Your Fastest Step Might Be the One Before the Cut

Your Fastest Step Might Be the One Before the Cut

Shelby Trained
Published on: 23/10/2026

Great agility starts before the final plant. Learn how braking, body positioning, and momentum management during the steps leading into a cut can improve change-of-direction speed, athletic performance, and game-day movement efficiency.

Change of Direction TrainingAthletic Agility
Want More Speed? Here's Where to Start

Want More Speed? Here's Where to Start

Shelby Trained
Published on: 23/10/2026

Getting faster requires more than running sprints. Learn how force production, force direction, and athletic coordination contribute to speed, and how drills like Alternate Bounding can improve acceleration, explosiveness, and overall athletic perfor

speed developmentsprint performance
“Coach, I Don’t Feel Slow Late in Games Anymore.”

“Coach, I Don’t Feel Slow Late in Games Anymore.”

Shelby Trained
Published on: 23/10/2026

True athletic conditioning isn't just about lasting longer. Learn why maintaining speed, movement quality, reaction time, and control under fatigue is one of the clearest signs that training is transferring to sport performance.

Athletic ConditioningSpeed Endurance
There's a Number We Don't Track Enough

There's a Number We Don't Track Enough

Shelby Trained
Published on: 12/10/2026

Weight and reps aren't the only indicators of progress. Learn how tracking RPE (Rating of Perceived Exertion) can reveal improvements in strength, fitness, recovery, and work capacity that traditional workout logs often miss.

Workout Progress TrackingRPE Training