ALTIS World

ALTIS Series: 1 Track Mind - S2E7 - Coach Mo Wells


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For episode 7 we welcome Coach Mo Wells the VP of Pro Sports for House of Athlete. Mo trains a diverse group of professional athletes and just returned from the NFL Combine. He is uniquely positioned to comment on speed development in a variety of different sports.

You can follow him on:

Twitter: @MoKnowz_ and Instagram: moknowz

1:05 Give us an instance(s) when you personally realized there are levels to this track game? 3:20 Talk to us about your track origins at McNeese State and LSU 8:00 When did you decide you wanted to be a coach? 11:45 What did you learn from track? 14:10 How did you then have to evolve to help coach other sports? And who were some mentors along the way? 17:45 Tell us about House of Athlete and how you arrived there? 19:55 You are uniquely qualified to speak on this: In your observation, what is the difference between track sprinting speed, football speed and basketball speed? 22:45 Another kind of speed is hurdle speed. Give you some insight into helping Alaysha Johnson qualify for World Indoors in the 60H. 26:20 You just got back from the NFL Combine, you only have 8-10 weeks to prepare these football athletes (as opposed to a whole season for track). What are your considerations with such a limited amount of time? (Like what things do you address, are there things you stay away from in training). 30:00 NFL guys have different positional demands and body types, gives us some examples how you train them based on who you have in front of you. 32:00 How would NFL offseason training differ for a vet vs a combine athlete? 34:30 The one guy who keep popping up with the highlights is Ja Morant … how have you been able to support what he is doing on the court? 38:00 You also coach combat athletes - boxers specifically 41:00 You have been outspoken on social media and championing collaboration between coaches. Why are you so passionate about this? 43:45 Share a cool/fun track or training story with us! 45:30 Who should we have on the show that you could help us get?

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