How do you fit world-class speed training into a chaotic team sport schedule?

In this Sport Speed Insider episode, Sam Portland breaks down the daily dosing strategy for applying The Sports Speed System inside real-world team environments — whether you’re part-time with two field sessions a week or working full-time in pro sport.

Learn how to use motor control, power output, and tactical integration to develop speed in-season without overloading your athletes.

💡 Inside this episode:

• How to apply The Sports Speed System during competition weeks

• The difference between general, specific, special, and tactical speed

• Why “performance programs” outperform traditional weight room programs

• How to balance motor control, power, and skill across the week

• Daily dosing examples for pro and part-time setups

• When and how to integrate Learn–Load–Execute sequencing

• Why recovery, yin yoga, and tissue quality are key to sustainable speed gains

🎯 Whether you’re an academy coach or elite performance manager, this episode will reshape how you plan and prioritise speed in-season.

⏱️ Timestamps

• 00:00 – How to apply The Sports Speed System daily

• 00:45 – Real-world time constraints in team sport environments

• 01:15 – Why time scarcity makes the system powerful

• 02:00 – From general speed to tactical speed — four layers of transfer

• 03:00 – The hierarchy: motor control, power, skill, sport

• 03:40 – Structuring an in-season training week

• 04:40 – The “low–high” model explained

• 05:00 – Day-by-day breakdown of daily dosing

• 05:30 – Motor control priority days

• 06:15 – Learn–Load–Execute: the cornerstone of speed development

• 07:00 – Combining power output and skill transfer

• 08:00 – Integrating acceleration and maximum speed days

• 09:00 – Using sport itself as a tactical speed environment

• 09:40 – The role of recovery, yin yoga, and tissue quality

• 10:10 – Exploratory learning and speed games for skill retention