EP21: The Speed Revolution Changing High School Football with Coach Cale Sanders

What happens when a high school football program stops training like everyone else and puts speed first?

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In this episode of Feed the Cats, we sit down with Coach Cale Sanders of Carlsbad High School in New Mexico to talk about the transformation of his football program after adopting a sprint-based, speed-first approach to training.

Carlsbad enrolled in the Feed the Cats Academy powered by Universal Speed Rating, giving their coaches a way to regularly test and track speed, jumping ability, power, and other performance metrics. Those results create an overall performance score that allows athletes to measure their progress against teammates and other athletes in programs participating in the Academy.

But the biggest changes aren't just happening on the testing numbers.

Coach Sanders shares how this approach has helped his athletes become faster, healthier, and more explosive, while reducing the emphasis on traditional conditioning and the constant grind that can leave athletes fatigued and more susceptible to injury.

And the results on the field have followed.

Carlsbad has seen major improvements in athlete performance, fewer injuries, and more success—including the program's first playoff win in 16 years last season. Now, the program enters the upcoming season highly ranked and looking to build on that momentum.

In this conversation, we discuss:

• Why Carlsbad made the shift to sprint-based football
• The philosophy behind putting speed before conditioning
• How regularly testing speed and power changes the way athletes train
• Why training athletes to perform at a higher level may be more effective than simply doing more work
• The impact on injuries and athlete health
• How Carlsbad's athletes have improved their top-end speed
• The connection between speed development and winning football games
• What other high school coaches can learn from Carlsbad's transformation
• Why the traditional approach to football conditioning may be changing

Could a speed-first approach be the future of high school football?

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