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Author: Coach Tony Holler

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When Tony Holler’s name is mentioned, SPEED is the subject… maximum velocity sprinting. 

Tony Holler is a track coach, most recently the head coach at Plainfield North H.S. Tony retired from teaching chemistry after 38 years in the classroom and has 44 years of coaching experience (football, basketball, and track). Tony Holler is a member of Illinois Track & Field Hall of Fame and Co-director of Track Football Consortium along with Chris Korfist. Holler created the revolutionary "Feed the Cats" in 1999.

Tony Holler is the son of 47-year high school and college basketball coach Don Holler. Tony is the father of four, including two successful coaches, Alec Holler (Edwardsville H.S.) and Quinn Holler (Andrew H.S.). 

Tony Holler has diversified his “Feed the Cats'' message for all sports and the classroom. Tony has consulted with the New York Yankees who started feeding the cats in their 2022 spring training. He’s also consulted with college lacrosse (Princeton, Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, Penn, Arizona State, and Northwestern). Princeton made the NCAA Final Four in 2022 for the first time in 18 years with the battle cry of “Feed the Tigers''. 

Hundreds of high school football teams now use a FTC approach (also known as “Sprint-Based Football”). At least 12 states have football teams who have won state championships by prioritizing speed over conditioning. Tony also has a Sprint-Based Football Podcast. 

Tony Holler has presented his content in 30 different states. In addition, he’s done multiple presentations in England, Ireland, and France. Tony is also a frequent presenter at football and lacrosse clinics. In the past year, he's delivered two presentations on "Coaching the Classroom" for teachers. 

Tony has done several Feed the Cats Seminars which include nine hours of instruction over a 24-hour period. FTC Seminars are usually a one-man clinic. 

Tony Holler’s Feed the Cats DVD was the #1 best-seller for Championship Production for ALL SPORTS in 2018. It has been the #1 best-seller from 2018 to 2025 in the track and field category. 

Holler’s most recent content can be found at CoachTube, where he is #2 in sales, all sports, all time. 

Tony Holler was named as a “Prime Nine Speaker” by Glazier Football Clinics. 

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What really makes athletes faster? Is it strength, sprint mechanics, or how effectively athletes apply force into the ground? In this episode of the Feed the Cats Podcast, Tony Holler is joined by renowned speed coach Chris Korfist for an in-depth conversation about the science of speed, sprint mechanics, strength training, and athletic development. With over 35 years of coaching experience, Chris Korfist has established himself as one of the most respected minds in speed development. Over th...
How can coaches use speed training, velocity-based training, and performance data to develop faster, stronger, and more explosive athletes? In this episode of the Feed the Cats Podcast, Tony Holler sits down with Martin O'Reilly, CEO and Co-Founder of Output Sports, to discuss the technology behind modern speed and performance-based training. Output Sports uses innovative sensor technology to measure athletic performance, including movement velocity, strength, power, jumping ability, and othe...
Coach Danny Schaechter joins the Feed the Cats Podcast to talk about speed development, performance training, and what it takes to develop elite football players. Coach Schaechter is the current Offensive Coordinator and Speed/Performance Coach at Loyola Academy, one of the top high school football programs in the country. Over the years, he has worked with some of the best young football talent in the game, including NFL quarterback Caleb Williams. Danny also shares how his approach to tra...
In this episode of the Feed the Cats Podcast, we sit down with Jake Cohen, a speed and performance coach and the founder of Jake Cohen Performance. Jake has coached collegiate track & field, including stops at Louisiana Tech and the University of Illinois, and brings a wealth of experience when it comes to developing faster, more powerful athletes. We dive deep into speed and power development, including why speed should be a priority, how to train the central nervous system, and how th...
What if speed training—not conditioning, grinding, or simply getting tired—should be the foundation of athletic development? In this episode of Feed the Cats, we sit down with elite speed and performance coach Brian Kula to discuss speed development, maximal outputs, power, athleticism, and what it really takes to build high-performance athletes. Brian has trained some of the world's best athletes, including NFL superstar Christian McCaffrey, and we dive into why developing speed was such a...
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