Why Your Fastest Athlete Isn't Always Your Best Problem Solver
Sep 9, 2026 · 20 min · 11 segments
Send us Fan Mail Is speed a capacity, or a skill? Most coaching treats them as the same thing, and that's where the gap starts. - Speed as a…
Sep 9, 2026 · 20 min · 11 segments
Send us Fan Mail Is speed a capacity, or a skill? Most coaching treats them as the same thing, and that's where the gap starts. - Speed as a…
Javier Miller-EstradaHostWhat's up, everybody? Welcome to today's episode of the Adaptable Athlete Podcast.
I've got a very interesting episode for everybody here today that I think you will not only find interesting, but hopefully find insightful.
Speed is one of the most polarizing, or at least I would say interest-generating topics that is in performance today.
I spoke at a conference in Florida for professional hockey coaches, and one of the big things that they wanted to discuss is how they can get their players faster.
Speed is something that we all love, that we all like to see when we're watching college football or pro football, someone break- breaks a big run, or we're watching baseball and someone turns a single into a triple.
I've never heard of an athlete or a parent that says, "My kid is too fast," or, "I'm too fast." We all want to see fast people, and we all wanna be faster.
But I think one of the things that we miss with speed is a true understanding of how it's actually applied.
We don't dive deep enough into what speed development actually is and what it means for us.
I'm gonna be unpacking speed development, something that is very, very important in my world, in the world of performance, in the world of strength and conditioning.
So we're gonna be diving into what is speed? This idea of speed being a capacity.
After that, we're gonna be diving into speed from more of an ecological dynamics perspective.
How can we understand speed from more of a modern coaching lens? And then last, we're gonna talk about speed and its relationship to problem-solving because when it comes to developing athletes, I think problem-solving is something we don't talk about enough, and speed certainly has a significant factor in how we talk about s- problem-solving, especially for several sports out there where speed is at a premium.
This is gonna be a short, fun, punchy episode that hopefully provides a lot of value for you.
What's up, everybody? Welcome to today's episode of the Adaptable Athlete Podcast.
I've got a very interesting episode for everybody here today that I think you will not only find interesting, but hopefully find insightful.
Speed is one of the most polarizing, or at least I would say interest-generating topics that is in performance today.
I spoke at a conference in Florida for professional hockey coaches, and one of the big things that they wanted to discuss is how they can get their players faster.
Speed is something that we all love, that we all like to see when we're watching college football or pro football, someone break- breaks a big run, or we're watching baseball and someone turns a single into a triple.
I've never heard of an athlete or a parent that says, "My kid is too fast," or, "I'm too fast." We all want to see fast people, and we all wanna be faster.
But I think one of the things that we miss with speed is a true understanding of how it's actually applied.
We don't dive deep enough into what speed development actually is and what it means for us.
I'm gonna be unpacking speed development, something that is very, very important in my world, in the world of performance, in the world of strength and conditioning.
So we're gonna be diving into what is speed? This idea of speed being a capacity.
After that, we're gonna be diving into speed from more of an ecological dynamics perspective.
How can we understand speed from more of a modern coaching lens? And then last, we're gonna talk about speed and its relationship to problem-solving because when it comes to developing athletes, I think problem-solving is something we don't talk about enough, and speed certainly has a significant factor in how we talk about s- problem-solving, especially for several sports out there where speed is at a premium.
This is gonna be a short, fun, punchy episode that hopefully provides a lot of value for you.
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