Lee Taft on Braking, Directional Steps, and Building Elite Basketball Speed

Do you want to help your athletes get faster? More explosive? And teach them how to move effectively in the process? If so, you’re going to love this week’s episode with Lee Taft! From PE teacher to world-renowned speed coach, Lee has always questioned the current dogma when it comes to speed training. And in […]

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Lee Taft on Plyo Steps, Lateral Running, and the Power of the Heels

In my humble opinion, Lee Taft might be the true GOAT of multi-directional speed. While Lee primarily works as a consultant these days, over his storied career he’s owned his own facility numerous times, coached at virtually every level of sport, and perhaps more importantly has coached just about every type of athlete under the […]

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Lee Taft on Building Elite Multi-Directional Speed

If you want to help your athletes get faster, then THIS is the podcast for you. In my not so humble opinion, Lee Taft is THE BEST practitioner of multi-directional speed training in the world, and in this episode I really feel like we capture lightning in a bottle. While Lee primarily works as a […]

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Lee Taft on the Harsh Reality of Youth Travel Sports

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last 20-30 years, you’ve probably heard of Lee Taft at some point in time. And with good reason! Lee is arguably the best multi-directional speed coach in the world, and I know I, personally, wouldn’t be the coach I am today without him. And while we’ve […]

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Lee Taft on Assessing and Coaching Speed Effectively

To me, Lee Taft is more than a highly-respected and world-renowned athletic movement specialist: He has been a constant mentor and role model who helped shape my thoughts on speed training. A former physical education teacher, Lee began his career in the world of physical preparation in 1989 and has since been helping people take […]

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Lee Taft Talks Training Adults, Combines, and Strength Training for Speed

  Lee Taft – aka the Speed Guy – is a highly-respected and world renowned athletic movement specialist. Lee is devoted to sharing his training philosophy and teaching his multi-directional speed methods to performance coaches and fitness professionals worldwide. As a former physical education teacher, Lee has been teaching foundational movement to beginners and helping […]

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Lee Taft on the Biggest Coaching Mistakes in Speed Training

Lee Taft is a speaker, consultant and coach for people across the globe who want to get  faster. Whether it’s working with high-level athletes, or taking a staff and helping them take their speed game to the next level, Lee is a guy that can help you get there in record time. In this show, […]

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Lee Taft on Program Design for Elite Speed and Agility

Lee Taft is a speaker, consultant and coach for people across the globe get faster. Whether it’s working with high-level athletes, or taking a staff and helping them take their speed game to the next level, Lee is a guy that consistently delivers the goods. And in a lot of ways, Lee is like the […]

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Justin Moore on His 5 Buckets for Building Robust and Adaptable Athletes

What role should the weight room play in building FASTER athletes? How do you develop a program that’s built on sound biomechanical principles, without falling into the trap of doing corrective exercises for an entire hour? And why should you consider adding more “movement days” into your program? Well if any of those questions peak […]

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August 2024 Q&A: Starting a Fitness Biz, Off-Season Basketball, and How to Ask for a Raise

Okay my friend – we’re BACK! It’s been a hot minute since we did a Q&A episode (almost a year, if you’re keeping track), so I knew it was time to make this happen. I absolutely love doing these episodes, because any time I can serve YOU, it makes me feel good on the inside […]

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10 Keys to Successful Basketball Strength & Conditioning

I’m going to start this one off with a bold statement: I don’t love where the industry is at with regards to training basketball players. Now before you get all pissed off and click away, hear me out. These young men and women are playing more games than ever before. Yes we’re getting them “in […]

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Physical Preparation with Cory Walts

Cory Walts has been Haverford College’s Fitness Center Director and Strength and Conditioning Coach since 2007. At Haverford, he designs and implements year-round training programs for the majority of their 23 varsity teams. In this show Cory and I discuss how he got started in physical preparation, why he created his Adjustable Workout System, and […]

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10 Programming and Coaching Mistakes YOU Might be Making

I don’t know about you, but I’m ALWAYS thinking about programming and coaching Even in my time off, I’m thinking about making myself a better coach, or how to better help the other coaches that I work with and mentor. Now this could be an incredibly extensive list, but what I’m sharing today are 10 […]

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Upcoming Events, Offerings and Quarter 2 Overview

What’s up my friend? I hope you’re doing well and having a great day. Now I don’t know if you follow me on Instagram, but yesterday I threw up a reel to share what I’ll be working on here at RTS in Quarter 2. The intention here was two-fold: So I’ll post that video below…but […]

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Stephen Calarco on Building a Fitness Business, Continuing Education and Investing in Yourself

Pic Lead   QUOTE – Lee Taft   This Week on the Physical Prep Podcast: Bullets   YOUTUBEZ   Connect with Lee: LeeTaft.com Lee on Instgram   Related Links: Lee’s Podcasts here   Level Up Your Program Design with TrainHeroic! Are you tired of using clunky, antiquated program design tools like Microsoft Word or Excel? […]

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