Importance of speed training for football

With football training camps about to start, one thing that many coaches are going to be working on is speed training. Sure they will make sure that conditioning is going to be a major aspect and strength is being developed, but speed and agility training are going to be on point.

Here is a quote from an athlete on the Deer Creek football team:

“We’ve learned how to run faster,” Gower said. “Coach Smith and Coach Laverty have done a great job with these guys in their workouts. Coach Laverty will be running a speed training program over the summer. There are two areas that are tougher in 5A than 4A. In our district last season, there haven’t been too many weeks that were easy, but its even tougher in 5A, and then the speed level of the game.”