The Secret To Building World-class Speed with BRIAN KULA | Ep. 126

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Brian Kula has spent 27 years turning athletes into weapons, from high school track kids to NFL Offensive Player of the Year Christian McCaffrey. On this episode of the Coach Em Up Podcast, Tim Riley sits down with Brian to break down sports performance philosophy, the biggest mistakes coaches make in speed training, and how to safely bring sprinting to the general population. Plus, Brian gets candid about coaching elite pros, building ETS Performance, and why relationships matter more than any X's and O's.

Brian Kula is one of the most decorated performance coaches in the game. A third-generation coach and former decathlete, Brian built Kula Sports Performance from the ground up, including a pivot during the 2020 pandemic that helped him scale his private training business.

This episode covers the full spectrum: why coaches keep making the same speed training mistakes, what vertical integration speed training actually looks like in practice, how to coach sprinting mechanics for athletes without destroying your general population clients, and what Brian learned from his elite mentors. Brian also opens up about the realities of coaching pro athletes, his work with ETS Performance to build career tracks for young coaches, and why plyometrics for speed development are criminally underrated.

If you are chasing faster athletes, a smarter program, or a coaching career worth building, this one is packed.

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00:00:00 - Introduction 00:02:20 - Brian's background and coaching legacy 00:06:40 - Athlete to coach transition and developing patience 00:11:12 - Coaching youth athletes vs. coaching pros 00:18:33 - Evolution of training philosophy and mentors 00:27:10 - Learning from coaching mistakes and pivoting your program 00:32:04 - Top mistakes in speed training 00:34:40 - Sprinting for general pop and the Fast Forever protocol 00:45:12 - Assessing and coaching elite pros 00:49:18 - Pros and cons of coaching professional athletes 00:55:25 - Mentorship, ETS Performance, and building careers 01:11:34 - The power of relationships 01:14:37 - Listener Q&A with Brian Kula 01:29:37 - Three Things, Rant and Rave, and Unsolicited Advice

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