The Speed Development Course from Coach Zach Dechant

Baseball is a sport that is almost solely built around speed and power. Those characteristics dominate the game. As such, we want to train like the game is played. Athletes, especially in their teen years, have a unique window for developing speed and training the nervous system.

There are too many benefits to sprint training to carelessly pass it over in lieu of longer runs to “get in shape.” When was the last time you saw a movement that was done slowly on a baseball field? Athletes must react incredibly quickly. They have to sprint to an area with no lag. Throws and swings are all single-event explosive actions. There is nothing that happens slowly on a baseball field. So why would you train in that fashion?

Charlie Francis stated, “Watch the player, not the sport.”

Train that way and you won’t regret it.

This course shows you how.

The means and methods included in this course are used to lay the foundation for speed development, as well as develop overall coordination and technique acquisition.

The movements progress from a more-controlled environment with the A-Skip Series to learning at increasing speeds with buildups. They finish with all-out full-speed runs that teach athletes overall athleticism and the ability to repeat proper acceleration angles from a variety of body positions.