Improving Speed & Cognitive Performance: Brent Strickland on Feed the Cats Speed Training

[@sazarac28]

Just had a PR in the 200 (high school time) after 3 months of training, watching your videos/material. Coach it works. So much different concepts than when I was in school. I am 42 years old.

[@coachtonyholler]

@@sazarac28 Love it! ⚡️⚡️⚡️

[@goodattitude7542]

My son is a high school soccer player/club player in California and he has been consistently following Coach Holler’s speed training for 5 months. He has always been fast, but he just jumped to a new level. He continues with atomic workouts and X-factor drills. He wants to continue to become faster and play at a good level in college. The best players have great skills BUT they have to have great speed to move to the higher levels. Every coach should know about Coach Tony’s system.

[@coachtonyholler]

@@goodattitude7542 THANK YOU. ⚡️⚡️⚡️

[@flosap2]

I'm French, i'm come from Paris (the Area where the World's best soccer player emerge), I am an athlete, I played in youth against player that are in French National Soccer team like Coman, Kimpembe, Rabiot, Thuram etc ... And I would be glad to talk about this subject with an athlete perspective. My strength is my speed and i think that this subject is very important in soccer, specially in France

[@coachtonyholler]

@@flosap2 Speed is the tide that lifts all boats. And, speed can be trained.

[@flosap2]

@@coachtonyholler Totally Agree with that. In France nobody train speed in academies, you only train your endurance. But they also test your speed and tell you if you're not fast enough. The Worst part is when you compare time speed in 40 yards between US and France it's outrageous.

[@tcsaheadcoach212]

Coach when I started my journey in coaching my wife recruited me to Coach my daughter’s soccer team. Not knowing anything about it, I went to whoever was doing it better than anyone and had information out on it. Coach Anson Dorrance with his competitive matrix and competitive cauldron hit that mark for me. His story and his system is one of shared ideas and concepts learned from observing Coach Dean Smith and his data collection of performance measures. I would love to see you connect with him and see some of the feed the cat’s system implementation with the tarheels.

[@coachtonyholler]

@@tcsaheadcoach212 Would love to connect with Coach Dorrance.

[@matthofmann7517]

I once went to a prospect camp for UVA soccer. The first category on the post camp eval sheet was speed. The second was speed with the ball.

[@GraysonWilson-eq5fe]

coach joyce approves

[@sethboulden5867]

Also I would like to add for goalkeepers in soccer that I would assume that the faster you are sprinting it would correlate to faster reflexes in making saves. Would you agree?

[@coachtonyholler]

@@sethboulden5867 CORRECT. Improved athleticism creates better goalkeepers. No downside to improved speed.

[@StricklandYale]

It seems likely to me. From what I've seen at SSFC, they goal keepers who are fastest, in the 10m fly tend to be the number 1 in their age category, 2nd fastest #2, etc... Speed seems to correlate tightly with the playing level.

[@360-tennisaccelerator8]

I have been doing vision training and it helps to improve athleticism

[@coachtonyholler]

@@360-tennisaccelerator8 Love it.

[@StricklandYale]

What kind of vision training? Sounds interesting.

[@360-tennisaccelerator8]

@@StricklandYalefor tennis

[@360-tennisaccelerator8]

@@StricklandYalemaybe we can connect

[@SunOmega]

Wait are you saying visualization training? Cause in the video they talk about vision like eye sight, if so how are you improving that? I have myopia

[@rogerstezeno333]

To instantly become 30 percent faster in one motion move knees and elbows on a horizontal plane backwards and forwards move feet and hands on a vertical plane downwards and upwards

[@coachtonyholler]

@@rogerstezeno333 No mechanical alteration can turn a 20 mph sprinter into a 26 mph sprinter. 30% faster is absurd.

[@rocky8291]

Since the atomic speed workout is very microdosed, could one afford to do it twice a day 2-3 times a week with a 3-5 hour rest gap in between? Does this work for beginners as beginners beginners tend to improve speed rapidly? On the flip side I wonder if the atomic speed workout can work once a week. Reasoning being that since it takes about 10 days to recover from a max deadlift because on the tax it has on the CNS. Since sprinting is the calisthenics form of deadlifting, even so more extreme, putting 2-3 times your body weight of force into the ground with each step, is 10 days rest for the CNS from a sprint workout feasible? I remember Chris Korfist has said sometimes his sprinters has had practice once a week.

