Athletes Acceleration's Sports Training Podcast

Strength and Conditioning Coach Tony Reynolds from the IYCA is interviewed by Athletes Acceleration's own speed training coach Latif Thomas.

Coach Reynolds discusses:

- When to assess your athletes
- Addressing individual issues in group settings
- The value of keeping individual records on your athletes
- Using home training to build skills
- Long-term vision in training programs
- Be "smarter" than your athletes
- Learning from a variety of disciplines
- Creating your own techniques from absorbed information

If you are looking for other ways to develop the overall athletisim of your athletes you can go to Youth Athlete Training

The Complete Speed Training system is the only all-inclusive training program on the market. It covers acceleration development, agility training, strength training, flexibility work, dynamic warmup, power training, top speed (maximum velocity) training, conditioning, speed endurance and much more.

This audio explains what you get in Athletes Acceleration's Complete Speed Training package and how it will help you and your athletes how to run faster.

2004 Judo Olympian Rhadi Ferguson discusses what it takes to be a combat sport champion. Learn Ferguson's tips, tricks, and techniques to championship training.

Rhadi Ferguson also speaks on:

- The need to pre-plan training schedules
- Commonly-perceived strength training dangers - myths?
- Training and bulkiness in female athletes
- Neuromuscular adaptation
- Training styles for sprinters versus mid-distance runners
- The relationship of power to speed and endurance
- The Force-Velocity curve applied to running

If you are looking for information on conditioning for any combat sport, make sure you checkout - Martial Arts Conditioning

For total athletic development and programs on developing the fastest, strongest and most powerful athletes check out Sports Speed Training

Athletes Acceleration's Complete Speed Training System is the best selling speed training resource that covers, in detail, the whole spectrum of speed development: acceleration and top speed development, speed drills, strength training, flexibility, coordination, conditioning, agility and power, all on 5 DVDs….

Co-creator, Latif Thomas, gives his honest opinion and review of the Complete Speed Training product and how it stacks up to other speed training products.

Discover the First and Only A to Z Blueprint for Developing Faster Top Speeds in Every Athlete…for more on the ultimate guide to speed and athletic development go to Complete Speed Training

Judo Olympian, martial arts expert and strength and conditioning coach Rhadi Ferguson sits down with Athletes Accelerations speed coach Latif Thomas and discusses training techniques for athletes.

Also, strength and conditioning and sports training topics:

- Training volume psychology
- Training periodicity and scheduling
- Training with body weight alone
- Using creative training to overcome equipment shortages
- The importance of periodization in training
- Anatomical adaptation - "training to train"
- Speed training
- The value of coaching for both athletes and coaches
- Leadership in coaching

If you want to learn more about martial arts training for speed, strength and conditioning, along with training techniques, drills and exercises for mma, combat grapplers and martial arts go to Martial Arts Conditioning

 Technorati Profile

Part 2 of Strength and Conditioning Coach and 2004 Judo Olympian Rhadi Ferguson interview with Athletes Acceleration's Speed Coach and Performance Specialist Latif Thomas.

Coach Ferguson discusses training and:

- Choosing to use machines in training
- Choosing exercises for strength building
- Single-leg strength-building exercises
- The value of combining optimal weight and velocity for results
- Training your weaknesses
- Speed Training
- The "Super Legs" routine
- The mental versus physical aspects of fatigue

For information on conditioning for any combat sport, make sure you check out this training resource - Martial Arts Conditioning

2004 Judo Olympian and Strength and Conditioning Coach Rhadi Ferguson is interviewed by Athletes Acceleration's Latif Thomas. In this interview thye discuss: 

- Rhadi Ferguson's background
- The connection between power and speed
- Weightlifting for strength development
- The "triple extension"
- The "training age" of an athlete
- Setting standards and the art of coaching
- Why athletes need to learn their craft
- The state of the coaching industry
- Understanding muscle groups and balance

If you are looking for information on conditioning for any combat sport, make sure you checkout - Martial Arts Conditioning

Product review for Strength & Conditioning Coach Duane Carlisle's Speed Training for Youth Athletes DVD program.

In the program Duane Carlisle, San Francisco 49ers Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach guides and instructs you through the 8 components to peak athletic performance:

1. The Warm up
2. Dynamic Flexibility
3. Running Mechanics
4. Acceleration Development
5. Agility Training
6. Agility Ladder Drills
7. Jump Training
8. Hand-Eye Coordination Development

Duane Carlisle’s ‘Speed Training for Youth’ DVD is perfect for the coach, parent or educator looking for an introductory level program designed to help give any young athlete an effective, fun and safe jump start on their athletic careers.

