Although Ken Vick – President and High-Performance Director at Velocity Sports Performance – loved sports in high school, he didn’t begin his career in coaching right away. Ken completed his undergraduate studies at Columbia College Chicago with a degree in Sound Engineering & Acoustic Design.

It wasn’t until later, when his wife worked in the fitness industry, that Ken fell in love with coaching. He soon started his career in the world of physical preparation as a weightlifting coach and progressed from there.

Inspired to further his knowledge of athleticism, Ken eventually completed his graduate degree in Biomechanics at California State University, Long Beach.

Through his work, Ken endeavors to make the world a better place by helping one athlete, coach, and business at a time.

Ken joins me today to share his training philosophy and big rocks when it comes to developing speed.

He reveals the biggest failings of the sports & fitness industry and highlights the need for training pure speed and incorporating game-like activities into practice to maximize speed development.

He describes the role of the weight room in developing speed among athletes.

And he also highlights what it means to be a “radical centrist” and underscores the importance of language and communication in the world of physical preparation.

When working with athletes building speed, we need to bridge the gap between pure capability and perception.”- Ken Vick

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