RevStevieJ

Castlewood High Football/S&C Coach; FCA Rep; Romans 8:28

[Jorge Carvajal @carvperformance]

HOW TO GET TEAM FAST

✅Sprint training 2-3x/week (top speed day + acceleration days)
✅Test speed, power & vertical every week to make sure strength training is actually improving performance
✅ Focus on sprint technique + strength work
✅ Avoid junk conditioning (gassers, long runs) which kill speed

Speed is trainable⚡️⚡️⚡️

[Tennessee Vols @Volscrootin]

Tennessee had 12 players running over 21 mph before new strenth coach Derek Owings got here

Tennessee now has 47 players running over 21 mph now since Owings has been here.

Via his recent IG post 😳 #GBO

[Tony Holler @pntrack]

Oregon’s conditioning 2011: “It’s an illusion… we are just more ‘fresh’ going into Saturday’s and we simply practice and play faster”. ~Jimmy Radcliffe.

“Conditioning should be working on acceleration mechanics, high-speed mechanics, and speed/power cuts. Gassers are bad conditioning and contribute to issues without providing benefit.” ~Jimmy Radcliffe

[Kenneth McClamrock @KennethMcClamro]

HS coaches posting pics working out their kids during the Dead Period is crazy. 🤣🤣🤦🏻‍♂️

[RevStevieJ @StevieVol]

Almost 49 and t's been home since kindergarten.

[J.T. Ayers 🇺🇸 @CoachJTAyers]

High school coaching was never meant to be a stepping stone.

The greatest impact comes from staying long enough to see the results of your investment in people. To coach siblings. To coach the children of former athletes. To become part of the fabric of a community.

Wins matter. But character, culture, and lasting influence take years even decades.

Celebrate coaches that fight to stay for the good of a community

[Tony Holler @pntrack]

It can be argued that ALL TRAINING is conditioning.

I choose to use the traditional coach's definition of conditioning… the mindless pursuit of fatigue, getting accustomed to exhaustion by running gassers, suicides, shuttles, laps, miles, stadium stairs, etc.

It's my belief that chasing fatigue prevents gains in speed and explosiveness. Twitchy athletes will mutiny. #CatsDontJog

There’s no doubt you can get fit and improve capacity without focusing on traditional aerobic work (unless your sport is an endurance sport).

Get fit by stacking performance-level anaerobic work.

Make practice the best part of a kid's day and let the sport train the demands of the sport.

Today I spoke with a college lacrosse athlete who must run a 12:30 two-mile for his conditioning test.

Training for the two-mile will detrain speed and explosiveness.

[Coach Jeff Barnes @JeffBarnes52]

As an AD, one of the hardest things I witness our coaches deal with is a parent wanting it more than their child. Coaches use offseason work ethic, skill, athleticism, and what is most valuable to the team when determining playing time.

Parents often hear from their child that the coach does not like them, that it is unfair, or that favorites are being played. In many situations, the harder truth is that the child simply does not love the sport as much as the parent does.

That can lead to parents fighting battles with coaches that their child should be learning to handle themselves. One of the most important lessons sports can teach young people is how to communicate, compete, handle adversity, and advocate for themselves.

Playing time is rarely about one conversation or one moment. It is usually about consistency, effort, preparation, attitude, and trust built over time.

This has become an ongoing trend in sports today. The athletes who grow the most are usually the ones who learn to accept coaching, respond to challenges, and take ownership of their role instead of relying on others to fight their battles for them.

[Gerry DeFilippo @Challenger_ST]

Coaches & parents: Stop cutting weights in-season “to save the athletes.”

You’re actually increasing their injury risk.

A 2018 study showed that continuing
strength training in-season is one of the single best ways to reduce injuries

Save this entire thread

Here’s why it matters and exactly how to do it right👇

[Tony Holler @pntrack]

As a coach, we can’t just DEMAND high-quality work, we must intentionally engineer it.

You can’t perform on a base of high-volume fatigue.

Tired is the enemy.

[Gerry DeFilippo @Challenger_ST]

NOT TRAINING IN-SEASON IS DESTROYING YOUR PROGRESS!

