The Speed Report: Football Speed and Movement Training – Making it Relative to practices and Games

Speed on the football field is every coach’s desire. The good news is that speed and movement can be developed. When I started developing football speed 36 years ago, no one believed it could be taught. How it was developed back then and even today, is still an issue that concerns me. Far too many programs are using inferior fundamental principles and, in most cases, they’re principles that fall short of the mark for maximizing results. Incorporating sound teaching fundamentals starts with the person setting and directing the training system. To best illustrate this, I’m calling on a colleague of mine, Coach Paul Gomes, the head coach at Rancho Buena High School in Vista, California. He will lend his input from hands on experience. Coach Gomes is a successful high school football coach of more than 30 years winning many regional titles and a state championship. Coach Gomes will