Muscles and Management

Episode #124 Speed Training and Sprinting for Team-Sport Athletes with Dan Pfaff

Gerry DeFilippo Season 2 Episode 124

In this episode, Gerry welcomes on world-renowned sprint coach Dan Pfaff to talk about a variety of areas concerning speed development with team-sport athletes as well as overall career development.

All that and more on this episode of Muscles and Management!

Episode Timestamps


3:39 -
Working with High School Athletes First 


15:00 -
Dan’s Early Years as a Coach 


20:30 -
Do What People Seek You out For 


23:15 -
Sports & Covid 


26:50 -
Multi-sport Athletes 


32:00 -
Wellness and Injuries 


39:00 -
Gerry & Dan’s First Interaction: Scope of Practice 


43:35 -
Strength Coaches Adjusting to What an Athlete Has Been Doing Elsewhere 


47:55 -
High-performance Model 


52:30 -
What Is a Complete Athlete? 


58:05 -
Overdoing Small Mechanical Changes in Athletes 


1:06:00 -
the Science of Coaching 


1:14:15 -
Dan’s Final Thoughts 

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