Speed School

Specialised performance sessions for all young sportspeople

We are excited to introduce to you our new ‘Speed School’ initiative. A project focused on offering specialised performance sessions suitable for all sports, where speed and repeated speed underpin the technical capabilities for success e.g rugby, lacrosse, cricket, hockey, football, athletics and so on. Our sessions will be separated into two age groups: 7-13 years and 14-18 year olds, with clients grouped according to their sporting focus. We will host two distinct sessions per week, with two slots per focus area to maximise availability. To ensure appropriate loading and recovery attendance is limited to a maximum of two sessions per week.

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Speed Development Session - focusing on:

Agility - focusing on:

  • Accel/Decel
  • Change of direction (COD)
  • Braking strength
  • Evasion drills
  • Conditioning for speed/injury prevention
    • Speed School will launch the week beginning 16th November 2020

    Schedule:

    Mon - Speed Development

    Tues - Accel and change of direction

    Thurs - Speed development

    Fri - Accel and change of direction

    Whats the end goal?

    In just 5 weeks, you can expect to be:

    Pricing:

    Testimonials

    What athletes and coaches say

    George Ford
    Professional Rugby Player, England
    As a professional athlete I have many areas I look to develop on and off the pitch. Speed development has always been a fundamental skill for me as it underpins my ability to stay elusive and agile.
    Axel Tuanzebe
    Professional Football Player, Manchester United
    As a football player I thrive with my team but also need to work on my individual game. Speedworks help me get stronger,faster and fitter by training hard whilst training smart.
    Carlin Isles
    Professional Rugby Player
    Jonas and his knowledge and wisdom is second to none the best in the world to me. His ability to be able to understand me, and my body to get it to do what the mind wants it do is crazy. He not only understand speed he knows how to coach it. He brings what you have to life. And that’s very special. His ability to get every once of speed out of you is remarkable.
    Anthony Watson
    Professional Rugby Player, England
    Jonas has been my guy for almost 10 years. Rugby is a sport that will always test your mental and physical robustness, so having a team of experts to support you is a priority. During the late stage of rehab it’s easy to get stuck at the point where your body is physically nearly ready but your movement quality and coordination is lagging behind. This is the point where specific coaching and training programs have accelerated my speed and confidence in my body. This not only got me out of a pain spiral but was an important part of getting me into the best shape of my life for the World Cup.
    Henry Trinder
    Professional Rugby Player, England
    I came to Speedworks to help me get over a previous knee injury. I ended up staying for off-season training and it certainly made a difference in my explosive strength and speed. I continue to use their programs and key elements of their system that prepare me best for performance.
    Rowena Cole
    800m Athlete
    I’ve been training for 800m for much of my adult life and I’ve come across different approaches to building capacity fitness and speed. I work with Speedworks because they find a way to get me fast and fit in a fun and empowering way. Online training and online video review is a great way to to work on my running technique even if I can’t have face-to-face contact with Jonas and Julie.
    Martin Waghorn
    Professional Footballer, Derby
    Speed and power is important for my game, so working with speedworks is a no-brainer.
    Jonathan Joseph
    Professional Rugby Player, England
    Speedworks has been an important part of my performance puzzle. I strive to be the best at what I do and Speed training supports so many of my individual work ons.
    Kevin Geary
    Head of S&C, Bristol Bears Rugby
    Jonas has been a key part in establishing our speed philosophy at the Bears. His knowledge around all aspects of speed development is second to none. Jonas’ workshops are delivered in a way that are easy to apply for both coaches & players. The technical model & drill progressions can be applied across any number of sports and specific aspects of your own sport are covered as well. Highly recommended!
    James Parkes
    S&C Coach at Exeter Chiefs Rugby
    Writing a testimonial is a really tricky task, trying to making a reader understand the magnitude of influence an individual has upon them will never be complete, as in my opinion, it is very personal...... That being said, here is my attempt. I approached Jonas via social media in the hope of having a some questions answered around speed and movement that i could not find the answers to in the ether of the world wide web. His response far exceeded any expectation i may have had, not only did he spend hours on the phone to me, but learnt about me as a coach, person, practitioner and father. This led to him helping me navigate through the process of outlining my coaching philosophies on paper, which i had been trying to do for years and accelerating my direction towards a more rounded coach. Jonas invited me to watch him coach at Loughborough aiding in the process of my search for calibrating my personal "movement screen"/isolating landmarks/making movement matter, and bringing practise and principles together to try and jump start such an important portion of my practise that had been missing from my toolbox. I am not sure he could have done anymore and has influenced me more than he will ever know. His success has left clues all over British Sport, from track and field, to football, rugby and beyond, not to mention the highest regard he holds his family upon. I would implore anyone who can, to onboard with "Team Tawiah Dodoo" if they have any desires to move themselves on as well rounded performance coaches.
    Eddie Jones
    England Rugby Union Coach
    Jonas is a brilliant coach - he has strong methodology and ability to develop quickly a rapport with his players He has good observation skills and is a good staff member
    Bob Stewart
    Senior Physiotherapist for England Rugby
    Working in the rehab sector of professional rugby, running and speed mechanics are absolutely crucial to producing faster, more powerful athletes at the end of our process. Jonas has been instrumental in helping me develop my philosophy around all things speed; from understanding how to adequately prepare athletes for the demands of speed development, to my coaches eye and how to fine tune movement. His ability to simplify complex movement problems and articulate objectives to both athlete and coach are second to none. If running and speed is your interest, I can not recommend Jonas high enough to elevate your practice to the next level!