Here’s what you’ll learn from watching the video series

• Vern’s influences and background in speed training
• A philosophy of coaching and athletic development from one of the very best
• How to make people slow….really fast (how NOT to do it)!
• Where we have come from with coaching concepts and how we are moving forwards
• Looking back at speed breakthroughs in the past and why they happened
• What can we learn from the best, what do they do well?
• Sport specific speed and how we can utilise track and field
• The drug era- lessons learned
• The Jamaican era
• A real highlight of the collection, a detailed look into how things have been done
• The big speed picture- where it fits in
• The components of speed and how to balance them
• Summation of forces and how to apply in training
• Transfer of momentum and how to coach for maximum results
• Applications of science in training
• The nervous system when it comes to speed training
• Dynamic systems theory of learning and development
• Muscular function for speed- a detailed examination
• Tension relaxation dynamics
• Postural considerations
• Optimal step length
• Stiffness concepts we MUST know about
• The BEST Speed Warm-Up you’ve seen and can apply instantly!
• Med Ball warm-up drills that will get your athletes moving and LEARNING at the same time
• The lunge matrix that bullet proofs your athletes from injury
• Integrated injury prevention movements that really do work
• Co-Ordination drills that will keep your athletes thinking and learning
• Partner speed drills and acceleration drills anyhow they fit together
• How to link the body together for effective force transfer
• Plyometric progressions that are safe and effective
• Drills that you can use that require minimal equipment but will get your athletes running well QUICKLY including skipping variations, stick drills and much more
• Reaction time training
• A detailed critique of WORLD CLASS sprinting and how it applies to your athletes
• The triangle model for starts that will get your athletes in the right positions INSTANTLY
• The checklist YOU need to be going through to make sure you have the boxes ticked from a technique perspective
• The importance of PRE TENSION and how to coach this
• Hip mobility drills you can use straight away to get better positions with your athletes and clients
• Frans Bosch concepts we need to be thinking about and Verns interpretation of this
• The pro’s and con’s of dorsiflexion in coaching and drills
• Water based speed training
• Top speed running critique and analysis (this alone will be invaluable to your athletes and your personal knowledge)
• Training and coaching applications
• Strength considerations and team sport expectations in top speed running
• Measuring and testing for speed and the importance of this
• Warm-ups and co-ordination work
• Implicit learning for speed training (massively valuable!)
• Field based drills for speed development
• Resisted speed and uphill, downhill running applications
• Parachutes and where they fit in
• Strength training and key considerations to be aware of (it’s easy to make people slow!)
• Circuit training for speed
• Range of motion and mobility training for speed
• Warming up for movement sessions- key differences and what you need to include
• Multi directional lunges- how to coach and apply in the warm-up
• Dynamic reactive training- we really need to do this!
• A true masterclass in coaching agility and movement training utilising implicit problem solving drills and scenarios
• Balance training for all levels of athletes
• The animal routine to get people thinking differently and moving efficiently
• MAGNET TRAINING- unique drills to develop athleticism
• Dance Drills to get people thinking reactively, chaotically and fluently
• The Sway series for multi directional agility
• Another coaching MASTERCLASS here from Vern
• The DOT Drill for speed and agility development
• Controlled speed training- how to learn and then speed up
• Cutting- the speed cut and power cut. Key differences and coaching applications
• Partner speed drills applied session
• CHAOS Training- we MUST have this in our programmes!
• Hurdle work- how to use for speed and movement training
• Ladder work and it’s place in the programme
• Plyometrics for speed and agility
• Skill acquisition - we must make mistakes, but how to deal with them and set up scenarios
• What are we looking for with Speed and Agility Training?
• Gamespeed- optimal, not maximum!
• How to use the ground in the context of your sport
• Our role as coaches in facilitating development and seeing the bigger picture
• The components of multidirectional speed and agility (MDSA)
• Training considerations examined
• Implicit learning for MDSA
• Slide board training
• Sway Drill applied case studies
• Other useful tools in MDSA training
• Planned performance training- Verns interpretation of periodisation
• The bigger picture- we must more than the session in front of us
• Planning VS Periodisation VS Programming why we need to know the difference!
• Thorough breads CS Cart Horses which one are you and which are your athletes?
• How to slow the game down for your athletes
• Developing your philosophy and your exercise toolbox
• Jump training
• Strength Endurance training
• How to plan your microcycle, mesocycle and macrocycle
• The level of detail required in each phase of planning
• Deloading and how to plan for this
• How to sequence sessions using Verns model of preparation, application, adaptation
• Starting with the end in mind
• The real classroom where the the real learning happens
• Twitter for coaching
• Implicit learning continued
• Learning from the best
• The big jigsaw puzzle
• The 3 R’s and the 3L’s that will make you a better coach INSTANTLY
• How to get rid of conformational bias in coaching
• Managing groups and crowd control
• Distortional techniques that will create faster learning
• 3M + 3P = WIN
• What a centipede can teach us about movmeent