A former speed coach explains that sprinting fast is the only way to actually get faster. Conditioning drills like ladders don't build speed. Sprinting trains your central nervous system to send quicker signals to your muscles, which is what speed actually is.
I was wondering, like, could you maybe do a video on getting faster? Because, like, I think many athletes struggle with getting fast, like, not explosive, but actually, like, faster. And, like, can you kind of go through speed, if you know what I mean? That would be great. Thank you. I love that question. Speed. I used to work as a speed and strength coach at an athletic performance center, and I worked under a coach. His name's Coach Darren Hanson. He's so good at speed work. What I've learned from him is the best way to get faster is by sprinting fast. And so what I mean by that is a lot of people think that conditioning or running ladders or suicides is going to make you faster. Of course, there's a time and a place for it, for conditioning, but it's not going to help increase your speed. There's something called the central nervous system. It's basically your brain sending messages to your muscles saying to move. But when, when you're sprinting— sprinting is the fastest thing the human body can do— it's going to force the brain to communicate with the muscles faster and send the messages faster, which allows you to get faster. So the easiest way To train getting faster is by running fast. It's as simple as that sounds. It is very simple.
