Master Class: Developing Strength that Transfers to Speed

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Your Master Class Coach/Teacher Dr. Mike Young Director of Performance at Athletic Lab Sports Performance Training Center and the Performance Director for the North Carolina Courage Dr. Mike Young’s Bio Dr. Mike Young is the Director of Performance at Athletic Lab Sports Performance Training Center and the Performance Director for the North Carolina Courage. He holds a PhD in Biomechanics, MS in Coaching Science, and BS in Exercise Physiology. Young is an RSCC*D and holds CSCS, USAW L2 and PN L1 among many other credentials. In the sport of track & field Mike has coached on 6 team NCAA championship teams, has coached 4 USA Track & Field National Champions, and has coached Olympic and World Championship competitors in a half dozen events. Outside of track & field, Young has served as the sport coach for athletes who have competed internationally in weightlifting, skeleton, and bobsleigh. In team sports, Young has been the High Performance Director for 4 professional soccer clubs, has trained dozens of NBA players as well as Super Bowl and World Series champions. He has consulted for some of the top sports teams in the world including 4 World Cup Rugby teams and 3 Premier League Soccer clubs. Developing Strength that Transfers to Speed MASTER CLASS Dr. Mike Young is going to show you how to maximize your athletes speed! He will share with you the perfect strength training exercises to use that transfer the best to increasing speed. As you know, there are many strength exercises- but in this MasterClass you will learn the best ones to use if you want to develop faster speed with your athletes. Not only will you discover those top exercises, you will find out why they are the most important ones, and how you can use them in your own program. Get the data, research, and practical hands-on, in-the-trenches information so that you can develop the ideal strength in your athletes to develop more speed. Although Dr. Young will be diving into some science of how (and why) it all works, he will also be showing you real-world programs on how he uses it with his own elite athletes (so that you can create and optimize your own strength training programs for speed). Goals of the Master Class: Understanding the physical capacities that underpin speed Benefits of traditional strength training to speed Drawbacks of traditional strength training to speed Enhancing transfer of training to improve speed Means, methods and progressions to enhance isometric and eccentric capacities Integrating VBT, flywheels, and other advanced methods Discover how to create the best strength training program for your speed & power athletes