Athletic Skills Podcast

Athletic Skills Podcast Episode 15 with Chris Chapman. How to Coach Acceleration

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Show Notes

In this episode of the Athletic Skills Podcast, we chat to Chris Chapman, a S&C coach who specialised in Speed Training.

Chris shares insights in to why having the ability to coach Speed can add great value to your coaching, how he goes about developing acceleration which is vital for so many actions in sport and shares practical insights on coaching acceleration that you can add straight away in to your coaching!

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YouTube: @thespeedmechanic

Website: www.speedmechanic.co.uk

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