On today’s podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by Tony Holler, creator of the Feed the Cats speed workout program. Holler has over 40 years of experience coaching football, basketball and track in the state of Illinois. Holler joined the podcast today to talk about some mistakes football coaches often make in their approach to getting players physically ready to play in football games and what he has found to be the best practices.

Show Notes:

1:09 Coach’s Journey

4:54 Track-Football Consortium

7:34 14 point turnaround

11:30 Breaking traditions in football practices

15:50 How fatiguing guys during the week can hurt their performance on game-day

18:12 If teams don’t do traditional “toughness” practices, how do they make their players “tough”

21:00 How Christian McCaffrey’s track coach changed him by doing “5-second” work

23:33 How speed creates endurance

27:47 Letting games be the hardest thing you do every week

31:40 Coach’s Feed the Cats Certification on Coach Tube

34:12 Connect with Coach

Coach Tube Course:

https://coachtube.com/course/track-and-field/feed-the-cats-the-off-season-speed-workout/12361114

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