I have long been a fan of the Woodway FORCE treadmill. It is a self propelled treadmill. This has been for several reasons; Encourages FOOT CONTACT under COG Encourages HORIZONTAL PROPULSIVE FORCES Allows VIDEO ANALYSIS of multiple strides easily Provides easier accel bounding learning and resisted bounds …and in the case of a FORCE 2.0 or [...]
Just got back from NSCA in Las Vegas. No speaking this time, but will be speaking on multi-directional speed in Orlando next year. It’s easy to forget how enjoyable and valuable it is to get to spend time seeing friends and colleagues, that you may not spend time with often. One of the things I [...]
Over this coming week I’ll be posting about how we prepare our guys for the 40yd dash at the Scouting Combine. I’ll be in Indianapolis with our guys for 8 days so I should be able to find the time. One of the greatest challenges of preparing athletes for the NFL Combine is that we [...]
This was the topic of my presentation at the National Strength & Conditioning Associations Sport Specific Conference. Instead of a presentation that just gave coaches a bunch of speed drills, I looked at the path I have gone trough as a coach and how I view the importance and application of sprint technique to team [...]
Ground Reaction Forces are a key component to consider in improving an athletes speed. Today in the track world there are some big arguements in this realm. They can become oversimplified and end as technique training vs. force training. Using the Woodway FORCE treadmill, we actually get to see whats happening in terms of ground [...]
