
directional speed and agility by Lee Taft that I
consider a ‘must have’ if you work with field and
court sport athletes.

If you missed it, you can check out that resource
here:

Lee Taft Ground Breaking Athletic Movement

A lot of you made the intelligent choice to grab
a copy of his program.

Good decision

Well, the truth is I probably should have
‘introduced’ you to Lee and some of his thoughts,
opinions and experiences working with athletes
before recommending you go out and buy something.

My bad…

Whenever I talk training with Lee we always get
off the phone and say ‘hey that was great – we
should have recorded that because people would
want to hear it’.

So, we finally did. And I think you will be quite
interested in all the topics we cover.

Click here to listen:

http://tinyurl.com/3zx3vh

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