145: Ross Jeffs on CNS Dynamics and Speed Training Individualization | Sponsored by SimpliFaster

Today’s episode features track and physical preparation coach Ross Jeffs. Ross currently coaches at the regional training center in Rotterdam in the Netherlands.  Although having a track and field background, Ross has worked with world class athletes from a variety of sports.  He has been mentored by Jonas Dodoo within the Speedworks coaching system, and is one of the brightest coaches under age 30 that I’ve read or talked to. I first heard of Ross just a few weeks ago when his article on “Trainers vs. Racers” came out on Simplifaster.  Although this article didn’t get a lot of shares, it was one of the best works I had read in the last year, and one that resonated heavily with thoughts I’ve had on neurotyping system and athlete individualization. I’ve known through Christian Thibaudeau’s neurotyping, as well as personal practice and reflection, that some athletes just can’t handle as much CNS intensive training, and that some athletes tend to do better with longer times under tension in the weightroom or even in their event specific training.  What I hadn’t considered was how this impacted the nature of maximal velocity sprinting and jumping, and how we can practically speed train athletes based on what we are seeing in practice (you don’t even need to know neurotyping to understand how this works, since it’s simply based on practice times versus race times). For my chat with Ross today, we cover Ross’s background in classifying athletes (such as the muscular versus elastic bandwidth), who the “racer” is in practice, as well as the “trainer” and then how this can be utilized in track and field and team sport performance training. Today’s episode is brought to you by SimpliFaster.com, supplier of high-end athletic development tools, such as the Freelap timing system, kBox, Sprint 1080, and more. View more show notes at Just-fly-sports.com/podcast-145-ross-jeffs