I just finished watching a video from one of the TOP quickness training experts on the planet, Alex Maroko.

I have to say that I was impressed!

It was so good, in fact, that I asked him if we could make it available to you today as a gift:

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In the video, you’ll learn something that will change the way you think about speed and quickness FOREVER.

And there’s no catch (except that you can’t get it after Thursday).

Alex explains why EVERYTHING you’ve been taught about getting pro-level speed and quickness is BACKWARDS, and in one quick swoop, he shows you how to fix it. Forever.

Get the inside story on the RIGHT way to get lightning-quickness and unstoppable speed right now:

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To your success,

Latif Thomas

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There is a concept known as Pareto’s Law, or the 80/20 principle, that says, generally speaking, 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. This idea can be applied in a number of situations.

80% of your points will come from 20% of your athletes.

80% of classroom participation will come from 20% of your students.

Here at Athletes’ Acceleration, 80% of our sales come from 20% of our subscriber list.

As a coach, you have to spend time developing all of your athletes. But, if you want to have a successful program, the bulk of attention must go to the 20% of the team scoring 80% of your points.

In class, you have to find ways to motivate and involve all of your students. But, if you want to have the biggest possible impact in terms of transfer and acquisition of knowledge, the bulk of attention will go to the 20% of students putting in 80% of the effort.

Through Athletes’ Acceleration, I want to help every interested coach, parent and athlete be the best they can be. To make such an impact requires us all being on the same page, speaking the same language.

As the demands on my time continue to grow and with another 30-40 hours per week being added to my schedule once the season starts in 10 weeks, I must become more efficient in the information I put out.

Simply put, it means spending more time creating and bringing in information for those of you who have joined The New Breed of Coaches by investing in your athletes, i.e., the ones putting in 80% of the effort.

Sadly, this means less time trying to convince the masses that they should.

(Good news if you have CST, CST2, CPD, etc.)

In your heart of hearts you know you’re not going to be competitive this year if all you do is slap a new coat of paint on that old, wood paneled, rusted, grocery-getter coaching system you’re still driving around. Not when the rest of us traded ours in for Range Rovers. Just because it still drives doesn’t mean you should still be driving it.

You wouldn’t be reading this if you weren’t committed to putting your athletes in a position to succeed. And you don’t want to kick yourself later in the season when you realize you should have bit the bullet back in
September, do you? Make an investment in your athletes before the sale ends at midnight tonight.

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To your success,

Latif Thomas

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I don’t know a single coach, youth to professional, young or old, who thinks they have nothing left to learn when it comes to planning workouts.

What you do in practice determines the results you get on the track. As the saying goes:

The devil’s in the details.

Before you start planning any workouts for the upcoming season (something I spend time on each day) you’ll want to know if Complete Program Design for Sprinters (CPD) is the right program for you.

Are you familiar with the concept of a ‘training inventory’, but don’t really know how to create one? Or more specifically, how to use it to guide you in the workout planning process.

Or maybe you know that the body has three energy systems. And that appropriately challenging these energy systems to different degrees based on event, time of year and individual needs will lead your sprinters to PRs in the big meets. Or injuries.

If a better understanding of these concepts *and* their application sounds like something that would help you, then investing in Complete Program Design for Sprinters is a good idea.

You probably want to know more about how to progress your workouts so that your sprinters run their fastest times during the Championship Meets.

This requires strict adherence to the parameters defined by the three training phases: General Preparation, Special Preparation and the Competition phase.

Understanding of these training phases keeps you from running back to back to back quality workouts during GPP  (or, for that matter, ever) or running 8×200 at tempo pace during the Competitive Phase.

The more you know the more you control. The more you control, the more likely your sprinters are to achieve their goals.

If you don’t actively use the Rules defined by the training phases to keep you coloring between the lines, then your athletes kindly ask you to invest in a copy of Complete Program Design for Sprinters.

There’s one area of coaching that is more important than training phases and energy systems.

And that’s the psychological work you specifically and methodically plan with your sprinters. (Especially if you coach high school girls!!)

Do you do goal sheets with your sprinters? (You’re screwed if you don’t know all of your athletes’ goals!)

Do you utilize the magic of the ‘Track Walk’?

Have you established your ‘WWE Personality’?

The reason I get results is because I know how to get inside the minds of my athletes. In Complete Program Design for Sprinters I show you all my tricks and techniques.

To your success,

Latif Thomas

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By now you understand you need to invest in some sort of training program if you want your sprinters to set new personal bests this season or keep up with the best teams and coaches in your league, area, state, etc. It might not be mine, but it needs to be something. (And something more than
just a 40 minute DVD showing speed drills.)

However, you might not know exactly what you need.  Today we’ll see if Complete Speed Training 2 is the  right fit for you and your athletes. Read the rest of this post and honestly answer the questions in
your head.

By the time you finish, you’ll know exactly what you should do.

Are you still using static stretching as the primary focus of your warm up? Do you run specific warmups geared toward the specific demands of that day’s practice (acceleration vs top speed vs recovery vs tempo)? If not, you’re practicing checkers to prepare for the big chess match.

If you’re doing the same old stuff every day before practice, all season long, you’re looking for Complete Speed Training 2.

Do you do a training inventory before the start of each season? Do you know how long each training phase should be and what the workout expectations
are for each of the 3 training phases? Answers to these questions are fundamental to the success of any sprinter.

If you don’t really know what I’m talking about, you and your athletes really need Complete Speed Training 2.

Do you have a progression for engaging in technical feedback with your athletes? Can you spot problems with technique and immediately provide solutions to the athlete for fixing them? Would you be confident
pointing out those problems and addressing them with e standing ext to you?

If not, your athletes would really appreciate it if you would invest in Complete Speed Training 2.

Do your sprinters have a clearly established routine for getting into the blocks, even in practice? Do you instruct them to be first into the blocks? Or
second to last? (It matters.) Do you have them focus on responding to the gun or on a particular movement? One leads to good reaction time, the other doesn’t.

Be honest. If you’re not really sure, then your program could use an injection of new ideas. Do you know the difference between extensive and
intensive tempo, what they do to the body and how they affect the rest of the week’s workouts? Do you give your athletes specific times to hit during
their tempo work? (I hope so!) Do you know the rule for when to shut a workout down so freshman and seniors aren’t running the same number of reps? (They shouldn’t be!)

If you’re not coloring between the lines here, then you’ve got a gaping hole in your program. And Complete Speed Training 2 has your answers.

Are your sprinters in the weight room, religiously, 2-3 days per week? Do you understand how to structure exercises, sets, reps and loads so they get stronger without getting bulky? (Not all strength training is created equal.) Do you walk around the weight room teaching and correcting technique so athletes don’t injure themselves…or others?

Outside of speed work, the weight room is the most important part of practice for any sprinter. If you’re using machines in the weight room, doing reps higher than 8 for a set or, God forbid, not in the weight room at all, you and your sprinters need Complete Speed Training 2.

Obviously, I didn’t cover all the elements of your program requiring new blood. But I hit a few of the big ones. The coaches and programs that win
year after year aren’t just making things up as they go along or trying to remember what they did in the past.

Invest in Complete Speed Training 2 right now while I’m offering the lowest prices of the year!

To your success,

Latif Thomas

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