If the Weightroom looks like every athlete is busy doing something…
There’s likely not much happening. Busy isn’t productive. Busy competes with productive training.
Productive training looks a lot like a big hangout. Hit a maximal output, rest, chat/spot teammates, repeat🙌🏻
Most athletes aren’t training speed - they’re training fatigue.
The difference between speed training and conditioning? Recovery time.
Speed training: Full effort. Full recovery. Train the nervous system to be fast.
Conditioning: Repeated effort. Incomplete recovery. Train the body to fight fatigue.
Clif Note: For every 10 yards of sprinting, rest at a minimum of 1 minute when doing true speed training.
10 yards = 1+ minute
20 yards = 2+ minutes
40 yards = 4+ minutes
If the goal is speed, don’t turn speed work into conditioning. A tired athlete is a slow athlete.
Quality over quantity. Recover enough to run FAST.
Micromanaging isn’t leadership. It’s a sign you don’t trust the people you hired. Oversight is part of the job. Hovering over every decision is not. If you gave someone a role, let them do it. If you can’t, you either hired wrong or you’re the problem. Either way the kids pay the price.
We’ve been sold on the idea that toughness is created through fatigue and torture—and that toughness is the key to winning.
There’s a better way.
Win through executing fundamentals.
Win through team-first focus. #Ubuntu
Win through improved athleticism.
Win by making the sport the best part of a kid’s day.
Don’t train kids to survive the sport. Train them to thrive in it.