Speed Report: Confusing Conditioning for Football Speed Development

Conditioning is, in reality, a performance trait useful during the season. It can consume your periodization schedule in the off-season when, in reality, it’s not relative. You may not agree with my thoughts on how you should address conditioning. You should focus your training on speed and power and not conditioning. The word ‘Conditioning Coach’ in the collegiate world has begun to change - now it’s become a ‘Performance Coach.’ 

    A coach in the collegiate world is not a strength and conditioning coach but, rather, a Performance Coach. The word conditioning is a form of its own entity and a small part of the total equation of training to improve an athlete’s performance. When I think of conditioning, I don’t consider it during the off-season. Some coach’s use a conditioning regime year-round with the....The full article can only be seen by subscribers.
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