Listen to what Athletes' Acceleration's Coach Latif Thomas has to say about the Speed Training for Youth program.

Professional Basketball Strength Coach for the NBA's Chicago Bulls, Al Vermeil, discusses athletic development and performance sports training.

Coach Vermeil also talks about:

Universities, athletics and money, how much fancy equipment do you really need?,

What equipment you really need to invest in?

Predicting testing results and rate of improvement

The shorter the time to execute the athletic skill or training activity, the more genetics it requires

You can't measure heart, (Bill Cartwright)

How far you can take an athlete before skill has to take over?

Do you need steroids to compete?

How to contact Coach Vermeil

For more information on athletic development make sure you take a look at:

Complete Athlete Development

Speed Coach Lee Taft has produced another top notched sports speed training product, this time for baseball. Latif Thomas gives his No BS review and breakdown of Lee Taft's Base Stealing Training System.

In the dvd, Coach Taft covers:

• A step by step blueprint for setting up the most effective base stealing stance
• Why ‘winding up’ with the arms will get players picked off
• The specific foot position that will make or break your first move
• 3 common movement errors that cost athletes valuable time
• The secret to using the hands to get a perfect jump every time
• 4 keys to explosive acceleration
• How to avoid the mistakes even Professional athletes are still making
• Breakthrough drills to automate the technique of the perfect jump
• How to accelerate using the same methods as Olympic Sprinters
  

For more information on the baseball base stealing system, check out:

Lee Taft Complete Base Stealing System

A product review of Lee Taft's Basketball Speed Training program.

Basketball, like many court sports, requires quick explosive speed and instant change of direction ability. Many times games are won and lost by the speed of the athletes. DVD #1 will take you step-by-step through Lee Taft's progression system for teaching basketball speed techniques as he shows you how to apply these BASKETBALL SPEED skills to actual game situations.

Every player should be fully warmed up to meet the demands of the competition that lies ahead. DVD # 2 demonstrates the dynamic warm-up and mobility system Lee Taft uses to properly warm-up basketball players before a practice or game. Also Included on DVD #2 is an invaluable section on Medicine Ball Training specific to basketball players.

Besides the 2 DVD's you get with program, a basketball speed manual is also included. This easy to follow manual outlines all the skills and techniques and their progressions of Basketball Speed. Get immediate access to workouts that can be implemented the same day your program arrives.

Lee Taft Basketball Speed

Strength and Conditioning Coach Al Vermeil, who is the consultant for the Chicago Bulls and has worked in the NFL, NBA and MLB.

Coach Vermeil sits down and talks about:

- why it's easy to make progress with young athletes

- ways to develop athletic ability in young athletes

- exactly what successful coaches do to improve their knowledge

- coaches that Al learns from

- why you shouldn't take all the credit for athletes you 'created'

- the size of your funeral depends on the weather

- if you don't mistakes you're not trying hard enough

- what every personal trainer, coach and strength coach should learn to do

For more sports training information on developing the total athlete, check out Athletes Acceleration's Sports Training Zone

North-South Football Speed Program (on DVD) by Athletes Acceleration is given a No BS review by Latif Thomas.

If you want to learn how to develop the fastest football athletes, regardless of their position, find out if North-South Football Speed is for you.

In the dvd speed training drills are covered along with running techniques and cues to dramatically improve the straight ahead speed in football players, with a special section on how to run a faster 40 yard dash.

If you like the review and and think your athletes could use more straight ahead speed, go to the link below to learn more:

North South Football Speed

Speed Training for Youth by San Francisco 49ers Strength and Conditioning Coach, Duane Carlisle. Latif Thomas gives you his take on Duane's DVD in his no-holds barred review.

Duane has also been:

• Velocity Sports Performance - Director, 2004-2005
• Former Philadelphia Eagles Speed Consultant, 2000-2004
• Former New Jersey Pride (Lacrosse) Speed and Conditioning Coach, 2002-2004
• Former Philadelphia Charge (Soccer) Strength and Coditioning Coach, 2001-2003
• Former Tampa Bay Devil Rays (Baseball) Speed and Conditioning Coach, 1996-1997

To learn more about Pro Strength & Conditioning Coach Duane Carlisle's program go to Speed Training for Youth

Joe Defranco, is an expert coach and a master at getting football athletes ready for the Pro Football Combine Tests.

