Training Articles - Speed
- Weights versus Sprints
A review of the various viewpoints on the role of weight training in a program designed to improve speed.
- Zero to 22mph (36km/hr) in 3
seconds
An overview of speed development.
- These workouts can boost fitness, speed,
endurance and correct weaknesses - and are fun to do
How can you improve your fitness, including your speed, speed endurance, leg power, and work capacity, while at the same time having fun and introducing variety into your routine?
- Three strength training exercises to
improve stride length and frequency
How to improve your speed by working on your stride length and strike rate.
- A strength and sprint training program
for pre-elite wheelchair athletes
How to develop the strength and speed of a wheelchair athlete.
- Is speed training appropriate for
adolescents? (Part I)
A review of the benefits of speed training for young athletes.
- Is speed training appropriate for
adolescents? (Part II)
A review of the impact of flexibility, strength and speed training for young athletes and their coaches.
- Inclusive Speed for All to
Succeed
A training session that makes speed training accessible and fun for all.
- Acceleration Techniques and Speed
Development
The science and biomechanics behind the acceleration techniques will increase your athlete's speed.
- Optimum speed training ideas for
sprinters and hurdlers
Training ideas on how you can achieve optimum speed.
- Vertical Jump Secrets
Some tips on how you can improve your vertical jump.
- Isometrics on a rope
How with a piece of rope you can build functional strength and muscle.
- Developing your speed (part 1) - Warm-up
The importance of a good warm-up.
- Developing your speed (part 2) - Agility
training
Learning any new agility techniques can be like sensory overload for most athletes at the grade, middle and high school levels.
- Developing your speed (part 3) -
Conditioning
'Long slow distance makes long slow runners.' What does that mean?
- Developing your speed (part 4) - Step
over, drive down
How to improve running mechanics and speed.
- Developing your speed (part 5) - Learn
to land softly and quietly
Absorb each landing with the muscles in your legs, so you do not place extreme stress on joints, bones, ligaments and tendons. If athletes make loud noises with their feet or landing stiffly, they are not performing the exercise correctly.
- Developing your speed (part 6) -
Flexibility
A much-neglected topic regarding not only speed training but overall athletic development - flexibility.
- Developing your speed (part 7) -
Acceleration
How to accelerate effectively and efficiently.
- Improving your sprinting
speed
How to improve your sprinting speed.
- How to improve the function of the
hamstring muscle group for speed
A look at the group of three hamstring muscles that run down the back of the leg.
- Speed Development - more than just
running fast
The important elements in speed development and how they can be applied to meet the demands of your sport.
- How hill sprints make you run
faster
Why hill training will improve your speed.
- Designing an effective speed-training
program - Part I
Why it is important to understand the needs of your sport or event before you start planning your training.
- Designing an effective speed-training
program - Part 2
The seven steps to building your speed training programme.
- Designing an effective speed-training
program - Part 3
An overview of the components of fitness that contribute to speed development.
- Designing an effective speed-training
program - Part 4
An overview of the six fundamental training principles.
- Designing an effective speed-training program - Part 5
A look at the energy and body systems that we are training when trying to develop speed. Understanding how these systems work and how a particular exercise prescription generates that specific system can facilitate more effective adaptations.
- Designing an effective speed-training program - Part 6
The ten Key Points that you must consider and apply when designing your speed training program.
- Speed - The top ten speed training myths
Some of the myths that surround speed development.
- How to improve your sprinting speed
A few tips that will help you improve your sprinting speed.
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