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HOW TO DEVELOP TOP SPEED OR MAX VELOCITY

Hugo Noya Enríquez / January 8, 2026

Contrary to popular belief, all out sprinting will not increase speed. Recent studies have shown that sprinting all out will actually cause the nervous system to “record” and reinforce an athletes current max velocity – not help to increase it. If you want to develop and improve your top speed other techniques must be utilized. I´m going to share with you one of the best ways, which is supported by Olympic coach Karim Abdel Wahab, to increase sprinting speed and maximize top speed development.

Track and field, Physical preparation, Situational sports, Sports training

MAKE SPEED A PRIORITY IN YOUR SPORT

Hugo Noya Enríquez / September 13, 2025

Tony Holler is a track and field coach and a football and basketball physical trainer. He works at Plainfield North High School. He is also a member of the Illinois Track & Field Hall of Fame and co-director of the Track Football Consortium with Chris Korfist. Tony Holler is the author of the “Feed the Cats” training method. In this post, you’ll learn how to make speed the priority number one in your program.

Physical preparation, Situational sports, Sports training

STOP DOING MINDLESS CONDITIONING

Hugo Noya Enríquez / August 29, 2025

Tony Holler is a track and field coach and a football and basketball physical trainer. He works at Plainfield North High School. He is also a member of the Illinois Track & Field Hall of Fame and co-director of the Track Football Consortium with Chris Korfist. Tony Holler is the author of the “Feed the Cats” training method. In this post you’ll read Tony Holler’s thoughts on conditioning in team sports like football.

Physical preparation, Situational sports, Sports training

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “SPEED RESERVE” AND “SPRINT CAPACITY”

Hugo Noya Enríquez / August 24, 2025

Tony Holler is a track and field coach and a football and basketball physical trainer. He works at Plainfield North High School. He is also a member of the Illinois Track & Field Hall of Fame and co-director of the Track Football Consortium with Chris Korfist. Tony Holler is the author of the “Feed the Cats” training method. In this post we´re going to talk a little bit about speed reserve and sprint capacity, two things that you need to be equipped.

Track and field, Physical preparation, Situational sports, Sports training

HOW TO TRAIN FOR SPEED DURING THE OFF SEASON

Hugo Noya Enríquez / August 17, 2025

Tony Holler is a track and field coach and a football and basketball physical trainer. He works at Plainfield North High School. He is also a member of the Illinois Track & Field Hall of Fame and co-director of the Track Football Consortium with Chris Korfist. Tony Holler is the author of the “Feed the Cats” training method. In this post, you’ll learn how their athletes train for speed during the off-season.

Basketball, Physical preparation, Situational sports, Sports training

“FEED THE CATS” BASKETBALL PROGRAM

Hugo Noya Enríquez / June 7, 2025

Coach Tony Holler is knowed as a sprint coach and track coach, and the “Feed the Cats” program. “Feed the Cats” has started to venture outward into other sports: lots of stuff right now on lacrosse and rugby, tons of stuff with football… But what about basketball? It´s something coach Tony Holler knows a lot about because his dad was a basketball coach at the high school and college level for 47 years. Tony Holler played high school basketball for him. He also played college basketball. He really went into teaching with the idea that he was going to be a basketball coach, and he became the youngest head coach in the state of Illinois at the age of 23. Next I´m going to explain the way coach Tony Holler would see a “Feed the Cats” basketball program.

Track and field, Physical preparation, Situational sports, Sports training

THE ATOMIC WORKOUT: ONLY 16 MINUTES OF SPEED TRAINING

Hugo Noya Enríquez / April 2, 2025

Tony Holler is a track and field coach and a football and basketball physical trainer. He works at Plainfield North High School. He is also a member of the Illinois Track & Field Hall of Fame and co-director of the Track Football Consortium with Chris Korfist. Tony Holler is the author of the “Feed the Cats” training method. In this article, I’m going to show you how Tony Holler programs speed workouts with his high school athletes.

Track and field, Physical preparation, Situational sports, Sports training

“FEED THE CATS”: TONY HOLLER´S TRAINING PHILOSOPHY THAT WILL HELP IMPROVE YOUR SPEED

Hugo Noya Enríquez / February 22, 2025

Track and field, Physical preparation, Rest and recovery, Situational sports, Sports training

THE 11 MISTAKES YOU SHOULD NOT MAKE IF YOU WANT TO RUN FASTER WHEN SPRINTING

Hugo Noya Enríquez / October 16, 2024

In this post I’m going to discuss all those actions and habits that are detrimental to developing and improving your sprinting speed. Obviously if you want to run slower and slower, doing all of these things is the best way to go. Here’s a list:

Track and field, Exercise physiology, Situational sports, Sports training

THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF THE 100 METER DASH RACE

Hugo Noya Enríquez / July 12, 2024

The 100 meter dash race is the most popular event in track and field and to be successful in it, apart from having a very refined sprint technique and high levels of explosiveness, it is necessary to understand how the evolution of the race is throughout its course. All of this is conditioned because it is a trial whose predominant metabolic system is mainly alactic anaerobic.