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The Sam Portland Podcast is all about educating, entertaining and bringing the coach to the centre of the conversation. Covering all aspects of the Coach Clarity Method and OF COURSE...SPEED TRAINING.
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What Actually Makes Someone Faster? (opens the original)
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The 3 Physical Qualities That Make Athletes Faster are force production, elasticity and sprint technique. In this Speed Training 101 lesson, I explain how each quality influences sprint speed and how coaches can identify what their athletes actually need. Most coaches can tell you what their athletes did last week. The drills. The gym sessions. The distances. The sprint volume. But ask exactly what physical quality made the athlete faster, and the answer often becomes much less clear. Speed deve
Should Every Athlete Sprint the Same Way? | Speed Training 101 (opens the original)
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Should every athlete sprint the same way? In this Speed Training 101 lesson, I explain why beginner, developing and advanced athletes need different speed training programmes, sprint intensities and progressions.Most coaches have a squad full of athletes with different bodies, training histories, physical qualities and levels of speed development.Yet every athlete completes:The same drills.The same sprint distances.The same intensities.The same weekly volume.Then coaches wonder why some athletes
Why Are Some Athletes Faster Than Others? | Speed Training 101 (opens the original)
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Why are some athletes faster than others? In this Speed Training 101 lesson, I explain how genetics, training age, sprint exposure and movement competency influence sprint speed and your ability to develop faster athletes. Are fast athletes simply born fast? Genetics absolutely influence speed. Fibre type, limb length, neurological characteristics and other inherited qualities can affect an athlete’s potential. But genetics only help establish the ceiling. The bigger coaching question is: How cl
What Actually Makes Athletes Faster? | Speed Training 101 (opens the original)
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What actually makes athletes faster? In this Speed Training 101 lesson, I break down the five key qualities that influence sprint speed and how coaches can develop faster team sport athletes. Most coaches know their athletes need to get faster. The problem is that “run faster” isn’t a coaching strategy. In Episode 1 of Speed Training 101, I break down speed into five key areas that coaches can actually assess, train and develop: * Strength * Technique * Elasticity * Coordination * Speed exposure
Conditioning vs Speed: Why You Can't Have Both the Way You Train (opens the original)
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Why Your Conditioning Is Ruining Your Speed | Conditioning for Rugby, Football and Team Sports. If your conditioning program is making athletes slower, reducing acceleration, and hurting sprint performance, this video explains why conditioning and speed training often conflict in rugby, football, and team sports.Most coaches think:More fatigue = more fitness.But that’s often the exact reason athletes lose speed.Inside this video you’ll learn:• Why conditioning can reduce sprint performance• What
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