Stop Teaching Speed Drills

I am very interested in yuor opion on this matter. I think muscle developement would be a key factor but I would love to hear what you have to say.

I am interested in all your info as it hasn’t let me dowm yet.You have a very real no nonsense approach to coaching & even sharing your information.I have learnt far more in purchasing your products in the last 2 years then the last 10 years.

I bought your DVD set a little over a year ago and got a lot out of it. Now you are apparently saying not to use it. What gives?

This better be good!

very intresting

i would really love to hear the explanation of why i shouldn’t.

I too am confused, while I am interested in what you have to say, aren’t you contradicting information from your dvd of last year?

My question is how does a athlete get faster? There nothing new under the sun. In other words the only way a athlete gets faster is to run. So, Im very interested in what you got to say.

Speed drill should be taught at the developmental level. As the athlete matures then you should address specific needs with specific drills. Building strength and running fast make the athlete faster.

I still think the speed drill is one of core development for speed. I would like to hear your opinion why it done’s work.

working with my son (7 yrs old) and his teammates as an asst coach and am interested in different ways to develop speed and agility, currently focusing on hockey, baseball and lacrosse

To get fast you need to run fast but how can you do that with out getting injured?
Drills should never called speed drills however they can build strength and condition

I am very curious how a Speed Coach can say that speed drills are a waste of time. I am very interested as to what drills or other modes of exercise that I need to be doing to improve my clients speed. I’m very curious. I can’t wait.

i am a very senior golfer and my preoccupation is to stop losing thé speed of my clubhead,which means hip rotation. I work on my latéral abdominal muscles and swing such devices as thé orange whip trainer and thé swing whoosh.Do you mean I should stop doing so?

I am interested

Okay, Latif, enlighten us!

I have been coaching for 15 years and speed drills has made a difference in the athletes quickness, speed and agility

Looking forward to some good information

I’m curious to see what you have to say about developing speed in our athletes.

You are a very respectable coach. I am truly interested in what you have to say..

I’m not sold yet on your recent comment about not teaching speed drills anymore. Speed drills still have a value in being an element in teaching sprinter mechanics. We all know that speed eventually is a result of sprinter mechanics and speed drills. They go hand in hand in my book. I need to be convinced by this new thought process that your are promoting. I will be listening!

Speed comes naturally,just add the rest like correct arms legs and strength

Looking forward to this, should be interesting.

…always thought speed drills are far too advance for young athletes. Very interested in what you have to say!

OK, I am looking forward to see what you have to say.

My 11 year daughter in a field of track field club
I would like to get involve in her training
http://youtu.be/cSEdSrsYTCI

I bought your DVD set a little over a year ago and got a lot out of it. Now you are apparently saying not to use it. What going on should you be giving me back my money? I love the Complete Speed Training Program and it does work. This better be good Latif..

Teaching the technique of speed and agility is critical in enhancing performance and improving the all around athletes ability. So enlighten us with your information.

Interesting advice for sure. I’ve been working my athletes with the basis of my work deriving from the Complete Speed Training video set I purchased from you a couple years ago. It has been great. My athletes have experienced extremely positive results from the techniques they’ve learned from me. Many of the techniques I’ve given them came straight from your CST system and the many speed drills associated.

If what you have learned and are going to share Monday night can top what the speed and agility drills have done for my athletes how can I not join in?

Times are changing and so are methods of coaching/teaching. I’m looking forward to the Monday’s information.

Cant wait

I bought your DVD’s earlier this year and have started implementing the tools and techniques from them for my spring/summer track club. So this will be very interesting to hear come Monday. I look forward to it. lol

I understand the internet marketing strategy and this approach is a good one to tweak the curiosity to get people to the call. I agree with one of the comments below:

What we bought from you is out of date, not useful anymore? Now there is a new way…I really can’t see any more angles to getting quicker and faster. If there is a better way, then I wouldn’t feel right buying it from you because I will feel cheated that you haven’t told us everything you’ve known the first two times we bought your product.

That being said, I believe there is one simple way to get faster and quicker, train quicker and run faster. Simulation training your strengths and weaknesses as close as you can to what you will be competing in. A pitcher pitches, a quarter back throws a football, a sprinter runs, if they need strength, they lift the weights that will make them better, but if neither of these athletes train at what they are doing, there will be no improvement what so ever. I will be on the call, but can’t buy anything more. Sorry.

Can’t wait for this webinar. Latif always has such good information and presents it is a dynamic interesting way!

