Can You Make a Big Shape?

This episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast sees Rob speaking to speed coach legend and Head Coach at Speedworks, Jonas Dodoo. Jonas has been on the podcast multiple times and each time he appears, its obvious why. Jonas is here to talk about the Speedworks philosophy of projection, reactivity and switching but also the warm up as a movement screen and sprint technology.

In the first half of the episode, Jonas goes into detail about projection, reactivity and switching, outline what each of those mean and how we improve them. He explains what drills and exercises may be useful to develop each of them from a track and gym perspective. We also discuss using the warm up as a movement screen. How can we manipuate the warm up and the drills within it to make it easier for us to highlight movement inefficiencies so we can work on them there and then, or at a later date.

Part 2 is all about using the warm up as a movement screen but utilising a new technology that Speedworks have developed. Machine learning and artificial intelligence are both involved in the VueMotion app that Speedworks are using and we dive into how that it can help coaches make programming decisions much easier.

If you want to get your athletes fast, there is no better guy to listen to than Jonas Dodoo.

Main talking points - 

• What is the Speedworks philosophy
• Projection and its importance in acceleration
• How we can develop the ability to "switch"
• Enhancing reactivity in the gym and on the field
• Developing a warm up so it acts as a movement screen
• Using the latest technology to help guide sprint programming
• The VueMotion app from Speedworks