Feed The Cats: Developing a Practice Plan - Programming

by Tony Holler

Description

“PROGRAMMING” is course #15 of an ambitious Feed the Cats Certification Program created by Tony Holler.

Feed the Cats is a revolutionary way of training, coaching, and teaching with an appreciation for specificity, essentialism, performance, and love. After gaining a world-wide following in Track & Field, FTC has now gained a strong foothold in American football and lacrosse.

“PROGRAMMING” is a Feed the Cats approach to setting up practices. Practice structure is explored using two models, a staff of five and a staff of one.

One of the most asked questions every year, “How do you structure your jumps, hurdles, and throws practice?” This course answers that question in detail.

The categorizing of workouts (speed, x-factor, lactate, and *off*) is explained with video samples of each.

Practice planning (for long and short seasons) is taught in simple terms with scientific reasoning. Coaches will be able to set up a season-long practice plan within minutes of finishing the course.

Attention is given to the special circumstances of the 2021 pandemic.

108 minutes of talking track!

Additional Resources:

Solo Speed Training in 700 Words

The 400 is a Sprint

Courses that should be paired with this one:

FTC-101 The Speed Workout

FTC-102 The X-Factor Workout

FTC-205 Sprint the 400 (Lactate Workouts)

Lessons

CHAPTER 1: THE PRACTICE SET UP

1 We Got Nothing to Hide (Spirit) 1:24 2 The Process 2:33 3 Team Organization 7:41 4 Jump Practice 2:10 5 Hurdle Practice 1:12 6 Throwers and Distance Crew 1:04 7 Coaching a Track Team All By Yourself 10:19

CHAPTER 2: FOUR TYPES OF WORKOUTS

8 Preview of the Speed Workout Free 1:47 9 The Speed Workout 17:06 10 Preview of the X-Factor Workout Free 1:46 11 The X-Factor Workout 12:47 12 Preview of the Lactate Workout Free 2:12 13 The Lactate Workout 15:17 14 The Off Day 2:34 15 Review of the Four Feed the Cats Workouts 1:59 16 Meets Are Red 0:23 17 Distance Coaches Kill Cats 1:44

CHAPTER 3: COLOR CODED TRAINING BLOCKS

18 Organization of Workouts 1:20 19 Winter Training Free 1:44 20 The 19-Week Illinois Season 2:23 21 The Short Season (aka Covid 2021) 5:34 22 The 3-Meet Week 3:23 23 My Favorite Week (Saturday Meet Only) 1:46 24 The Problem With Long to Short (Don’t Copy College Coaches!) 6:47 25 What If There’s No Time to Get in Shape? (Short Season, Over-Scheduled) 5:41 26 Animal Zoo (Spirit) 1:23

COMPREHENSION

27 Feed the Cats 215 Quiz

The Coach

Tony Holler

Head track coach at Plainfield North High School. 42 years experience coaching football, basketball, and track. Member of Illinois Track & Field Hall of Fame and Co-director of Track Football Consortium with Chris Korfist

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• Head Boy's Track & Field at Plainfield North High School (IL)
• Retired Chemistry Teacher
• Public Speaker
• Writer for FreelapUSA, SimpliFaster, & ITCCCA
• Creator and Owner of "Feed the Cats"
• Co-Owner of Track Football Consortium
• Certified Teacher of Reflexive Performance Reset

Ratings and Reviews (5)

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Lance Dawkins

Very Descriptive

Apr 14, 21 06:20 PM

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Richard Whittaker

Can’t wait to implement Tony’s system at our school!

Feb 16, 22 05:38 PM

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Nicole Harper

Very helpful in planning my practices.

Feb 17, 22 02:37 PM

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Tyler Bettencourt

Quick and direct. Simple yet informative on bullet points.

Jan 11, 24 11:39 PM

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Camille Barnett

The information was great. Very specific with examples. Just what I was looking for in that regard. I won’t give it 5 stars because of his language. I can’t share his videos, podcasts, articles or presentations with my athletes or other coaches because of lack of professionalism. Also, not sure if this is a feed the cats thing or a coachtube thing, but why are the video segments so short and choppy? I’m pushing play every 15 sec to few minutes.

Feb 3, 24 12:11 PM

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