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Archive for February, 2009

Now that’s some horse and buggy s#!%!

By Athletes' Acceleration | February 21st, 2009

Want faster, stronger, more explosive athletes?

Want to win more games, go deeper into the season
and have more athletes join and/or try out for
your team or program?

It’s simple.

This is all you have to do:

Modernize Your Program.

The biggest reason you, your athletes and/or
your program aren’t better is because you’re
running an outdated system.

You’re still driving a horse and buggy while
your competition is driving sports cars, SUVs
and hybrids.

You can’t be successful in the 21st Century
when you’re running a 20th Century program.

Because my athletes will just destroy yours…

…even if your athletes have more natural
ability.

Here’s an example.

Let’s say (theoretically of course) I know 
of a certain school. We’ll call it the ‘Black
School’.

This school claims to be a real serious football
school.

And historically it’s been a Powerhouse.

But not anymore. Now it’s riding on it’s reputation.

Another school in the league is now the powerhouse.
We’ll call it the ‘Green School’.

The coaches from the Black School say that they
want to be the best, win the league, win a SuperBowl.

But their athletes are not taught 21st Century
movement skills, speed, strength or conditioning.

How do I know if I don’t coach that team? The
players tell me. And ask for help.

For example, they’re told not to do a plyo step
out of an athletic stance
to explode through
the line.

Instead they learn to roll forward and take a step
or just walk forward.

Now that’s some horse and buggy s#!%.

At the Black School the football players don’t
lift weights during the season!!

What?!?!

How can they be prepared to perform at their highest
*if* they make it to the post season in early
December if they haven’t touched a weight since
August?

Now that’s some horse and buggy s#!%!

(This is not the exception, it’s how most sports
in most schools all over the planet are run!)

Because let’s say I happen to be close personal
friends with one of the coaches from the Green
Team.

And I know that the green team is driving around
in a sports car. They’re living here in the
21st Century.

Does the Horse and Buggy Team have a realistic
chance to beat the Sports Car Team?

All things being equal…they have no chance.

Not because they have bad football coaches. I’m
sure they know their spread offense or whatever
schemes they run.

But their athletic development is inferior to the
green team. And with underdeveloped and inefficient
athletes you could be Bill Belicheck out there.

You’re going to lose to the team with better
athletes.

So modernize your program.

Burn that horse and buggy.

And join us in the 21st Century.

To your success,

Latif Thomas
For 21st Century program design for track sprinters
click here.

For 21st Century athletic development, click here.

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Are you afraid to die on a treadmill? (video)

By Athletes' Acceleration | February 6th, 2009

You see the difference between success and
failure, in anything, comes down to one simple
word.

Choice.

You have the ability to *choose* the way your
life is going to be.

Your situation right now is the sum of the *choices*
you have made in the present moment.

And the choices you continue to make in the present
moment will dictate your level of success.

Because nothing exists but THIS moment. There is
no later. No future. No ‘when the economy gets
better’. No ‘when I have more free time’. No ‘if
I had better talent.’ No ‘if I had a bigger team’.
No ‘if I was smarter’. 

Success is a *choice*.

The only difference between you and the people
you want to be like is simple:

They’re not a afraid to die on a treadmill.

Why not?

Because they made a *choice*. They decided who
they wanted to be. What they wanted their life
to be like and they made a *choice* to do it.

They didn’t make the choice in some undefined
later’. Or ‘tomorrow‘. Those things don’t exist.
They never will. They will never arrive. Ever.

I could have said ‘I don’t have a business degree’
and then not started Athletes’ Acceleration.

Instead Pat and I made a *choice* and built a
business from scratch that generated 7 figures
in gross sales before we turned 30.

Why? Because we’re not afraid to die on a treadmill.

Are you?

I could have said ‘I don’t have an exercise science
degree, so I can never be a great coach’.

Instead I studied my ass off. Asked questions.
My athletes got real nasty real fast. I was voted
MA State Coach of the Year at 26. Now people
approach me when I’m at competitions to thank me
for helping them turn around their programs.

Why?

I made a *choice* to be successful. I didn’t
listen to the haters (and there are many). I ignored
the doubters (and there are many). I made no excuses
for why I wasn’t smart enough or rich enough to
do what I wanted to do.

I’m not afraid to die on a treadmill.

Are you?

Now, I know what you’re asking. What is this
treadmill crap?

I want you to watch this entire video. I watch
it Every. Single. Day.

