Using Speed gates to measure acceleration and top end speed can be a very frustrating process. Not to mention getting any real continuity or regularity of measurement. There is a high CNS demand, athletes overthink the process and in my case my manger was fearful of injury.
“People always get hurt when they use the gates?” he said. My response, “let me run this game with them and I promise no one will get hurt.”
Speed Gate Golf was born and my athletes just kept getting faster and faster in a scary way.
Speed gate golf was something I spoke to Joel about a little while back. Since then I’ve been teaching it to coaches and athletes with a consistency of result:
ATHLETES DON’T GET HURT AND THEY GET FAST….REALLY FAST!