Joe has created a product (DVD) called Mastering the Football Combine Tests where he takes you through the ins and outs of improving every test immediately. He covers the 40 Yard Dash, the Vertical Jump, the 20 Yard Shuttle Test (Pro Agility, 5-10-5 Test), the 3 Cone Drill, the Standing Broad Jump, and the Bench Press.

Latif breaks down his thoughts on Joe Defranco's DVD with his No BS Review.

For more information on Coach Joe Defranco's Mastering the Football Combine DVD, click the link below:

Mastering the Football Combine Tests

Athletes Acceleration's Latif Thomas interviews the University of Arkansas Head Coach Lance Harter.

Listen to Track & Field Coach Harter's audio interview of his training theories and implementation on distance work, 400 meter training and the dominant University of Arkansas track & field program.

Coach Harter's athletes have claimed 80 cross country and 282 track and field all-America certificates. He was named the SEC’s cross country coach of the year 10 times. Harter’s teams have earned 22 NCAA team trophies for cross country, indoor and outdoor track, most of them national championship or national runner-up trophies.

For more track & field training information check out the links below:

Complete Track and Field Conditioning for the Sprints and Hurdles

Complete Track and Field Conditioning for the Jumps

Complete Track and Field Conditioning for the Combined Events

Football Strength & Conditioning Coach Duane Carlisle from the NFL's San Francisco 49ers, discusses developing athletic skills with Athletes' Acceleration's Speed Coach Latif Thomas.

Duane Carlisle also talks about:

- Putting the "fun" in fundamentals
- The truth about ‘Sport-specialization’ for youth athletes
- Athlete passion versus over-parenting
- Strength and endurance training for youth athletes
- Developing good long-term training habits
- How to set up a "speed camp" or clinic
- Passion as a tool for building a successful program
- How to target groups for developing and promoting a training camp

Make sure you check out Duane Carlisle's 'How to Become a Better Athlete - Training for Youth Football" by clicking on the link below:

Training for Youth Football

NFL Strength and Conditioning Coach, of the San Francisco 49ers, Duane Carlisle, discusses his sports training techniques and methods with Athletes' Acceleration Inc.'s own Latif Thomas.

Duane Carlisle also talks about:

- The value of continued learning in coaching
- Outstanding professionals and their specific training techniques
- The "Error and Detect System"
- The "Tier System"
- Stretching concepts that may surprise you!
- Generalized techniques vs. “sport-specific� training
- The value of teaching fundamental movement skills
- How to introduce movement training to very young athletes

To learn more about how Duane Carlisle trains his youth athletes that he also works with go now to:

Speed Training for Youth Athletes 

Underground Secrets to Faster Running's own Coach Barry Ross continues his discussion on how your athletes can run faster with Athletes Acceleration's Speed Expert Latif Thomas.

You will also discover:

• What to do before you begin to buy into any coach’s training
concepts
• The training techniques Barry used with 200 meter National Record
Holder Allyson Felix
• How to establish a 1 Rep Max for athletes who have never lifted before
• The secret to improving muscle density
• The ideal number of days per week to strength train
• Why athletes should lift before performing speed work
• Where to get more information and content from Barry Ross

To learn more about Barry Ross and his new book click the link below:

Underground Secrets to Faster Running

Speed Coach Barry Ross returns to speak about his secrets to faster running and other speed training tips.

Barry Ross also discusses:

• How to determine the ideal number of repetitions for any workout
• The real reason muscles fatigue and athletes slow down after sustained
sprint efforts
• Uncover the secret algorhythm that instantly takes all the guesswork
out of program design
• Why athletes never need to do more than 20 total reps for any weight
training workout
• When and how to integrate interval workouts into training
• Do ‘prehab’ exercises and training really make a difference?
• Why a ‘minimalist’ approach to training maximizes results

Discover more of coach Barry Ross's tips, techniques and methods to developing faster athletes:

Underground Secrets to Faster Running

Underground Secrets to Faster Running creator Barry Ross is interviewed by Athletes' Acceleration Inc. Latif Thomas. They discuss:

• The most effective way to train soccer (and similar sport/s) athletes
• Whether or not strength training will benefit ‘endurance’ based
athletes
• Why coaches should spend more time in the weight room and less time
conducting running workouts
• Does lifting weights stunt growth in young athletes?
• How to effectively coach large groups of athletes in the weight room
• How to periodize strength training
• Why the deadlift is the only lower body lift required for optimal speed
gains
• The secret to improving deceleration and the ability to quickly change
directions
• How to incorporate plyometric training into your speed and strength
training program

To learn more about Barry Ross and his new book click the link below:

Underground Secrets to Faster Running

Underground Secrets to Faster Running author Barry Ross is interrogated by Athletes Acceleration's Latif Thomas.

