‘Feed the Cats’ Sprint Coach Tony Holler

More and more football coaches are taking their cues from a high school track coach in Plainfield, Ill.  Tony Holler invented a revolutionary new method of training sprinters at Plainfield North High (Ill.) called “Feed the Cats.” It’s a minimalist approach to training which discourages putting sprinters through long workouts that make them feel crushed by the end. Topics include:

Why sprint training needed to be done differently (2:30)

What is the Feed the Cats program? (4:45)

Why it took courage to do something differently (7:10)

How he fills practice time with so few reps (11:30)

How often athletes should be training at top speed (14:35)

Record, record and publish (18:05)

Never crush the physical or emotional soul of athletes (22:10)

Micro-dose training (25:35)

How does this impact injuries? (32:00)

What technology helps coach? (36:35)

Do you ever hear from parents who say you need to be training them harder? (39:55)


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