All, what if I told you that I can improve individuals and teams fitness by 10% to 20% after one hour training session. Would you believe it is possible?

Trust me, it's because I am a professional and the infrastructure of footballer is totally wrong. Time and time again, I ask footballers and coaches how many football experience years hey have with the average response of 8.5 years, yet even with their knowledge. Why is it I am able to produce powerful, fast, strong footballers after six to eight weeks?

Simply because I am an athlete whilst football coaches are footballers. The sooner there is amalgamation of the two, the better for the industry and players.

Does any one agree or disagree, or have you any questions on the above subject heading or statement.

FAST Specialist for Footballers
Colin

I agree - ive been researhcing this abit as the other week as part of my BSc coaching degree i was coached by an athletics coach who taught us to run on the front part of our feet, drive with the arms and high knees.

Hope that was right anyway. I think its a great point so what books or DVD's am i best using to get the best knowledge if increasing fitness and speed using the proper technique?

Thanks

sounds great and makes sense, i wish you could go on a little bit more...

sounds great
i think we all should be take a little bit out of any sports if it means improvements.
any training plans u would like to share please?

I would to be proved wrong but believe this is the beginning of a quick sell for Colin's company called FAST. If he is willing to share ideas great otherwise I think we can find his services or similar when we decide we need them without them being pushed.

I did notice that he can't turn out skillful footballers. Djibril Cisse is wickedly fast and powerful, but his first touch and ball control let him down badly in the Premier League.

If any one watched 'the match' then they would have seen Darren Campbell. Great athlete, was one of the quickest in the world however give him a football and he was pretty useless, depsite his great running technique etc. However. i do agree that this could be very effective if used correctly. It could be mixed with normal regimes to enhance professional teams physical attributes. Although, I know for a fact that Jose Mourinho's training sessions do nothing like this. It is all about ball work, technique and team shape. Once d.drogba turned up with running shoes and Mourinho told him to throw them away because it was all ball work.

wow you kids play way too much championship manager!

Hiya and thank you for your post. I have alreadly written 60% of my book and commence my DVD this Saturday. I am writing to various high level companies to support both DVD and book. Who ever buys it will be extremely rich. I on th other hand will prove a valuable point.

Here is a simple exercise for you or anyone to do. Sit on the floor with legs held firmly together. Now using your arms, swing them back and then forward with such force you are able to lift your whole body off the ground. If you cant do this exercise it is because you are not using the range and transferring power from the arms through to the hips. I can lift myself off the floor about a foot. So imagine if I used that force when running. Much faster than previously. When you would like some more, let me know. www.fastfootball.co.uk

I am new to this.

Hiya. I am getting use to this site now!

Okay. I wasn't happy with my high jump coach and decided to coach myself. I looked at how people walked and then jogged and now run. You learn so much by looking at how people move around, you begin to pinpoint what there are doing right as well as wrong. For example. If a footballer walks with their feet pointing out 45 degrees, they will run like that which is not lateral and therfore lose speed. Another is to walk with short steps from a side view. If thier walk more forward than backwards, then this will indicate they are not driving off the back leg which is essential to movement forward. Here is another. Walk six paces from a designated point at one speed>>>>stop>>>>turn around and walk back at the same speed but with high knees with a slight lean forward. You will find your return journey will take you further than before. So imaging a footballer running with high knees. Power & pace!.

I hope this will explain what I am about, if you have any further question, let me know!

Colin
FAST Specialist

I agree with you. Let's look at Muhammad Ali - Cassius Clay (1942- )
One of the world's best known athletes, Muhammad Ali is an Olympic gold medalist and a heavyweight boxing champion. What he brought to the sport was his IQ. He realised there were 15 rounds and decided to win 8 and dance the rest of the match. Let's take

Tiger Woods, he now use weights, unheard of in his sport but he is stronger and fitter and more importantly, it will ruduce injury!

Footballers must think athletics 24/7 and assess and use all the knowledge and skills to improve thier performance.

Tips: Get your team to run three laps of the football pitch. Very very slow jog at the ends and run 60% for the long straights, 2nd lap, 70% and 3rd 80%. Do this every time the team get together and wacth their fitness and speed pick up. You will notice after 3 weeks.

Colin
FAST Specialist

Hi Robbo,

Thank you for your comments. Of course I am telling everyone about FAST because it is true. Example. on Friday, I had 12 mixed youth and reserved footballers from a Championship Club from the Midlands. An average of 12 years experience of footballing, yet after 10 minutes with me, they all improved. After an hour, they and their manager saw a substancial difference with the following: Breathing, arm swings, body weight transfer, hips, drive through leg, applying Newton's Law, tunring, jumping, side stepping, etc. They were converted hence why again anyone who has seen me have always taken me on. I am now on there books working on power with and without the ball. So of course I am gonna tell everying because I have clear proof.

Les Hoyte (Father of Justin Hoyte) look after running technique & running fitness at Arsenal Academy, he is entering his 6th year. The likes of Liam Brady and other UEFA B Licence are not allow to give fitness because they have only 5% knowledge of running. Ade Mafe, anothe colleague of mine, was at Chelsea for 11 years looking after the Reserves. Ruddy in London changed Crystal Palace training and he was a Rehab & fitness specialist. Hence why I have to complete my book and DVD.

I have to support me are just a few footballers. Gary Brazil( Newcastle + Chris FairClough ( England + Leeds) Steve Williams (Derby & Leicester), Even now I am coaching Tony Reed U16 England member and his father played for Derby and has never witnessed anything what I do!.

I could go on Robbo.

You give me any senario with any footballer and I will provide you suitable proof and answers

Cheers

The likes of Liam Brady and other UEFA B Licence are not allow to give fitness because they have only 5% knowledge of running. Not sure what you mean by this, it may be club policy but there is no hard and fast rule about this.

I never said getting someone to use sprinting techniques would not make someone quicker, what I said was that it would not make them technically a better footballer.

I can fully understand league clubs with big budgets hiring you guys but I think it is highly dangerous to give individuals coaching players of all abilities scrap of information and not the complete picture. SAQ can be extremely dangerous to young kids if done incorrectly and I am sure training young footballers incorrectly in this would also be negative. If you are selling your wares then at least do it whilst providing a standard of coaching and not just pumping information out there.

Furthermore there are only so many days of the week and already many of the young footballers out there are under huge pressure. What age groups are you looking at? I would hope at least mid-youth level.

There are many league clubs out there now that are scouting at athletics clubs, which is a separate argument for coaches but it does confirm their focus of looking at athletes as well as technical levels.

Further more I do think it is to be applauded that you have given some info on here rather than just a fast (no pun intended) sell.