Think Not Only About Hell Week - Think About Speed Week

For high school football athletes they know they must be in shape for Hell Week, because Hell Week is not for the weak. The best they can prepare before Hell week is to build up their stamina and their speed. We all know how to build up stamina and that means a lot of running.

Building up speed is a little bit tougher and it takes a lot more practice and muscle memory to be efficient off the line and to accelerate to stop speed and stay there. Running stadium steps helps a lot, but form is just as important - Without good form you are wasting energy that normally would have been transferred into your speed component.

If you practice your speed without good form, you will actually be doing yourself a disservice. There is a right way and a wrong way ergonomically for an athlete to accelerate. The right way is accelerating without any wasted energy and perfect form. The wrong way will end up compounding itself, causing energy loss and a great risk of pulling a muscle or injury.

Speed training is important and before Hell week you need to think about speed week. Speed and agility are life in sports and if you want to win you need to speed. The top athletes and professionals hire the best coaches and trainers to ensure that they learn speed correctly and achieve the best results.

If you learn it wrong you can not compete against these top athletes. As a former track star myself, I can tell you that many young athletes make simple mistakes which waste energy and cause them to lose in sporting events. Don't be a loser; think speed.