On today’s podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by Tony Holler, creator of the Feed the Cats speed workout program. Holler has over 40 years of experience coaching football, basketball and track in the state of Illinois. Holler joined the podcast today to talk about some mistakes football coaches often make in their approach to getting players physically ready to play in football games and what he has found to be the best practices. Show Notes: 1:09 Coach’s Journey 4:54 Track-Football Consortium 7:34 14 point turnaround 11:30 Breaking traditions in football practices 15:50 How fatiguing guys during the week can hurt their performance on game-day 18:12 If teams don’t do traditional “toughness” practices, how do they make their players “tough” 21:00 How Christian McCaffrey’s track coach changed him by doing “5-second” work 23:33 How speed creates endurance 27:47 Letting games be the hardest thing you do every week 31:40 Coach’s Feed the Cats Certification on Coach Tube 34:12 Connect with Coach Coach Tube Course: https://coachtube.com/course/track-and-field/feed-the-cats-the-off-season-speed-workout/12361114 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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