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Every Program Needs a Speed System Like the One at Southeastern Louisianaby: Ron Roberts Head CoachSoutheastern Louisiana University © More from this issue For the past 20 years it has become understood that football speed training is beneficial. However, what’s often missing in speed programs is the lack of a technically sound system. According to the definition of the word ‘system’ it’s “a group of related parts that move or work together.” This is the very essence of what makes a speed program viable. Many organizations throughout the country address the issue of speed training but may not be aware they could be missing the most important aspect for gaining sufficient results – a system. Every coach desires to produce the greatest return for the amount of time spent - a common thread for football programs. Unfortunately, if the methods used aren’t formulated into a processing system of application, the possible potential for maximizing effective results will be minimized with your time unfulfilled. We try to be on the cutting edge in every area of our program. Thanks to Dale Baskett, over my last 12 years, we have been able to be on the cutting edge as far as our speed development is concerned. I was fortunate enough to be exposed to Coach Baskett’s speed philosophies and training programs in 2003. Over the years I have gone to hear him speak, as well as hired him to come in and work with our strength and conditioning staff and players directly. I give his unique knowledge of football speed credit for the development of our team speed and if anyone has watched our teams play, that’s always been our strength. A year ago I brought him into our program to lay in his new speed training concepts that are the most technically advanced systems for speed and movement development. His new concepts are principles that re-define mechanical function of human movement put into a systematic format. In my opinion it’s the wave of the future for technical speed training. It’s made our application to the players much more effective and our movement results are remarkable. Even though what we had been doing with coach Baskett’s product was already better than any material available in the industry, his new systems are biometrically revolutionary. I would like to explain how we have implemented his programs throughout the years. Our basic daily warm up routine is designed around the speed program as well. We spend 30 minutes each day working on the speed system Coach Baskett has designed for us. This is done before we ever go into the weight room. It’s important to understand that true speed quality will never be realized unless your players are fresh for speed work. Fast twitch muscle reaction can only be enhanced by firing at a maximal contraction rate. It’s important to understand this point as it would be counter-productive to train otherwise, leaving you with impaired quality results. Heading into the weight room directly after a speed session prepares the body adequately to be ready for our weight room series because all of our speed work is guided by quality not quantity. The emphasized focus is always quality first with all of our efforts. This particular phase requires a focused mindset for quality control of the techniques. We’re constantly stressing technical control of the applications. Our objective is for our players to be confident with high intensity body control action. Electric movements consistently performed well forms the correct habits for playing fast. We lift in season three days a week. On those designated times for the workout they will again do the Speed Warm Up and a progressive set of drills from our speed system. By NCAA rules you only have 20 hours a week with your players so we have to blend the speed and lifting carefully each week. Therefore, we can’t do our complete speed package consistently or we wouldn’t have time left for lifting We have discontinued many of the traditional conditioning drills that are associated with football. If we’re training speed correctly we’re getting our anaerobic conditioning from them. Football is an anaerobic sport yet many times coaches train their players aerobically. You can’t use parts of the two energy mechanisms and expect to gain superior results. We’ve found it doesn’t work that way. There’s an abundance of speed training material in today’s market place. I’ve discovered upon researching over time that most programs use the same outdated mechanical applications from 30 years ago. Coach Baskett has technically created a completely new and innovative scientific concept for running that will change the commonplace methods in the future. If you are serious about revolutionizing your players speed of movement skills from the old to an evolutionary new technical application system that will change the way you’re players perform, contact him at dbspeedt@hotmail.com. If you have any questions for me, feel free to reach me @ RonRobertsFootball.com as a resource. |
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