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Watching a week full of combine coverage is fun. Yes, all of this speed and explosiveness will have to translate to gameday, but we all marvel at the 40-yard dash times, especially extremely fast times put in by the bigger men.

*Be sure to check… At the end of this, I share a video from Patrick Mahomes's trainer and what he does weekly to prepare himself for game day…

One characteristic of your team that is guaranteed to make a difference on the field is SPEED!

Having spent 30 years coaching, I can admit that unless a football coach has experience in track, he really doesn’t know how to train speed. I see the same mistakes made over and over, and utilizing track knowledge would be an incredibly smart decision.

The other mistake I see is equating speed training as something only applying to skill players. IT IS FOR EVERY ATHLETE ON YOUR TEAM!

Your players need to get off the ball and be explosive! They may not carry that explosion down the field for 40 yards, but I promise, a big man with the explosiveness off the line will be winning his match-up often.

So how do you and your staff upgrade your team speed? 

Learn from the best! 

And the good news is that the ever-expanding virtual clinic world has made this available to you now.

So let’s get into it…

We are either here or we’ve been here...believers in the GRIND. It’s a concept that is in the psyche of football coaches and in many ways our country as a whole. You gotta GRIND! Holler identifies it as the “religion of football.”

2019 NFL 1st-team All Pro Christian McCaffery doesn’t think so as Holler explains in this video:

VIDEO: MCAFFERY’S TAKE ON THE GRIND

Holler explains how subscribing to the grind is like a 14-point turnaround. For everyday that you go out and do a bunch of senseless conditioning, you are missing out on an opportunity to train speed and power.  It is like being on the 1 yard line and throwing an interception that goes 99 yards for a touchdown the other way. Prioritizing speed and power is a must. Watch:

VIDEO: THE 14-POINT TURNAROUND

The other mistake I see is equating speed training as something only applying to skill players. IT IS FOR EVERY ATHLETE ON YOUR TEAM! SPEED AMPLIFIES POWER. Holler illustrates this concept with video of JaDaveon Clowney in this video:

VIDEO: JADAVEON CLOWNEY-SPEED AMPLIFIES POWER

Clowney ran 4.53 at 266 at the NFL combine. Your players need to get off the ball and be explosive! They may not carry that explosion down the field for 40 yards like Clowney, but I promise, a big man with the explosiveness off the line will be winning his match-up often.

OK, maybe you are seeing the value now, but how do we get “in-shape?”

Holler explains how stacking anaerobic work will get your team aerobically fit. He talks about that and Brian Kula’s work with McCaffery in this video:

VIDEO: STACKING ANAEROBIC WORK

What does this look like for your team? Holler explains the “Performance Day” in this video.

VIDEO: PERFORMANCE DAY

There are so many things in football that are preference and style designed to fit your team, but the concepts of developing speed are universal. I can’t recommend what Holler has put together enough!

Coach Holler put all of this into a bundle to help you upgrade your team speed now. Check it all out here: Feed the Cats - Football Bundle

Last thing before we go. One of Coach Holler’s associates, Bobby Stroupe trains Patrick Mahomes. Here is Mahomes weekly training in-season:

VIDEO: PATRICK MAHOMES TYPICAL WEEK

So spend the offseason getting your guys fast, and there’s plenty more information from Coach Hollers, Bobby Stroupe, Brian Kula, and more to keep your team performing at a high level.

Always be growing!

Coach Grabowski