Speed Training
3 Form Tips to Increase Your Top-End Speed
While acceleration gets the most loving when it comes to team sports, top-end sprinting is arguably just as important. If you watch a game, many of the...
Improve Your Quickness With Perfect ‘Step and Cut’ Technique
The "Step and Cut" is an essential speed skill that you must master if you have any hope of leaving your opponents in the dust on the field. The...
We Tested JAWKU Speed, a Wearable Designed to Make Athletes Faster
Athletes already know they’re active. It’s why devices that simply track the number of steps taken or stairs climbed in a day might not be all that appealing to them. [...]
6 Types of Exercises That Will Help You Get Faster
There's a saying in sports that speed kills. It kills anyone who doesn't have it. This holds true for any athletic event, whether its sprinting in a...
Why Arm Drive Drills for Speed Training Aren’t That Important
Many athletes and coaches tend to think that arm drive is the magic solution to sprint faster. It's not, although it does provide a strong secondary...
How to Improve Athleticism With Sand Workouts
Sand training can be a powerful training modality for enhancing performance when used correctly. Sand plyomtetrics and jump training has been show to...
How John Ross Shaved .31 Seconds Off His 40-Yard Dash in 6 Weeks
Wide receiver John Ross accomplished the nearly impossible when he broke Chris Johnson’s 40-Yard Dash record time of 4.24 seconds with a lightning-fast 4.22-second sprint at the 2017 NFL Combine. If [...]
4 Proven Ways to Get Faster
Most athletes want to get faster. Speed means you can get to the ball quicker, outrun opponents, and potentially have a huge impact on the outcome of...
How to Prevent and Relieve Side Stitches
When you’re trying to elevate your training intensity or improve your race time, side stitches are the last thing you want. Also referred to as running cramps, side stitches are [...]
Why You Need to Do More Than Squats and Deadlifts to Get Faster
Sprint speed correlates with getting stronger in the horizontal plane. Being able to move heavy weight up and down does not necessarily result in...