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166: How To Develop Match-Winning Speed In Team Sports

Science for Sport Podcast

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The Importance of Speed in Strength Training

strength coaches are married to numbers and we think a lot of what someone's 40 yard time is. Those things are great but that doesn't necessarily guarantee someone is elite on the field, he says. "When you watch someone on the field you have to be able to see where they might not be able to perform specific movement patterns well or link different movement patterns well" The angles they take the speed at which they go into a cut and the ability to stop and decelerate out of a cut are all the things to look at specifically as to how someone might move on the field according to Mr Smith.

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