This week’s guest is Dr. Mike Young. Mike is the owner of Athletic Lab in Cary, NC. Mike is also the founder of the website elitetrack.com, which for young coaches like me was an extremely valuable resource in learning more about the sport, as well as various training program. In 2010, I coached a national champion in the 55m dash using workouts I derived largely from Josh Hurlebaus’ training log on the Elitetrack forums.

Mike has been a contributor to Just Fly Sports in the past, and one of the things that Mike has that is in rare demand is experience in biomechanics, track and field, team sport, strength and conditioning, and technology use. This combination makes him a great expert on all things speed and force application.

Today, we are going to cover lots of biomechanical topics on speed development, comparing and contrasting track to team sport. We also get into some special strength topics, such as the role of bar speed measurement in the weightroom, as well as Mike’s use of the kBox in developing specific strength for jumpers and sprinters. If you coach speed, and are interested in the fine points of cueing and exercise selection, then you’ll find this episode particularly fascinating.

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