Speed Athlete Off Season "Development" Gaelic Football Program

These programs are based on and developed for the modern athlete. They are broken down into a more individualised system to suit the athletes predominant genetic disposition (Speed, Endurance or Hybrid dominant athlete). These programs are the cumulation of years of research, observation and analysis of what works and the realisation that the modern athlete wants to exercise regularly, so i have built these programs with restoration of the nervous system in mind while also driving athletic development. I have noticed in recent years athletes love to train continually, we could even suggest they are addicted to dopamine affect of training and maybe also conscious of their appearence.

I've developed these programs to firstly keep players on the field, develop them athletically while maintaining freshness at the right times of the year, while also dealing with the reality of modern life. These programs use primarily the Anaerobic Speed Reserve method of figuring out an athletes predominant athletic strengths and work from there, so that they train sensibly for themselves.

I'm also use Velocity Based Training for anyone lucky enough to have a VBT device, the speeds used in these programmed in the program will be simply in a column on the program sheet. The idea of different velocity zones can be seen inthe prograqm when you buy it.

If not using the VBT, there will be general colume of explanation for intensity of exercise anyway (fast, explosive, slow tempo etc) so you can use that and while not as exact it is still a really relaible approach.

The Speed "Developmental Off Season program

This program is for athletes who are predominately fast twitch, explosive athletes. Generally athletes like this will struggle with repeat efforts, endurance running and recovering quickly from explosive bursts. But these athletes are very quick and explosive. We assess the locomotive profile of the athlete to determine this.

The Speed off season program is for athletes who display these characteristics. Fast twitch athletes can be decided by feel and experience by the athlete themselves and with your coach. However for a more accurate approach is to find your ASR (Anaerobic Speed Reserve), and in turn your SRR (Speed reserve ratio). This program is probably most suited to athletes who are fast, tend to get injured and believe they aren't anywhere near their capacity or required robustness yet.