Summer is over and now it’s time to turn on the lights and begin with weekly competition. Speed and strength should be at their peak levels coming into the fall season. The months of hard work with zero competition are over and it’s time to benefit from the fruits of your labor. Speed should certainly be at the razor’s edge coming in. This is where the fun begins: maintaining and/or improving speed during the season. This can be done, but not without a commitment to certain details. Believe it or not, there are programs that de-emphasize in-season speed training with some even voiding it out altogether. Voiding out speed is unbelievable, in my opinion. However, it happens. Technical Speed Requirements Technique is the hallmark of elite football speed and control for an athlete. This is due to the fact that speed is 90 percent skill-derived and a thousand percent mental. When an
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