“You’ve got to be talented to play, yes… But at the end of the day, man, it’s coming down to the mental part of the game.”
– Brock Purdy
Talent opens the door.
Mindset keeps you in the room.
Resilience, adversity, leadership = the real separator.
Jessica Tarlov pointed out the shortcomings of the deal with Iran. As she got to the part that includes $300 billion for Iran her co-host yelled over her. The $1.7 billion given to Iran during the Obama admin was from frozen Iranian assets held in interest bearing accounts.
Speed transfers to every sport.
We’re developing front-side mechanics, posture, coordination, and force application while giving athletes full recovery so every rep is high quality.
We also time top speed 2x/week because what gets measured gets improved.
⚡ Want to help your athlete get faster?
Single-Leg Pogo Hops improve:
✅ Speed
✅ Balance
✅ Explosiveness
✅ Coordination
The goal: spend less time on the ground and more time moving.
3 sets of 15-20 hops per leg before training.
Train smart. Get faster. ⚡
#SpeedTraining
Yall better learn how to get off a block. First moves and jumping through hurdles won’t save you in August. Your reality more times than not will be you fighting through your man. Train to consistently dominate the game not just hit home runs.🫡
We know sleds work, but how heavy?
Lighter loads can keep the sprint closer to free sprinting, while moderate and heavier loads can be useful teaching tools for projection, forward lean, and acceleration intent.
Match the load to the reason you’re using it.
In Speed Kills
Mike Brown dropped a definition about winning in life.
“If you get knocked down in life and you’re able to get back up and keep fighting - that’s a fricking win.”
You need to hear this.
Success isn’t always winning.
Sometimes it’s refusing to stay down
As I’ve said many times, sprinting is the ULTIMATE plyometric.
And in my programming, it’s the main dish in athletic preparation because it develops more than just speed.
In this study by Markovic et al, one group sprinted 10–50m for 10 weeks. Another group performed hurdle
Journey’s “Only the Young” plays as Louden Swain runs across multiple bridges spanning the Spokane River during the opening credits of VISION QUEST. Director Harold Becker used these bridges as a metaphor for his coming-of-age story where crossing a body of water symbolizes transition, rebirth, and leaving the past behind.
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