We are always reading what the top coaches in our industry are doing and what they have to say about improving performance. We were lucky enough to get a look at what the Arizona Cardinals Strength and Conditioning Coach Buddy Morris had to say about speed development when he wrote an article for our friends at 8 weeks out. The article was so good that we wanted to pass it along to you.
Thank you Buddy!
Speed Training for Football
My understanding of speed and acceleration is deeply rooted in my track and field background. I was blessed with the inherit ability to run fast. At a young age, everything I did was based around the concept of speed.
Every game that I played growing up had a speed component to it. Now that I have been coaching for over 35 years in performance enhancement, as a coach of physical preparation, I look back on those years of long ago and realize that during those formative years I was training for speed with a multitude of means.
The jumps, throws and sprinting I did enabled me to cultivate that motor ability without even knowing it!
To put it simply, SPEED is the ultimate weapon in athletics.
Ask any athlete what bio-motor ability they would like most to possess – and it’s SPEED! Speed makes the difference between an average, good and great player! Before I begin to explain improving speed and acceleration for the sport of football, I believe it’s important that you understand a few goals of training that are the foundation of every program I write.
The Fundamentals of Physical Preparation
To start, I am among the fortunate coaches to be in the NFL; and at the Arizona Cardinals our physical preparation is based around the following goals:
1. It is our goal to help our athletes achieve the highest level of physical preparation using methods and means that yield the highest possible result with the lowest cost.
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