What to Do if Your Speed Is Dropping or Plateauing

[@bryannixon4297]

I agree! With proper jump and speed training, you will eventually get to the point where your bad days are better than your PR days used to be.

[@coachtonyholler]

Raise the floor!

[@tcsaheadcoach212]

Speed is fluctuating and one must not fall into those practices that are there to entertain athletes instead of focusing on speed. Love that so many of the videos answer questions that have to do with speed not entertaining athletes.

[@mattisderbabo596]

What should I do if my parents want me to go to not so good practices? Should I show them your videos? Wich one should I show them? You are like one of the best speed and jump coaches out there! Keep up the good work! Edit: A lot of core work in the warmup and almost nothing gets messured, also we do a periodisation approach here in Germany. But almost no one has the courage to do anything against this "propaganda"

[@coachtonyholler]

My stuff keeps athletes healthy both mentally and physically. Coaches too. And it WINS.

[@mattisderbabo596]

@@coachtonyholler so I should show my parents your videos?

[@coachtonyholler]

@@mattisderbabo596 Of course!

[@MikeMike-ms1ns]

omg what were you doing in Prague? are there plans to return?

[@coachtonyholler]

Would love to return. Only spent 2 days there and loved it.

[@danielashman1753]

The conditioning and 4th quarter stuff is interesting. I'm fast (for a soccer player) and at the end of the game I feel good and fresh and ready to run fast. But it is hard for me to recover from a 5-15 second max effort burst no matter what time of the game it takes place in. I have yet to make sense of it and feel like my fitness just acts totally different from most people.

[@namesake7139]

You have to practice that kind of thing. How often do you go all out

[@bariskaymak2532]

2024 season 20.75 😎 loading

[@dennisrobinson8008]

How did it go?

[@jessecaras2324]

Hey, Coach! Should our speed workouts eventually move on to 15, 20m flies and so on or does it stay at just 10?

[@coachtonyholler]

We mix in flys of up to 40y on the straight and 35m on the curve as our longest flys. But we never eliminate 10s. No progression. We learn to SPRINT FAR with lactate workouts beginning (once a week) a month prior to first meet.

[@jessecaras2324]

@@coachtonyholler is it only just at a month away from competition that we start incorporating lactate workouts? or do we sometimes go earlier? cause there aint as much competition schedules where were from

[@coachtonyholler]

@@jessecaras2324 You CAN start early. You CAN do it twice a week. But IMO opinion… unnecessary suffering.

[@jamesbrickner]

Outside of rest recovery and sleep, how do you prevent injuries with your team? I get a consistent 10 hours of sleep per night, I am locked in on recovery and icing after practice and do all stretches and am hydrated, but I find myself with little knee and ankle pains after I sprint. I try to rest until they go away two or three days later and then practice again. Is this normal, or is some part of me not ready for the speed I have, or could I be doing something wrong? (0.91 10 fly, my school's training program is based off FTC 2-3 day/week practice)

[@coachtonyholler]

If there is structural problems that need fixed, that needs to happen. If it’s general soreness, train accordingly (do less, fewer days per week). Get strong!

[@xayto5831]

My workout plans consist of and i’m finding i’m stuck and not getting faster is this a bad plan? This is what my coaches give us and i just feel so stuck Monday: 4x300m @70% Tuesday: 4x100m (8x100s next week) @85 ish percent Wednesday: 3x300m @60% & blocks Thursday: 4x60m @95-100% & block Friday: Light day maybe a mile

[@coachtonyholler]

Terrible.

[@xayto5831]

Im a college athlete and can't really change the workouts what can I do myself to still find a way to improve this year until I can transfer. I haven't improved all year when last year was my first year in track and went from 11.7 - 11.1 in 6 months. @@coachtonyholler

[@spendtimewithjavier2652]

could you send me some track camps and football camps if you have some located in philly or near please

[@Anonymous-jy3ek]

So how do I break through plateaus ? I've been sprinting slow than my usual times so how do I prevent it ?

[@user-ze3sg6ix1u]

If you're sprinting slower than usual it's likely to do with recovery. If you want to break plateaus you'll need to challenge your body to run faster. Ins and outs accomplish this. There is something called the "speed barrier" kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2mzgpmBbpWYgpIsi=-90qetngMKLZNkAB

[@Trackguy77]

46 years old and I'm still sprinting jumping and throwing 😁😁

[@coachtonyholler]

Fountain of youth!

[@bryannixon4297]

Soon to be 49, and the same for me!

[@dennisrobinson8008]

Sprinting keeps certain mental and hormonal processes active and peaked.

[@Firestorm-jv8el]

Hi coach for the 3x150 and 3x200 lactate workouts, how close should each rep be in time?

[@coachtonyholler]

3-4 min

[@Firestorm-jv8el]

@@coachtonyholler Not how much rest in between - how close should the reps be from each other? For example, if u run the first 200 in 26, what should the second rep be at? 26 too?

[@coachtonyholler]

@@Firestorm-jv8el Should attempt same speed. Usually more like 23-25-26 (would predict 52-second 400).

[@Firestorm-jv8el]

@@coachtonyholler Ok thanks