| Football speed training programs are in need of a | | | | programs that are based on Track and |
| major overhaul. The whole concept of getting faster | | | | Fieldprograms? |
| for football has been corrupted by gimmicks and guys | | | | Not sure when this started, but, it's really killed football |
| looking to make a quick buck off of unsuspecting, | | | | training. The vast majority of football speed programs |
| impressionable football players by selling them flash | | | | are based on the training of Track athletes. They |
| without substance. | | | | focus 99.99% of their energies on linear,straight-ahead |
| I don't know exactly when the football world lost it's | | | | speed. |
| mind when it comes to speed training. Honestly, at | | | | That's fine for track, but, we're not into track here are |
| some point strength coaches flipped their lids...mostly | | | | we? No, we'retraining to get faster for football. |
| fed by the regular coaches who starteddrooling over | | | | Football is a game played in all directions from all |
| anyone with a fast 40. | | | | angles at high speeds. Running in a straight line with |
| But, as we see hundreds (yes, hundreds) of times | | | | text-book perfect form is a figment of someone's |
| each year, a fast 40 does not equal a great football | | | | imagination. To truly get faster for football, you need to |
| player. | | | | be able to be fast in all directions! |
| Every single year guys pack into the combines in the | | | | Track Training Neglects Multi-Directional Speed |
| hopes of playing professional football. Some of them | | | | Track is run straight ahead...they have no reason to |
| are talented players but not good enough to play for | | | | develop anythingbut linear speed. |
| pay. Yet, they bring with them blazing fast 40 and end | | | | But, on the football field, that just won't cut it. You're a |
| up getting cut. | | | | football player, you know that you have to run |
| But, that part doesn't get any press...only the 40 times | | | | forward, laterally, backpedal, and at odd angles, |
| do... | | | | sometimes in a stop-start fashion. To only train |
| As a result, players are desperate to become faster | | | | forstraight ahead speed is an enormous mistake! |
| and test well. And, in their desperation, fall prey to the | | | | You absolutely must train for lateral speed by not only |
| vast landscape of speed training hucksters out there, | | | | running laterally but jumping and lifting in the same |
| all selling one gimmicky device after another. | | | | motion. |
| From parachutes to towing tubes to speed training | | | | Movements like: |
| DVD's that are slickly produced but offer no results, it's | | | | · Lateral Lunges |
| a virtual mine-field out there for unsuspecting football | | | | · Lateral Sled Pulls |
| players. | | | | · 45-Degree Angle Lunges |
| The biggest con when it comes to football speed | | | | · Asterisks Lunges |
| training, by far is: | | | | · Lateral Box Jumps |
| Using Linear Speed Training Models for Football | | | | · Shuffle Sled Pulls |
| We are all training for football speed. We're football | | | | When you add these movements to your training you |
| players and thus need to get faster on the field of | | | | will get faster for football. If you ignore them and only |
| play. | | | | focus on Track-style training, you might run a good 40, |
| So, why do so many coaches promote speed training | | | | but, you'll never be the best player you could be. |