Speed
Meet the neighbors
How often do you speak to your neighbors? Do you even know them? Research shows that most Americans don’t trust their neighbors. Why not? And what has this to do with speed, you ask? Today we will discuss the relevance of an increasingly isolated world, and how that might affect your understanding of lots of things as they relate to...
Struggling with skill
I alluded to this a few weeks back, and promised I was going to get back to it — which is what I’ll do today: talk about speed, why we should treat it with the respect it deserves, and how — through understanding one simple rule — you can better teach it. So first, the rule: speed is both a...
ALTIS 360 Highlight – Speed Development with Clive Brewer
The latest addition to the FREE section of ALTIS 360 comes courtesy of Clive Brewer and his presentation titled, Developing Speed in a Chaotic Movement Context. Clive has 25 years of experience coaching a variety of sporting populations with most of his work coming at the professional level in Rugby, Soccer, and Baseball. You can get an understanding of what...
The Coach’s Eye
The following is an excerpt from the Need for Speed digital course. When you watch an athlete move, where do your eyes go? What are you looking for? Do you have a consistent pattern of analysis? Where do you stand? What plane do you observe most? Where do you start looking? The feet, the hips, the shoulders? What are you most comfortable watching?...