Coaches, do you feel helpless when faster teams outplay your kids, blowing up all the hard work you’ve done to teach them how to play the game the right way?
We believe that neither of these two scenarios should be helpless feelings, because the idea that you cannot train to improve speed is simply outdated.
The challenge in developing speed is that it is a highly complex action, requiring improvements in coordination, power and technique to produce any noticeable difference.
It isn’t as simple as stretching a hamstring or adding another plate to the bar.
No, it requires the right drills done in the right atmosphere.
An almost pro athlete-style environment where specific objectives are set, data is put in simple terms and analyzed in real time, with improvements made right on the spot. Everything is run efficiently, and with a purpose.
But even that isn’t enough to help everyone get faster.
Another big challenge with developing speed is that each athlete has their own pattern of inefficiencies in their movement skill set. One kid may overstride, another leans forward too much…I’m sure you get the idea.
Developing speed for each individual athlete requires detailed personal feedback for everyone.
So even with the best coaching and the best exercises, real speed development doesn’t translate well to a large group setting. This is why our programs maintain a very low coach to athlete ratio.
Finally, it requires the right tools to be able to dig deep.
If you knew for sure that an athlete has one leg that is less powerful than the other, or that they consistently lose speed on their first, second or third stride, you could do so much more to help a kid fix their unique mistake patterns to improve more rapidly.
Program Director Jim Herrick (owner of Power Source Training Center in Leominster, and 20+ year Strength & Conditioning Coach at Cushing Academy) believes that these are the keys to making significant improvements in the most highly coveted of all athletic skills – game speed.
That is how we approach helping every kid get better in our 0.2 Speed & Athletic Development programs.
When you combine the right training environment with personalized coaching and advanced data collection, you truly can make athletes play faster in the future.
Coaches, do you feel helpless when faster teams outplay your kids, blowing up all the hard work you’ve done to teach them how to play the game the right way?
We believe that neither of these two scenarios should be helpless feelings, because the idea that you cannot train to improve speed is simply outdated.
The challenge in developing speed is that it is a highly complex action, requiring improvements in coordination, power and technique to produce any noticeable difference.
It isn’t as simple as stretching a hamstring or adding another plate to the bar.
No, it requires the right drills done in the right atmosphere.
An almost pro athlete-style environment where specific objectives are set, data is put in simple terms and analyzed in real time, with improvements made right on the spot. Everything is run efficiently, and with a purpose.
But even that isn’t enough to help everyone get faster.
Another big challenge with developing speed is that each athlete has their own pattern of inefficiencies in their movement skill set. One kid may overstride, another leans forward too much…I’m sure you get the idea.
Developing speed for each individual athlete requires detailed personal feedback for everyone.
So even with the best coaching and the best exercises, real speed development doesn’t translate well to a large group setting. This is why our programs maintain a very low coach to athlete ratio.
Finally, it requires the right tools to be able to dig deep.
If you knew for sure that an athlete has one leg that is less powerful than the other, or that they consistently lose speed on their first, second or third stride, you could do so much more to help a kid fix their unique mistake patterns to improve more rapidly.
Program Director Jim Herrick (owner of Power Source Training Center in Leominster, and 20+ year Strength & Conditioning Coach at Cushing Academy) believes that these are the keys to making significant improvements in the most highly coveted of all athletic skills – game speed.
That is how we approach helping every kid get better in our 0.2 Speed & Athletic Development programs.
When you combine the right training environment with personalized coaching and advanced data collection, you truly can make athletes play faster in the future.