Acceleration and Sprint Speed

Built for Speed: Acceleration and Sprint Speed is the opening guide in the Sports Progression Hub speed and agility range, written for young athletes who want to get genuinely faster rather than simply run more. Across 51 in-depth content cards, it builds sprinting from the ground up: what speed actually is, how acceleration differs from top speed, and why both matter in sport. It covers sprinting posture, arm action, and leg action and ground contact in real technical detail, then works through the acceleration phase and what changes as an athlete reaches top speed. It sets out the sprint drills that genuinely develop technique, names the common technical faults that hold young athletes back, and shows how to recognise and correct them. It explains how to structure speed training so that it works, how to progress speed over time rather than plateauing, and how to apply straight-line speed to the messier demands of a real sport. Written in clear, professional British English with genuine, age-appropriate content and no filler, it is the premium sprinting guide for any young athlete who wants to understand and develop real, usable speed.