Football Speed

If you’re the fastest team on the field, great! If not, you have a problem. So let’s prevent that from happening. Sound easier said than done? Well, it’s easier than you think. In most cases, when a linebacker gets beat by a running back around the corner, we simply think the running back is just faster. But in more cases than not, the running back didn’t get around the corner because he had more speed; it was because the linebacker didn’t have football speed. What do I mean when I say speed or football speed? Although most teams measure and train players for speed (40 yard sprint), most games are decided by football speed. Teams with more football speed, more often than not, win the games. Having football speed or speed are two different things. Speed is the measurement of time between two points on a straight line, not necessarily the time between the linebackers getting to