I would say that the on the surface of this video the intention appears to be to attract attendance based on making controversial statements that I would require to see some scientific validation of not just experiential and/or anectdotal results. No coach worth their salt is going to make changes to established coaching paradigms without being able to know that what they are doing has been proven via accepted scientific testing models and then on some level peer reviewed. Being an expert is a lot more than just getting “results”. I can get a client to lose weight by eating ice cream and chocolate chip cookies but does it really matter? I’m looking forward to hearing what you guys have to say but at this point in our field paradigm shifts need to be based on solid study and trial not just based on the words of “experts” so I’m hoping that before you bring forth content to challenge established ways of doing things that there is more than personal experience being offered to fuel the conversation. Overall, the IYCA is a solid group of fitness/coaching professionals which is why I would be interested in this topic.

I’m always looking for a better way to assist my athletes/clients with the ability to work smarter vs harder and will result in their improved performances, regardless of their age, sex, race, athletic ability or sport.

I’m interested in hearing this topic. As a former high school coach & current college coach, I want to hear the science behind this. Looking forward to Monday.

I have been running for 40 years now and I am interested in anything new that challenges the received coaching wisdom that has been passed down over the years. Some of it is just the same stuff with a scientific name, but I think it is always wise to question everything we do. After all, just because I was taught speed drills 40 years ago and “they never did me any harm”, it does not mean that they were ever doing me any good either!

I am very interested in this. I am interested in finding out what are some of the other ways to develop speed.

There is something to be learned from everything, whether it reinforces what we do or changes it, we get better by expanding our informational base. I have loved and hated some of the stuff I have purchased and heard but ALL of it has made me a better coach.

Sounds interesting I’ll be there to listen

Love what you do,,, Just lost working with my daughter she is 15 and is fast NEED to get her-blank in order to work out better and have a daily program set up by a pro- Thats you,, see you monday cant wait

Very interested to hear what you have to say. Of course ONLY doing speed drills will not make athletes faster. I use them as a warm-up/ conditioning aspect of practice and find that it loosens up muscles and promotes the functional strength high school athletes need to keep their hip flexors, glutes, and hamstrings healthy for the season. Can’t wait to hear this!

This will be interesting to see

I will not be able to listen on the 26th, but would like the replay

I enjoy working with my granson on soccer and know how important speed and agility is.to the game. Any help would be appreciated

While I agree with other comments that is sounds contradictory, you did say if time is limited with young athletes…looking forward to hearing more.

drills help only if done properly. form matters. technique is critical. muscle memory is important. hope you put it all together for us.

olympic lifts like power clean and flexability coordination exercises like p90 combined with proper and regular nutrition and sleep is what I have coached in the past . But I am open minded for improvement.

I think I know where your heading with this.
Limited time, quick results.
Speed drills are the basics of technique/running fast, but they are just a small piece of the jigsaw puzzle. Without that piece you cannot complete the whole picture.
I’ve been coaching for over 29 years and never stop learning.
Look forward to what you have to say Latif.

I’m very interested in who’s done the research for this!

I just purchased your system and it has speed drills on a DVD so I am confused why you say don’t do speed drills.

What should I do with your DVD’s that I purchased?

Looking forward to hearing your approach on coaching. Also I’m interested what your idea’s are.

I definitely think that you are on the right track. I am looking forward to your thoughts on this topic. Has Barry Ross finally managed to convince you of his coaching methods ?

Gymrat mom and occassional athlete… am curious about how someone who is not a pure sprinter, fast, but fast only when in the midst of a sport, a combo of fast and slow twitch genetically gets faster, specifically curious about how a 13-yr-old gets faster when mainly playing baseball. My guess would be by simulating running bases and racing short distances against others.

I AM VERY INTERESED IN YOUR OPINION, AND FOTO OR VIDEOCLIP FOR EXERSISES…

howdy from down under!!! coach from tasmania australia!! like latif thomas and have bought his videos, make great sense but remember latif is like the old travelling wild west snake oil salesman. it cures everything!!! next time he passes through on his wagon he has the new improved formula with scorpion venom included!!! he wants to sell us something, go latif it will want tombe good, if it is i will spend again!!!!!
for all you american athletic coaches i had a girl in my squad for 3 months from georgia tech, her name is shantrelle moss and at georgia had a pb of 11.67 100metre. she was here playing ball

you are right

Very interested in your opinions. Just as Dick Mills said stop long toss for pitchers. Some quality, science backed, information and teaching skills.