It reminds me of how important it is for me to
keep making the *choice* to be successful.

It gives me motivation and energy. It’s the
difference between success and failure.

2 + 2 = what I want it to be.

Make a choice to run profitable sports camps and
speed clinics.

Make a choice to be a better track coach.

Make a choice to run a more successful sports
program and develop better athletes.

You know whether or not you’re doing what you
need to do to be successful. Whether or not you’re
letting ‘if’s and but’s’ limit you.

So I ask again:

Are you afraid to die on a treadmill?
- Latif Thomas

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I’m screwed…

By Athletes' Acceleration | February 4th, 2009

I love helping people. It’s why I do what I do.

But I think I may have screwed myself this time.

Ever since I released my Complete Program Design
for Sprinters (CPD) resource
I’ve been getting
bombarded with positive feedback.

People are getting results.

And that’s great when it’s on the other side of
the country or outside the United States.

But now I can’t even go to meets in my home state
without CPD fans approaching me to say how much
they love the program.

It’s a great feeling, but…

It just makes *my* life harder. (Not to mention
yours.)

Why?

Because the bar is being raised. Performances
across the board are improving. Kids are running
out of their minds and setting crazy new lifetime
bests and school records.

Check out Complete Program Design for Sprinters

Now I have to be even better just to stay the same.
And so do my athletes.

The good thing is I have a plan to stay ahead of
the curve. Even though CPD owners are right on
my tail.

Want proof?

I’ve seen my man Gardner O’Flynn at the last two
big meets in Boston and he’s definately getting
results.

In fact, based on what he said I’m starting to
think *I* should be asking *him* what to do!

Check out what he had to say:

“In preparation as a first year varsity indoor
track coach, I was fortunate to have the
assignment of training our short sprinters up
to the 600. My background is in baseball in which
I played at the Div 1 college level as well as 6
years professionally with the Texas Rangers. In
the spring I coach the baseball team.

I read dozens of programs, watched several videos
so much so that my head was spinning and I was
going to just cut and paste one of them as
practice plans.

Thankfully!!!! I finally stumbled upon the
complete program design for sprinters created
by Latif Thomas a couple weeks prior to the season.
It made sense, with a background I have in physical
education and professional athletics the training
of energy systems and hitting times to
determine work load made sense. As we head in to
the big state events my girls are peaking.

Here are the results:

My three hurdlers have all qualified for states
with the top girl setting a school record. My 3
dashers have cut 5-8 tenths off their prior pb.
My top two 300 runners, a freshman and sophmore,
have skyrocketed to the top of the league picking
up crucial points for our 7-1-1 team. I have also
used much of the information learned for training
with our 600 runners who also run the 4×4. At
the State Coaches Invitational our top athlete
won with a pb of 1:39.76 her pb at the beginning
of the season was mid 1:45’s.

I encourage every track coach new and old to use
this program, except for the coaches in my league
because I’m greedy and I like to win!!

Thank you.”

Gardner O’Flynn
Ipswich Girls Indoor Track
Ipswich, MA
My results aren’t much different. In just 14 monhts
since my arrival in a new program my kids have
already rewritten the school records in the
4×100, 4×200, 4×400, 300 and long jump.

Plus All State Championships in the 4×100 and 4×200.

Not a bad start, right?

Now it’s your turn:

http://www.CompleteProgramDesignforSprinters.com

To your success,

Latif Thomas

P.S. If you live in New England, don’t order the
program. Just like Gardner, I’m greedy and I like
to win. You’re just going to make it harder for
us if you’re using CPD because all your sprinters
will set new lifetime bests. In fact, I guarantee
it. So keep doing what you’re doing! The results
are great for me and my team.

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Sports Camp Empire - Moment of Truth

By Athletes' Acceleration | February 3rd, 2009

If you work with athletes, have thought about or
currently run speed clinics or sports camps…

The Moment of Truth has arrived.

The only difference between a successful person
and an unsuccessful person is what they do in
their spare time.

How will you spend yours?

Doing the same things you’ve always done and
expecting better results?

Or following in the footsteps of people who are
experiencing the success you dream about?

It’s up to you now. You can *choose* to be successful
or you can *choose* to wait, put it off, make
excuses and justify why you’re OK where you are.

What’s it going to be?

http://www.SportsCampEmpire.com

To your success,

Latif Thomas

P.S. Be one of the first 75 people to take action
and we’re hooking you up with some truly awesome
(and exclusive) bonuses.

http://www.SportsCampEmpire.com

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