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 regular 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 that 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 are making loud noises with their feet or landing stiffly, then 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. By understanding how these systems work and how a particular prescription of exercise develops that particular system, we can facilitate more effective adaptations

• Designing an effective speed-training program - Part 6

  The 10 Key Points that you must consider and apply when designing your speed training program.

• Speed - The top 10 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

Literature Review - Speed

• Speed for efficiency
• Speed and speed endurance
• Speed - stretching a point
• Speed in water
• Energy for speed on two wheels
• Energy for speed on two legs
• Speed factors with youngsters
• Resistance beats over-speed for swimmers
• Short recovery sprints
• Plyometric training improves vertical jump height
• Timing is everything as speed increases
• Firing orders can be effective!
• Jump in plyometrics understanding

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