Jogging develops slow twitch fiber in the muscles. Sprints develop fast twitch fiber. Which do you want?

There is good news and bad news about this speed endurance workout. The good news is they tell you no more than twice a week and no longer than 20-30 minute sessions.

The bad news is, if done correctly, it is bear.

But as Anson Dorrence says, “The Vision of a Champion is someone who is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when no one else is watching.”

See conditioning page.

Speed Endurance Training

Speed work and speed endurance training in one.
Three days a week, one endurance and two speed work.

"I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match." Mia Hamm

Soccer Speed Training

Backyard Games

"The values learned on the playing field--how to set goals, endure, take criticism and risks, become team players, use our bodies, stay healthy and deal with stress - prepare us for life." Donna de Varona   

Goal Setting Worksheet

(Legal size paper)

    "Excellence is never an accident." Tom Howell

1000Touches

From presentation by Anne-Marie Davee, M.S.,R.D,L.D.

"A proper diet can't make an average athlete elite, but a poor diet can make an elite athlete average." Costill, 1983 or you can look at this way "It's like putting gas in your tank." Nancy Clark, referring to proper nutrition.

Sports Nutrition