When an athlete is sprinting, their feet are either on the ground applying force or in the air recovering. To increase speed, we decrease ground contact time and leg recovery time. We apply fast force into the ground and cycle our leg through to apply another quick force. Let’s try to take .008 seconds off …
How to Maximize Top End Speed
It may seem contradictory, but in order to maximize top end speed, athletes need to understand negative foot speed. What is negative foot speed? If you are running forward, you need to put force in the ground behind you. If you’re running 18 mph, your foot has to hit the ground at least at 18 …
Improve Your Lower Body to Gain Speed
The Trap Bar Deadlift This is one of the staple lifts of the Parisi Speed School. This video offers a sneak peak of the valuable content included in the Strength for Speed Online Membership, featuring 30+ training videos, expert interviews and more!
Improve Your Upper Body to Gain Speed
Assessing the Vertical Push When athletes begin moving weight overhead, it increases risk of injury. In this video, we explain the fundamentals of form for vertical pressing to ensure safe movement of weight at all times. This video offers a sneak peak of the valuable content included in the Strength for Speed Online Membership, featuring 30+ …
Learn the Fundamentals of Strength for Speed
The Lifter’s Wedge The lifter’s wedge is critical to create spinal stability not only for lower body lifts, but upper body lifts as well. This video offers a sneak peak of the valuable content included in the Strength for Speed Online Membership, featuring 30+ training videos, expert interviews and more!
5 Dos & Don’ts of Acceleration Training for Coaches
Parisi Master Coach, Steve Leo, is back again, clearing up some common mistakes when coaching acceleration speed training. What other mistakes have you seen? Let us know in the comments! Don’t coach 45-degree body angle throughout acceleration. Do: The body must drive taller throughout the accelerations phase into overall acceleration and top speed. Don’t tell …
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5 Myths and Misconceptions of Speed Training
In every style of training, coaches and athletes tend to hold onto common trains of thoughts as if they are golden rules. Today, we’re breaking down some of the misconceptions we’ve heard about speed training. Myth #1: You’re Slow Because You’re Weak. In certain situations, this may make sense, but let’s think of our typical …
Understanding Hip Hinge and Squat Patterns
Have you checked out our Strength for Speed Online Membership? The membership features an extensive library of 30+ strength training videos covering the basics of body mechanics, breathing technique and proper execution of the most important strength training exercises for developing speed, including the deadlift, squat, lunge technique and upper body training essentials. Here is an …
How the WOD Mentality is Killing Sports Performance Training
WOD’s are not Sports Performance Training. With the incredible growth of Crossfit and Box gyms, Sports Performance has been thrown into that bucket. I have great respect for adults training and using various modalities to achieve their fitness goals. But for athletes, especially youth athletes, they need proper programming. Programming must include teaching, progressions/regressions and …
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The Importance of Strength Training for Young Athletes
Many parents worry about the possible dangers of strength training for young athletes. Whether it’s safety concerns or concerns about adolescent growth and health affects, we understand that parents are only trying to protect their children. That’s why we feel it’s so important to share the right information so parents can make informed decisions and …
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Youth Strength Training Fundamentals
Despite common concerns, youth strength training has proven to bring many benefits to the development of youth athletes. In fact, a well-structured youth strength training program will help athletes build injury resiliency and build the foundation for athletic performance in later years. When it comes to the fundamentals of a youth strength training program, teaching …
Increasing Speed: Strength Training Exercises
There are three aspects to improving speed – running technique, muscle elasticity and strength! However, many coaches and athletes aren’t optimizing their speed strength training with the right program design to reap the greatest benefits in speed and force production. Increasing speed with strength training can be accomplished through some of the most standard exercises. …