[@coachtonyholler]

@@rocky8291 These things can be tested but I’m always looking to do LESS, not more. Since slow running needs to be avoided, I’ve found sprinting 2-3 sessions per week and doing ~3 timed sprints can be done with no slowing down, no injuries, and a fresh body and brain. I would never consider the taxing of the CNS in deadlifting to sprinting. Nothing in the weight room comes close.

[@rogerstezeno333]

Falling forwards to move your center of mass forwards is what cause you to run slower moving your center of mass forwards with out falling

[@coachtonyholler]

@@rogerstezeno333 can’t make sense out that statement. 🤷‍♂️

[@rogerstezeno333]

You are leaning forward at the ankles when both foot is off the ground you fall forwards your foot moves in front of your hips to stop falling that is what slowing you down

[@coachtonyholler]

@@rogerstezeno333 Again, makes no sense.

[@calchris6196]

Hi Tony. I am 36 male and have been doing atomic workout for about 8 months, once a week. I have 2 questions: 1) I want to move to 2 a week but last time I tried this I was sore. Do you think a good way would be to do every 6 days, then after some time progress to every 5 days, then every 3/4 days? 2) Other than this I only do upper body in gym and walking. I want to start doing lower body in gym once a week but have held off this year because I didn’t want it to affect my sprint recovery. So my question is, what would be the best slot to insert lower body - directly after atomic workout, the next day, or few days later? Or do you think lower body strength training is unnecessary and it’s better for me to do the X factor stuff instead? Or perhaps x2 atomic spaced out every 5 days, with x1 X factor and x1 lower body gym session? Thanks appreciate the insights

[@luthandombete8046]

Which feed the cats program can increase my 100m and 200m time

[@coachtonyholler]

@@luthandombete8046 101 and 102 coachtube.com/bundles/feed-the-cats-track-bundle?track=500549b745bc852140a4bade2885812d

[@GRANDPA_jokes]

Ihsa needs to add an indoor season

[@coachtonyholler]

@@GRANDPA_jokes We have a sanctioned indoor season, but no official indoor state meet.

[@camdencapps6894]

Can you add muscle/strength while also increasing speed? Also is there a connection between muscle tightness and speed/explosiveness?

[@coachtonyholler]

@@camdencapps6894 Yes, but it’s hard to gain weight and get faster. Stiff tendons are fast. Stiff muscles are not.

[@camdencapps6894]

@@coachtonyhollerthanks!

[@360-tennisaccelerator8]

Brain coordination and speed training correlation or physical speed . Multiple sports athletes are way faster in general movement . Bc the more skill the movement the faster the brain and faster movement

[@韩博-b2p]

Coach I have purchased all of your tutorials and am using them well, but I am not flexible at the moment. If I have an important game on October 17-19, how should I plan from now on?

[@coachtonyholler]

@@韩博-b2p Train as fast as possible, as often as possible, staying as fresh as possible. Train 4 times a week.

[@韩博-b2p]

How are the 4 times organized? SM SM

[@shannonroberts6518]

I am training my 11 yo son. If we are running fly-in 10's and he hits 1.3 on his third rep, and keeps running close to that same time (below 1.40). Is it bad to keep repeating the 10's for a few more reps as long as his time stays within that range?

[@coachtonyholler]

@@shannonroberts6518 It’s fine. But there comes a point when doing more serves no purpose besides ruining the next day.

[@sethboulden5867]

I have 3 sons ages 11, 8, 6. I can have my 11 yo do the atomic speed work out fine. The younger 2 have a little issue with the polyo exercises. Should I invest the time for them to perfect the exercises or just have them race and sprint only and just hoping they will just naturally improve their form in the time being.

[@gordonpan4882]

Which ones are they struggling? Perhaps they may need a regressed version for them to work on. They're also kids so maybe incorporating a plyo that makes it like a game or focus on having fun can be a consideration.

[@rogerstezeno333]

The day that I get injured sprinting I will admit that I am incorrect

[@coachtonyholler]

@@rogerstezeno333 Ok.

[@rogerstezeno333]

You are falling when you run if your foot move in front of your hips

[@coachtonyholler]

@@rogerstezeno333 Makes no sense my friend.

[@rogerstezeno333]

Your foot moves in front of your hips to keep from falling on your face

[@rogerstezeno333]

When you have one foot behind your hips and the other foot in front of your hips you are in a weak position that Cause damage when you run and walk

[@coachtonyholler]

@@rogerstezeno333 incorrect

[@rogerstezeno333]

Every body that runs over stride and do not land under neath their hips coaches will not admit that because they do not know how to fix the problem

[@coachtonyholler]

@@rogerstezeno333 Not clear about your point.