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 afternoon 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 191:00 PM
WhereLos AngelesExact address emailed 24 hrs before
WhoAges 10–18Any sport
Entry$15Cash or card at the door
The whole afternoon, 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.
Correction, not just reps
Every athlete gets individual coaching on stance and first step, not just a group running the same drill on their own.
How the afternoon 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.
- 1:00Warm-up and stance
Getting into the right starting position before anything else.
- 1:15Stance and first step
Individual corrections. This is the part that carries into every sport.
- 1:45Explosion work
Starts, resisted starts, and change of direction out of a dead stop.
- 2:15Wrap-up
What to keep working on, one on one, before everyone heads out.
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.
Nobody needs experience. The corrections are the same whether it is a first practice or a tenth season.
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 runs every rep himself. Fifteen athletes, one coach on the field the whole afternoon, no assistants running the drill for him.
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. One athlete instead of fifteen, and Morgan times you himself.
Book a free evaluation
Sixty minutes · No cost
Want to hear about the next clinic first? DM @train_4speed.
You are in.
Add Saturday 1:00 PM 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.
Will my athlete get individual attention in a group this size?
Yes. Fifteen is the cap for that reason. Morgan corrects stance and first step for every athlete himself, nobody just runs drills and waits their turn.
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 afternoon.
Then you will know where they stand.
Reserve a spot
Saturday, September 19 · $15 at check-in