Debunking 5 myths on speed training and getting team sport athletes FAST with Pete Burridge

On today's episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast is Pete Burridge. Pete is First Team Athletic Performance Coach at Bristol Bears and heads up the speed training element of the programme. He recently wrote an article on Sportsmith which detailed a number of myths that surround this area and how we can debunk them. This podcast dives even deeper into 5 of them.

We tackled 1) "You can't coach speed", 2) Technical models are a waste of time for team sports, 3) You can’t change a movement pattern that engrained, 4) Speed is too risky to train 5) They already get speed exposures in session. But not only that, given that Pete has shared his exact sessions (see viral tweet), Rob asks him to expand on what he is doing and why within his speed training sessions.

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Today's main talking points -

• Myths around speed training
• "You can't coach speed..."
• "Technical models are a waste of time for team sports"
• The technical model and scoring system Pete uses
• "You can’t change a movement pattern that engrained"
• Getting slower to get faster
• Understanding what is a technical issue and what is a physical capacity issue
• "It's too risky to train"
• How much is too much? What is not enough?
• "They already get speed exposures in session"
• What do your athletes get exposed to in rugby sessions
• How do you go about topping the guys up should they need it
• How you develop posture, pelvic position, front side mechanics, switching and skills at speed