The #1 request that we receive from parents on nearly a daily basis is…

“How can my kid get faster?”

You see, speed is a game changer across nearly every sport.

A lot of people think that speed is a genetic thing.  And while all athletes have a genetic ceiling, very few are operating at a level even close to that limit.

Speed is a skill.  And like any athletic skill, it can be improved with the proper developmental process.

In the PSTI athlete development model, there are 4 stages to speed development:
1) Movement, 2) Strength, 3) Power, 4) Speed

Stage 1: Movement
Movement is the foundation of speed development.  The purpose of movement training is to develop total body coordination and an understanding of the how to put the body in the proper positions to maximize leverage and force production.

Within movement development, there are 4 stages that an athlete progresses through:

1) Unconscious incompetence
This is the “they don’t know that they don’t know” stage.  In this stage, an athlete cannot perform a movement and does not know that they cannot perform the movement or has not really been coached on how to perform it correctly.

2) Conscious incompetence
In this stage, athletes cannot perform a movement, but are aware of that and are making progress towards being able to perform a movement.  An athlete may say “it just doesn’t feel right” to describe how they feel when attempting a movement.

3) Conscious competence
In this stage, an athlete can perform when they are focused on it in a controlled environment with minimal coaching.  This stage is similar to being good at a specific drill in practice.

4) Unconscious competence
In the final stage, an athlete can perform a movement without thinking in an uncontrolled environment.  At this point, the training has become a reaction.  This is the ultimate goal of movement training, the transference of a movement skill to the actual game.

If your athlete would like to get faster and discover our speed development program, check out our 6-Week Complete Athlete Development Program today:

https://fittraccoaching.com//6-week-complete-athlete-development