Speed Report: Running Ahead of Speed - Making it Doable and Challenging During the Season

Making it Doable and Challenging During the SeasonThis is part I of a four-part series entitled, “Running Ahead of Speed.” The objective is to help you build a truly consistent results-oriented football speed and movement program. Like any endeavor that’s year -to-year, it must rely on certain required elements in order to truly maximize training success.We’re all busy, and this can often determine what is done and how it’s done. Just running isn’t speed work. Running must be part of a plan of action based on quality, not quantity. I find this to be the exception, not the norm. This series will clarify what “Running Ahead of Speed” means. There are non-specific applications that are not speed productive yet absorb your schedules and players’ energy. Each feature will emphasis a different aspect of speed development – mental, physical and technical. My goal is to put