I am excited to have the opportunity to present at the NSCA Sports Specific Conference and the NSCAA Conference in January. I will be speaking on the '5 Biggest Mistakes of Speed Training'. Below is mistake #4:
'Drill' rich and 'Situation' poor
Just what do I mean by this statement? The majority of speed development programs on the market today spend most of the time teaching athletes drill after drill. Yet there is little transfer to the actual game.
Are you overly biased in 'drill training' in your program? If so, you may be limiting your athlete's potential to get faster.
'Drill' rich and 'Situation' poor
Just what do I mean by this statement? The majority of speed development programs on the market today spend most of the time teaching athletes drill after drill. Yet there is little transfer to the actual game.
Are you overly biased in 'drill training' in your program? If so, you may be limiting your athlete's potential to get faster.
By including more task-oriented situational exercises into your program, the athlete will see a greater transer to their game as well as heightened levels of self-confidence!
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Coach Boone, good point. Also, I've made the mistake of using the same drills so much that they become stale, and the athlete's concentration level stops being challenged because they've become too familiar with the movements. Muscle memory alone can show improvement in aa drill, when speed, or agility are not improved. I like to constantly chanbe the drills- vary the distance, change the visual stimuli, change the direction of the drill, change the starting position of the athlete, etc.
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