Coach Lou at Top Dog Athletics shows ClubhouseGas their harness technique for building linear speed with proper running form.


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Casey Bass: Today once again we're at Top Dog Sports, and we're going to help you, help your kids to get a little faster, moving in the right direction and with proper form, so stay tuned to ClubhouseGAS. Lou George: Coach Lou George from Top Dog Sports. Today we're talking about linear speed in a running form. Today we're going to do a drill using release harnesses. The release harnesses are for adding resistance to the athletes while they are running forward. The main thing what they are doing is, coaches are looking for a proper form and proper technique, make sure the kids are driving their knees to they their belly button, and using their arms. Okay, we're going to move forward. Coaches, we're going forward now. We're just going to do high knees for the ten yard line. Ready, go. Up and down as quickly as possible, making sure the kids are using proper technique, proper running form, making sure that their heels are not touching the ground, and release. Good job! Ready, go, high knees, pumping your arms, pumping your arms, pumping your arms. Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, and release. Now as you noticed the coach released a little bit early, but what you do, you'd like to mix that up, so the kids don't get used to doing it the same way each time. Now moving up and down, same thing, ready, go. Pumping your arms, pumping your arms, pumping your arms. Quickly as you can, quickly as you can, quickly as you can, quickly as you can. Good job! Main thing, like I said before I can reiterate this enough, is using proper running form, proper running form. You don't want to add resistance to an athlete if they are not using the proper running form. Proper running form, bending knees to the belly button, not letting the heels touch the ground, driving their arms, so that their thumb is coming up high enough to touch your cheek and falling up back to their back pocket, alright. Now we'll do about three or four sets with the resistance and then we'll do what we call a contrast set. Gevin Reynolds: Well, I think in Soccer, going to Top Dog helps me change directions quicker, so I can get the ball and change, going to the left or to the right and then scoring a goal. I haven't played my dad recently, but I think I could beat him. Lou George: Up and down, up and down, up and down, up and down, up and down, up and down, up and down, good job, release, good job. Kathryn Murray: Oh, I'm better, I'm faster, I'm stronger and the coaches here are awesome. They help me all the time whether its sponges or boxes, or medicine balls, it all helps. Lou George: All set, go. Liza Topping: I've actually used to play defense, and now I play offense. Lou George: There you go, leaning forward a little bit Matt, good job. Matthew Davis: I've got a lot better at running, a lot faster and turning like quicker. Lou George: Now we're going to add our contrast, athletes ready. You guys are staying on the line, go on high knees. Alright, go on high knees, high knees, high knees. Coaches back up forming to the wall. You're going to go high knees, high knees, high knees. Once they release, once I say go, on the second go, you guys are going, alright? Coaches, ready? Go! Up and down, up and down, everybody up and down, up and down. Moving forward, moving forward, ready. Go! There you go full speed, excellent job. What the contrast set helps us to do; we've all the resistance, adding resistance to the kids. Then once, they do a three or four sets with that, we'll take them off and we'll have them use their own body weight. And then it helps them turn over their legs a lot faster. [Music Playing]