Profil deutsch: 
Kevin Speer ist selbstständiger Athletiktrainer und schloss 2022 sein Master-Studium „Leistung, Training und Coaching im Spitzensport“ an der Deutschen Sporthochschule ab. Neben dem gesamten Studium leitete er ab 2016 den Athletikbereich für das Bundesliga Football-Team Cologne Crocodiles und ab 2021 für die Cologne Centurions in der European League of Football. Neben seiner Vereinstätigkeit machte Kevin Speer sich ab 2017 mit seiner Firma „Develop Athletes“ selbstständig und betreute national und international Athleten aus unterschiedlichen Sportarten. Seit 2022 ist er zudem mit seinem eigenen Fitnessstudio „Die Krafthalle“ in Köln aktiv und arbeitet vor Ort mit leistungsorientierten Sportlern aller Level.

Profile english:
Kevin Speer is a self-employed Strength and Conditioning located in Cologne. He graduated from the German Sports University (DSHS) with a masters degree in "Performance, Training & Coaching in high-performance Sports". Parallel to his studies, he managed the performance department for the Germany National League American football team Cologne Crocodiles from 2016 and for the Cologne Centurions in the European League of Football from 2021. In addition to his club activities, Kevin Speer started his own company "Develop Athletes" in 2017 and coached national and international athletes from different sports. Since 2022, he has also been active with his own fitness studio "Die Krafthalle" in Cologne and works on site with performance-oriented athletes of all levels.

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Sprint training with resistance is well known to coaches to increase the speed of their athletes.
However, there is often a lack of clarity about intensity and load for in velocity based training and how the change of parameters will alter the adaptations. The goal of this lecture followed by a practical presentation is, to review the current scientific literature in this field and to directly apply it to training and real-life training situations.

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