Here’s why…

I have been training athletes for a decade & I STILL see this critical mistake made. You work hard for a couple months in your “off-season,” & then completely STOP TRAINING 🤦‍♂️

I’ve heard all the excuses. You don’t have time, you have too many practices. You play on 4 teams (middle school parents actually think this is a good idea). You worry it’ll make you sore or get you hurt (the opposite actually happens).

Frankly, it often still comes down to a misunderstanding of what strength and conditioning is, what it means, why it can’t just be a one off (few weeks per year) thing and how it ties into your long term development, reduction of injuries and more

1. You don’t understand how your body works: gains aren’t something you keep in perpetuity once you achieve them. Speed diminishes FAST (even after a week). Strength after a few weeks. Those vertical jump or sprint PRs you hit before tryouts? Gone pretty instantly if you don’t keep working

2. You think you need to go all out to make gains: you avoid lifting or training because you think you’ll have to train until your eye balls bleed to get better. Wrong. You can pick & choose when to go hard based on your schedule and still get a lot better by doing some sub maximal work

3. You think not lifting will make you do less & keep you fresh: counterproductive thinking. It’s actually what you need to keep general patterns and strength working to combat and armor yourself against overuse injuries in sport. They’re not bulletproof, but they’ll make a lot of overuse bullets bounce off your bulletproof vest (training)

4. You don’t realize this is tanking your next off season: your training is circular. Get a little better, stop, get worse, spend the 2-3 true off season months you have working back to what you lost, barely leaving time to improve further. It’s making your off season training almost irrelevant!

[Gerry DeFilippo @Challenger_ST]

👉 6 things you’re doing as an athlete & they’re KILLING your progress

Every year I see athletes do these 6 things, often without realizing it

They DESTROY their gains, health & speed/power/strength

Save this list… don’t ever forget

Let’s start with this one:

[Keith Grabowski 🏈 Coach and Coordinator Network @CoachKGrabowski]

Fresh legs win on Friday nights.

@SHSCoachMueller’s practice plan at Stewartville is built around speed, health, recovery, and game-like work.

The goal is simple:

Practice fast.
Stay fresh.
Finish strong.

Read the article: https://t.co/fOZZ10EXGw

[Brenton Cates @brentcates20]

If 95% of your teammates are showing growth and development, and you’re not… don’t come complain to me.

You won’t like that conversation.

You get what you put into the weight room every single day. You can’t hide from the process. You can’t cheat the weight room.

Eventually, it will expose you!

[RevStevieJ @StevieVol]

Not a new Hudl fan. Yet.

[Tony Holler @pntrack]

Reports from Feed the Cats P.E. at Lincoln Middle School, Edwardsville, from @hollerhurdles

Check out speed metrics from 2025 compared to this year.

17 mph: 49 ➡️ 84
18 mph: 21 ➡️ 44
19 mph: 8 ➡️ 20
20 mph: 4 ➡️ 8

Can you imagine the impact?

#AthleticFitness

[Tony Holler @pntrack]

Small doses stimulate.

Moderate doses inhibit.

Large doses kill.

(Arntz Schulz, 1888)

[Dr. Greg McKeown @GregoryMcKeown]

Reminder: Past a certain point, more effort doesn't produce better performance. It sabotages our performance.

[Gerry DeFilippo @Challenger_ST]

1. Max-sprints 2-3x per week

Not conditioning. Not jogging. Not “tempo” work

We’re talking TRUE max-effort sprints (flying 10-30m sprints with full recovery).

This is how you train the nervous system, improve top-end speed, and make game speed feel effortless

Do it right and you’ll add real MPH to your first step and top speed

[Gerry DeFilippo @Challenger_ST]

CMC dropping on importance of offseason sprinting 🔥

“I never understood how guys can get away with not running full speed…

You have to train that system.”

Elite athletes don’t let their speed disappear

This is how you stay fast all year

Athletes & coaches — pay attention:

[Gerry DeFilippo @Challenger_ST]

If your training sucks… start doing some of these things!

1. Stop training like a bodybuilder… be athletic, throw med balls, train power
2. Train plyometrics in multiple planes
3. Stop being afraid & lift heavy!!
4. Build your grip strength
5. Perform maximal depth landings
6. Train plyometrics unilaterally
7. Race a partner when you sprint
8. Use repeat contact jumps/plyos