Thursday, November 13, 2008

Weekly Sports performance Tip - Straight ahead Speed

It's impossible to be to fast in sports. You never hear a commentator say, "wow that guy was to fast".

So as a Sports Performance Coach, one of my main responsibilities is to get athletes faster.Not always the easiest thing to do.

If it was - all athletes wouldn't struggle with speed right?

The difficult part of increasing an athletes speed is determining what that individual athlete needs to do to get faster.What I do is figure out the problems or the weaknesses of the athletes. For example, it could be flexibility issues that prevent an athlete from being fast. Or it could be lack of strength, maybe specific muscle imbalances... you get the point.

However, of the years of training athletes I have come to a conclusion. 1 common thing most athletes don't possess.Yes, a good portion of it is technique. But, it's also the know how of where to position your body, posture, leg drive, and strike force...

Here's a nice clip of me getting into some of these facts -

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