2015 Teleseminar Bonus Interview - Lee Taft

Lee is one of the premiere speed coaches in the world, and recently teamed up with Patrick Beith to release the Complete Speed Training program. In this interview Lee will share some of the secrets behind his speed training program including training acceleration and deceleration, multi-directional agility and retreating skills, the benefits of the plyo step, proper cuing, exercise progressions and regressions, and more...

Members can download this interview HERE

Click HERE to order Complete Speed Training

_______________________________________________________________________________

Lee Taft Interview Notes

Understand the components of the sport and it's skill requirements -- 3-4 drills to perfect the skill and one builds on the next

Ex. -- Acceleration -- start assisted with correct posture (uses small incline board), rolling starts, falling starts, ½ kneeling start (no momentum)

Plyo step ('false step') -- step back with one leg to get greater push-off, natural reaction for almost all athletes so don't try to coach them out of it.

T-step -- coming out of backpedal, turn the foot to the side to get greater surface area of foot on the ground, more stability and better load the hip (vs. foot forward and only toes on the ground trying to decelerate and push-off)

Retreating drills -- backpedaling and hip opening drills, what are the possible mistakes they could make and how to recover?

Starting from a dead stop -- teaches the athlete to figure out how to generate force -- seated box jump (90 deg or above based on strength level), ½ kneeling start

Long Term Development -- athlete and parents need to be on same page with you, don't skip steps, teach them the basics to ensure that they are protected (more injury resistant)

________________________________________________________________________________

BIO

2015 Teleseminar Bonus Interview - Lee Taft

Lee Taft, known to most as "The Speed Guy", is highly respected as one of the top athletic movement specialist in the world. The last 25 years he has devoted the majority of his time training multi-directional speed to all ages and ability. He has spent much of this time teaching his multi-directional speed methods to top performance coaches and fitness professionals all over the world. Lee has also dedicated countless hours mentoring up and coming sports performance trainers, many who have gone into the profession and made a big impact themselves.

Since 1989, Lee has taught foundation movement to beginning youngsters and helped young amateur athletes to professional athletes become quicker, faster and stronger. Lee's entire philosophy is based off one of his most notable quote, "Learning athletic movement correctly from the start is the foundation for athletic success."

With the release of Ground Breaking Athletic Movement in 2003, Lee revolutionized the fitness industry with his movement techniques for multi-directional speed. His innovated approach to training has impacted how athletic movement speed is taught. Lee brought to light the importance and fine points of the "Plyo Step", "Hip Turn", "Directional Crossover Step" and athletic stance. According to Lee, "Speed and agility done right is about making sure we marry the natural movements athletes have with effective and efficient body control to maximize speed and quickness".

Lee has been asked to speak at numerous strength and conditioning and sports performance events across the world and has produced 13 instructional videos in the area of multi-directional speed and movement training. In addition, Lee has written several eBooks specifically on movement techniques and speed development. Learn more about Lee at his site: LeeTaft.com