i love new information so i can make better decisions for my athletes

I love your stuff and having coached many successful sprinters myself I was wondering when you was going to finally address this. The whole point is “TIME” and the simple fact is getting MOST HS athletes to consistently do Neurological Drills correctly is an incredible time investment. At the end of the day a neurological drill “marvel” that runs a 11.5 still won’t beat a non-perfect form runner who still runs a 11.1. Time is better spent on other things to improve. IT’S DIFFERENT FOR THOSE WHO DEVOTE THEIR LIVES TO TRAINING (top level collegiate and professionals)

LATIF THOMAS IS THE KANYE WEST OF TRACK & FIELD…HE EVEN LOOK LIKE KANYE
“AUMMA LET YOU FINNISH”

Question !! How then will you teach your muscles to react and explote when knee it ?

this should be interesting..

Sad but true! I already stop doing speeddrills myself a few years ago!

I feel the same way, speed drills tend to alter technique at times. The way the athlete drills and there way s/he runs is not the same thus hindering performance somehow….. would like to hear your say on this…

Mmm – sounds interesting.

I purchased your speed and development DVD set about 6 months ago and have gained great insights into the comprehensive development of young sprinters 100m -400m.
I share your philosophy that speed is a developmental process and can be thought.

I began teaching your drive over step down principle, is this a speed drill and should I stop teaching this principal?

Will my young athletes develop stronger and faster muscle fibers by having them jump right in the business of running full 50′s, 100m’s, 200m’s, 250m’s,300m’s,350m’s,400m’s, 600m’s and 1000m’s?

Please explain, this must be enlightening!

Interested in this new information, since speed drill has always been apart of my training as well as training my athletes.

WOW!!!

Latiff, I purchased CST2 and have put a lot of work in speed drills. Now your telling me to STOP doing speed drills. WHAT THE HELL? So what’s the reason behind the change and why?

very,very interesting, i want to be on the front of the line to this new discovery.

Will be interested in your thoughts on this. Obviously poorly executed speed drills are a waste of time. Will this be focused on just a couple of vital drills?

I am always lookong to learn more. This opportunity seems to good to pass up! Thanks!

I an unable to watch on Monday as I am based in Ireland. Can you forward the link to the video?
I am very interested in what you have to say as speed drills are the basis of all our speed training.

do you still do dynamic warm-ups with the new system

ok lets here you.

I’m just interested in what you guys have to say about speed development and why not do the drills we always been doing.

I am very curious as to why speed drills should not be used. I regard you as one of the top in the industry, but I am sure you know as well as I do that creating patterns in the neuromuscular system has far more value than just doing the drills. I believe executing drills offer specific Strength and specific firing patterns within the movements of that particular sport and must be rehearsed repeatedly in order to instill the pattern which can enhance performance. Maybe not directly, but surely, over reps, an indirect relation can transfer strength in these areas and enhance speed. Along with speed drills and strength training, my motto is “To get fast, you have to run fast !”

I’m a satisfied customer/parent/coach of CST1 and CST2, and am looking forward to hearing your commentary on this subject. However, I haven’t seen anything yet on how to access the seminar. I hope to see it soon. Thanks.

I believe the drills are design to improve on the correct running techniques in order to run fast. Some people can’t run fast because they don’t know how to run.

I didn’t get connected to the teleconference that I registered for???

I did not get the link

would like to know when/how to use the speed drills for our sprinters……. still curious about your dvd set – would still like to purchase

Tell me more… this seems to contradict what you teach in your ‘Complete speed training’

Missed the teleseminar last Monday, anyway to get the link to it?

am very interested in yuor opion on this matter. I think muscle developement would be a key factor but I would love to hear what you have to say in regrad to your why nots.

I am very interested. Once my last year of high school track concluded and my jumps coach had full control over my workouts, he told me to forget all the speed drills, too. He told me speed drills were just for teaching technique, it was a waste to repeat something my body already knows how to do. So we began speed specific workouts, not drills. My 30m time went from 3.4s to 2.9s and my final 10m in my long jump approach went from 1.2s to 1.09s. Needless to say, my jumping improved tremendously. So I fully agree that speed drills are a waste of time for the seasoned athlete.

As a parent of a 12/13 year old that has been attending speed and agility for 2 years I’m curious what’s new and innovative in the world of acceleration and not so much speed.

i think i can cope up with your findings. thanks

I missed the seminar, please fill me in, I am P.E. teacher, football and track coach, this info is very important to me.