Theoretically, maximum speed should be the goal for your team heading into fall camp. Once football starts and the banging begins, football isn’t kind to speed. Olympic world class sprinters would not train in pads to perfect or refine their peak speed potential. The only referral to track speed that parallels football is the beginning of fall camp, contusion free and speed ready. Summer Time is the Right Time Pre-summer is over and you’re entering into the last step before the real deal starts. Your kids should be strong and off-season ready to begin summer training. This is the time that I recommend you spend attacking the high end of the nervous system development. If you’ve been concentrating on volume work, plyos and mechanical refinement, you’re ready to begin. All of your designed workout applications should be focused on intense high contraction sprints
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