The Secret To Building World-class Speed with BRIAN KULA | Ep. 126

Check out Brian on socials! @briankula @kulasportsperformanceUse code "coachemup10" for 10% off EVERYTHING at https://eleiko.com/coachemupHead over to https://ovrperformance.com/coachemup and get $25 offGrab a Subscriber tee at https://www.dripthatdelivers.comBrian Kula has spent 27 years turning athletes into weapons, from high school track kids to NFL Offensive Player of the Year Christian McCaffrey. On this episode of the Coach Em Up Podcast, Tim Riley sits down with Brian to break down sports performance philosophy, the biggest mistakes coaches make in speed training, and how to safely bring sprinting to the general population. Plus, Brian gets candid about coaching elite pros, building ETS Performance, and why relationships matter more than any X's and O's.Brian Kula is one of the most decorated performance coaches in the game. A third-generation coach and former decathlete, Brian built Kula Sports Performance from the ground up, including a pivot during the 2020 pandemic that helped him scale his private training business.This episode covers the full spectrum: why coaches keep making the same speed training mistakes, what vertical integration speed training actually looks like in practice, how to coach sprinting mechanics for athletes without destroying your general population clients, and what Brian learned from his elite mentors. Brian also opens up about the realities of coaching pro athletes, his work with ETS Performance to build career tracks for young coaches, and why plyometrics for speed development are criminally underrated.If you are chasing faster athletes, a smarter program, or a coaching career worth building, this one is packed.Produced byQ6 Mediahttps://q6.media00:00:00 - Introduction00:02:20 - Brian's background and coaching legacy00:06:40 - Athlete to coach transition and developing patience00:11:12 - Coaching youth athletes vs. coaching pros00:18:33 - Evolution of training philosophy and mentors00:27:10 - Learning from coaching mistakes and pivoting your program00:32:04 - Top mistakes in speed training00:34:40 - Sprinting for general pop and the Fast Forever protocol00:45:12 - Assessing and coaching elite pros00:49:18 - Pros and cons of coaching professional athletes00:55:25 - Mentorship, ETS Performance, and building careers01:11:34 - The power of relationships01:14:37 - Listener Q&A with Brian Kula01:29:37 - Three Things, Rant and Rave, and Unsolicited Advice#CoachEmUpPodcast #BrianKula #KulaSportsPerformance #SpeedTraining #StrengthAndConditioningPodcast #SprintingMechanics #PerformanceCoach #ETSPerformance #SpeedDevelopment #Plyometrics