Barry Ross discusses:

• The #1 secret to revolutionizing the speed training industry
• Why most coaches are using ‘purposeless training’
• Exactly why coaching running technique doesn’t make sense
• How the body naturally adapts to any external stimulus
• Understanding why Mass Specific Force is the key to faster running
• Why 15 minutes of walking is all the ‘conditioning’ an athlete
needs
• How to drastically improve in the 400m – never running further than
70 meters
• Common myths about the impact of ‘aerobic conditioning’ on
performance

To learn more about Barry Ross and his new book click the link below:

Underground Secrets to Faster Running

Patrick Beith and Latif Thomas from Athletes Acceleration discuss sprint training and speed development.

Here are other topics discussed:

• How to get athletes to buy into their training
• Teaching the ‘skill’ of sprinting
• The importance of ‘goal setting’ throughout the athletic season
• What you don’t know about your athletes can hurt you
• The magic of ‘accountability’
• What Patrick learned interning for Mike Boyle
• Don’t be afraid to admit you were wrong
• Why arguing with your colleagues can make you a better coach

For more speed training information check out the best selling speed development product available at:

Complete Speed Training

Speed experts Patrick Beith and Latif Thomas discuss speed training techniques and:

• Factors that adversely affect athletic performance
• Your athlete will not be the next Tiger Woods!
• 2 specific things coaches are doing wrong when training young athletes
– and how to fix it
• ‘Conditioning’ redefined
• The most critical skill for all athletes to develop
• What is true ‘speed development’?
• Why speed must be developed year round
• Coaching the different ‘phases’ of sprinting
• Case Study of a State Champion sprinter

For more speed training information check out the best selling speed development product available at:

Complete Speed Training

Patrick Beith and Latif Thomas from Athletes Acceleration discuss speed training and athletic development.

• The current State of the Athletic development industry
• How to develop an effective training philosophy of your own
• When it is OK to ignore the advice of ‘expert coaches’
• How coaching is both an art and a science
• Coaching mistakes are part of the process?
• The difference between ‘Speed development’ and ‘Athletic
development’
• The problem with living in a ‘Results Now’ society
• How to turn your athletes into ‘Assistant Coaches’
• The different ways we underestimate our young athletes
• When athletes should start ‘specializing’

For more speed training information check out the best selling speed development product available at:

Complete Speed Training

Brian Grasso from Developing Athletics and Internation Youth Conditioning Association, IYCA, discusses his thoughts on training youth athletes with Latif Thomas from Athletes Acceleration.

- The "Complex Training" concept
- The advantages of Brian Grasso's training methods
- Principle-based versus merit-based training
- Injury resistance
- The "Athlete Development System"
- The "Function Movement Screen"

International Youth Conditioning Association President Brian Grasso explains how to train kids (interview by Athletes Acceleration's Latif Thomas)

- More on "Guided Discovery" for skill development
- Loss of motor skills in modern youth
- Negative aspects of excessive competition
- The creation of "bad" rules to compensate for underdeveloped skills
- Flexibility and power output - connected?
- The symbiosis of shoulders and hips
- Static versus dynamic stretching
- Which to train first - strength or technique?
- Impact of training order on the central nervous system

Brian Grasso from the International Youth Conditioning Association - IYCA - is interviewed by Athletes Acceleration's Latif Thomas

- Basing annual programs on four-month blocks
- Why less training often produces more results
- Obesity in modern youth
- Treating obesity for the short and long term
- The need for fun in sport, for long-term benefits
- Target heartrate and performance goal myths
- The "Play is the way" fitness and training model

For more information on Youth Conditioning go to:

http://www.athletesacceleration.com/youtharticles.html

 Sports Training Program Design

Athletes Acceleration's own Speed Coach Latif Thomas interviews Sports Speed Etc's Lee Taft and they discuss:

1. Basketball Speed
2. Complete Base Stealing

Speed and Agility Training Discussion

- Treadmills versus natural running
- Applications for sleds and parachutes
- Setting sled loads
- Using resistance bands
- Assessing your athlete to choose their training tools
- Over-speed training applications
- Using agility ladders in training

If you want more information from Lee Taft check out his articles at: Agility Training Articles