Many HS athletes would rather lift than train speed. Why? They’ve been programmed to believe the weight room is the end all be all in athletic development.
When we place less emphasis on maxing out the barbell and more on movement precision, speed, and athleticism.. watch out.
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Unless you’re training to be a power lifter, there’s rarely a time athletes should lift weights at the expense of developing athleticism.
This doesn’t mean don’t lift. It means you lift around your speed priorities as an accessory.. not sprinting around your lifting priority.
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@BrendanThompsn
I wouldn’t dispute any of what’s been said, but football is unique in that today’s game requires mass. Gotta have a good balance of both!
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@CoachDryden19
You can build mass with athleticism is the take-home point. Lifting at the expense of athleticism is counter intuitive. We lift to maximize athleticism, not ignore it.
By focusing on weights without speed, jumps, decel, COD… adding that extra mass decreases athleticism.
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@BrendanThompsn
“ They have been programmed “ ! I guess by someone that believes “ weights” are the way to go. Listen to your pitch…. “ speed”…. Is the way to go… is that programming? Why can’t we do both ? Make it… “ weights and speed are the way to go” !
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@AndyRob49049694
Everyone is forgetting to read the second tweet in the thread. You absolutely should do both as it makes sense within the context of the program, time in season, etc.
Maximizing strength in the absence of athletic development leaves a lot to be desired. Do both concurrently.
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@BrendanThompsn
It’s more so because sprinting is hard and more fatiguing. Coming from a coach/ powerlifter
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@BrendanThompsn
Use the weight room for stimulus for speed and force production. They need to get out of that mind set that the weight room is not the end all to be all.
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@BrendanThompsn
Also , they often see sprinting as a chore, Which is a essential for Speed development.
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@BrendanThompsn
LOUDER PLEASE … more sport coaches and ATHLETIC DIRECTORS need to hear this MESSAGE 🙏🏽❤️💪🏽
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@BrendanThompsn
Remember a good article on the old Success in Soccer (English version on German Soccer Fed mag) about gearing it to sport specific muscle training. Just “lifting” is well just “lifting”
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@deputy8729
I value weights. I’m not throwing them out or saying they’re worthless. I’m saying there’s way too much value placed on them that the weight room obsession often interferes with speed development. Dead, stiff, sore legs aren’t great for building speed & power.
Unless you’re training to be a power lifter, there’s rarely a time athletes should lift weights at the expense of developing athleticism.
This doesn’t mean don’t lift. It means you lift around your speed priorities as an accessory.. not sprinting around your lifting priority.
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@BrendanThompsn
My main issue at my school. FB athletes are not encouraged by their coach to join T&F. Not just fb, also vb, bb & soccer. They are also programmed to believe that it’s all about endurance & conditioning & doing mindless exercises for the sake of being busy. Like this
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@BrendanThompsn
Speed is force production. Only way to produce more force is more strength. Develop hamstrings, pull sleds (power walk).
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