Getting up early to build alactic capacity

As I posted in a article on Elite FTS, the importance of alactic capacity for football are clear. The one thing that is challenging is organizing a program that allows 80+ guys to accomplish this at the same time.
Educate your coaches
In the past, our coaches were all about LACTATE, LACTATE, LACTATE! Needless to say athletes were ran into the ground for "conditioning" All it took was a simple sit down meeting with a written plan of execution, and letting them know how to follow through with that plan. Showing them how to split up groups and making sure the athletes do not go over the set intensity or volume while following proper rest times. Coaches are great at organizing drills and getting athletes to listen and follow suit so once they communicate with the athlete the desired execution of the drill it will be done that way.

Educate Your Athletes
I have often been apart of drills during practice, training, and so forth and athletes are constantly asking, "Why are we doing this?" Not in the form of complaining but because of curiosity. Especially at the collegiate level, they want to KNOW that what they are doing is making them better. So it is key to let them in on your methods in the weight room and during conditioning. This can go a long way. This is the difference between having one pair of coaches eyes compared to dozens of eyes keeping track of everyone and whether they are utilizing there time efficiently. I have had pretty much every senior approach me asking me why we are doing this and what benefits come from a certain method (mostly due to not ever being exposed to them previously) and they all listen intently and are always glad to know what is going on. This has helped during weight room coaching cause they are just as good about cueing each other. Also during conditioning they are getting guys to hustle from spot to spot to meet the time requirements.

For example Wednesday morning during our conditioning. It was great having athletes motivating each other and knowing that when the previous group was finished, they had to get to the line and go go go! We did a variety of movements lateral and linear for a set set time which gradually increases in volume throughout the mesocycle.

It is obvious that communication with training is key and it involves everyone. People being left out will miss out. Notice that there was more to mention in terms of communicating with athletes. Coaches are great and mine have done a great job at delegating the instructions but the athletes have made a tremendous difference in getting things to run smoothly because they are the ones putting forth they effort and have a desire to do it so that they improve as much as possible.