Speed Training

No matter what the sport, every coach wonders what he can do to give his team an extra edge over the competition. Beyond mere strategy, there is one element that is often the hardest to teach your athletes–speed. Speed is not a trait that an athlete can acquire passively or with experience; it is something that must be specifically worked into your training plan, and it must be taught in conjunction with mechanics and endurance.

There’s a difference between speed and endurance. Although it takes on an enhanced and vital role in speed training, at its most basic level, endurance represents fitness of the heart and lungs, which allows for continued performance over time. Speed, on the other hard, involves blood chemistry and the nervous system working together for bursts of speed that will leave the competition in the dust.

When your athletes go through speed training, they are developing neuromuscular efficiency in a nonfatigued state. Speed endurance can teach their bodies how to lay down a sudden sprint, no matter how tired they may be. Speedwork is based on the nervous system’s ability to fire muscles rapidly in succession. These elements are often the hardest to teach athletes, because speedwork is exhausting, and requires several recovery days after a hard speed training day.

At Athlete’s Acceleration, we have a speed training model that works for any sport because it teaches the fundamentals of sprinting. Our DVD training packages teach you how to train your athletes for proper sprinting that will really breathe new life into their fitness. What’s more, our training model is based on years of experience as athletes and coaches, and will make your team faster without sacrificing any other skills.

To learn more, visit:

http://www.completespeedtraining.com

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