Episode #22 - Cameron Josse: Speed Profiling

In this episode, we talk with Cameron Josse, director of sports performance for Defranco Training Systems. Cameron is one of the best up and coming coaches in our field, especially in regards to speed development. We talk about how he sprint profiles is athletes and uses tools like the 1080 sprint to evaluate the acceleration and top-end speed abilities of his athletes. Cam shares great detail into the data the 1080 sprint gives back, how this information can be made practical, some of the most common mechanical errors he see team sport athletes make, and we even touch into agility and the movement based training he uses. Overall it was a great discussion, and Cam held nothing back into the insight and information he shared. 

Favorite Quotes:

• ​"They don't teach you practical info and application in school, that's why it was so important for me to coach right away afterwards"
• "You can never get complacent in your learning"
• "The best sprinters are front-side dominant from start to finish"
• "At the first step, my fast athletes are around 60-65% RF, and at 10y at about 30-35% RF"
• The 5-10-5 and L-Drill is basically a choreographed dance"
• "One of the most successful top-end sprinting drills I've found is to have the athlete hold a medicine ball (4-6lbs) in front of their body at waist level, and think about trying to "knee" the ball with each stride while still running as fast as possible"
• "You don't want to force horizontal force during acceleration because guys then hunch over and run in these awkward  positions" 
• "One of the great aspects of the 1080 sprint or other modes of sprint profiling is we can specifically look at where an athlete is strong and weak during a sprint. Are they strong accelerators or do they have great top-end speed. Two guys could run a 4.5sec 40y dash, but how they got there could be completely different"
• "I see heavy sleds as a specific strength drill - not neccesarily something that will help a 40y dash - instead help a RB run through an arm tackle or help 1st step orientation and positioning"
• ""Focus drill structure on what the intention is behind a drill - so instead of saying - today we're working on a hip turn, instead say - today we're working on starting to the side to chase a player that got behind us"

Books:

• Game Changer - Fergus Connolly
• Conscious Coaching - Brett Bartholomew
• Game Speed - Ian Jeffreys

Dinner:

• Sir Isaac Newton
• Fergus Connolly
• Leonardo DaVinci

Social Media:

• Twitter - @CamJosse
• Instagram - @CamJosse