Your first step
Where your foot lands, how hard you push, and which direction the force actually goes. Most athletes push half of it sideways.
Speed Clinic · Saturday, September 19 · Los Angeles
The first two steps
decide the play.
The Train4Speed Speed Clinic is one morning on acceleration and first-step explosion. Not conditioning, not a tryout. The part of speed that shows up on film and almost nobody trains on purpose.
Reserve a spot
$15 at check-in · 15 athletes only
WhenSat, Sep 1910:00 AM
WhereLos AngelesExact address emailed 24 hrs before
WhoAges 10–18Any sport
Entry$15Cash or card at the door
The whole morning, one idea
Most athletes are not slow.
They are slow getting started.
Watch any game film. The gap between two players almost never opens up at top speed. It opens in the first three steps, and then it never closes. That is trainable, and it is what we work on.
Shin angle out of the stance
Standing up too early is the single most common reason a fast kid looks average off the line. It is a fixable habit.
Putting force in the ground
Speed is not how fast the legs move. It is how hard you hit the ground and how quickly you get off it.
Your number, on the clock
Every athlete gets timed at the start and again at the end, so they leave with a number instead of a feeling.
How the morning runs
90 minutes.
Nobody stands around.
Fifteen athletes is the cap for a reason. Past that, first-step work turns into a line of kids waiting for a turn.
- 10:00Timed
Everyone runs a 10-yard split. That is the number we are trying to move.
- 10:15Stance and first step
Individual corrections. This is the part that carries into every sport.
- 10:45Explosion work
Starts, resisted starts, and change of direction out of a dead stop.
- 11:15Timed again
Same split, same clock. Athletes leave knowing what moved and what to work on.
Who shows up
Football, track, soccer,
basketball. Same first step.
Fifteen athletes, ages ten to eighteen, from whatever sport they play. Nobody is grouped by team or position, because getting out of a stance is the same problem for all of them.
Some have been timed before. Most have not. The first split is just a starting number, and nobody announces it.
Who is running it
Morgan Freeman
NASM Performance Enhancement Specialist. Running back and speed trainer working with athletes across Los Angeles, the San Gabriel Valley and the Inland Empire.
He times everything. That is the whole method: if it did not move on the clock, it did not work, and you change the plan.
Reserve a spot
15 athletes. Then it is closed.
Reserving holds the spot. Bring $15 on the day, cash or card. If your athlete cannot make it, reply to the confirmation email so the spot opens for somebody else.
This one has finished.
The clinic on Saturday, September 19 is done. The next one is not scheduled yet.
In the meantime the free evaluation is always open. Same work, one athlete instead of fifteen, and you still leave with a number.
Book a free evaluation
Sixty minutes · No cost
Want to hear about the next clinic first? DM @train_4speed.
You are in.
Add Saturday 10:00 AM to your calendar now. Spots do not roll over.
Before you ask
Straight answers
What does my athlete need to bring?
Cleats and running shoes, water, and $15. That is it. Come dressed to run.
Where exactly is it?
Los Angeles. The exact address and where to park go out by email 24 hours before, on Friday the 18th. Reserving now holds the spot, and the location follows.
Is this only for football players?
No. First-step explosion is the same skill in every sport that involves beating somebody to a spot. We have football, track, soccer and basketball athletes in the same group.
My athlete has never been timed. Is that a problem?
That is most of the room. The first split is just a starting number, and nobody announces it. It exists so there is something to compare against.
How old does my athlete need to be?
Ten to eighteen. Younger athletes are welcome if they can follow instruction in a group.
What happens after the clinic?
Nothing automatic. Morgan will tell you what he saw. If it makes sense to keep working together he will say so, and if it does not, he will say that too.
Can parents watch?
Yes, and it helps. You will hear the same corrections your athlete does, which makes practice at home worth something.
One Saturday morning.
Then you will know where they stand.
Reserve a spot
Saturday, September 19 · $15 at check-in