Les Spellman is a Strength & Conditioning, Performance & Speed Development expert. He is also owner of Spellman Performance, a company that helps athletes from all levels and areas of sport achieve their goals. He works with USA Rugby, USC Lacrosse & various NFL players. He also runs one of the most successful NFL Combine training & preparatory programs in the United States.

Topics:

Multi-tasking, attention issues & coaching, coaching life vs. ‘normal’ life, online strength vs. speed programming, the traditional views of speed training & technique across sports, gimmick models vs. research models, developing speed with young athletes vs. elite athletes, the importance of postures & mechanics in acceleration, the relationship between mechanics & speed progressions, the unique approach needed to develop acceleration and speed in team & non-track sports, acceleration vs. max velocity in non-track sports, working with multi-sport athletes, loading parameters & program design in speed training, cueing & teaching speed workouts, communicating cues with athletes, strength training with youth athletes & the contrast to speed development, long term strength progressions, LTAD & PHV in youth training and much, much more.