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🎯Multi-Directional Speed Specialist Challenging Coaches to See Speed Differently.
🏆Consultant → NBA • MLB • NFL •
D1 Collegiate Programs

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About 1 year of @lex_pnoff’s ACL rehab in less than 30 seconds.

🔑This video is a great example how much hard work and consistency goes into any successful post-op rehab and/or comeback from a serious injury.

🤕Doing all the things necessary early on in PT to restore range of motion and improve neuromuscular coordination.

📈Patiently sticking to and progressing the simple (and sometimes) boring progressions of lower body strength, plyometrics, and return-to-sport training qualities.

💻And yes, it can be done virtually.

💪🏼Consistently putting in the work with her trainer Rich (who isn’t on IG anymore 😅) to focus on general strength training and to also crush upper body work.

🫀Showing up week after week to work on overall cardiovascular fitness and active recovery work between hard training sessions… which is what most people would skip all-together.

🙌🏼Shoutout @lex_pnoff for being a great reminder of why being a good student is just as (if not more) important than being a good coach.

🧠Also shoutout to all of our mentors and teachers who have shown and taught us how to really train and guide our clients from PT all the way to high level performance.

#reloadpt #movewithoutlimits #aclrehab #nycphysicaltherapy

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Unlock sharper, more explosive change of direction with these Med Ball Roll & Reach patterns!

Huge shoutout to the multidirectional speed guru himself, Lee Taft @leetaft for these incredible drills 👏🔥

If you’re looking to enhance your deceleration, hip hinge angles, and lateral re-acceleration, this sequence is absolute gold.

Why these work:

-Force Absorption: Teaches athletes to lower their center of mass and load the hips efficiently under control.

-Core & Hip Integration: The reach forces dynamic core stability while the lower body manages deceleration forces.

-Transferable COD: Directly translates to the angle cuts and drop steps you use on the field or court.

If you’re a field or court athlete, give these patterns a shot in your next movement session!

#SpeedAndAgility #ChangeOfDirection #MultidirectionalSpeed

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Our conversation with @leetaft has been released 🙌
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One of, if not the best, when it comes to understanding and teaching multi directional speed principles. This episode can be found in the link in our bio!
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Continue to work alongside the best companies in the game 👇
@hytro_
@hawkindynamics
@plyomat_aat
@1080motion
@samson_eq

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Our 170th episode is a special one! @leetaft joins us for all things multi directional speed including conversation surrounding deceleration, COD, cueing and much more! 🔥
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The episode will drop at midnight tonight! Check it out anywhere you listen to your podcasts by searching “Move The Needle Human Performance” 🤝

#MTNPodcast x @hawkindynamics @1080motion @plyomat_aat @hytro_ @samson_eq

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Lee Taft going over how clearing the front side is important when transitioning ⚡️

Thanks, Coach!

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Back to the good ol' days of 2016 for this pic! Please take a moment to read the description to see what separates us. Couldn't have done it without @timmy_b20 and @theycallmedk and everyone else who took a chance on me along the way.

#performance
#mobility
#strength
#speed
holistic

While many coaches think primarily in terms of exercises or general movement patterns, we break things down much further. To simplify it, we think at the joint level.

For every dynamic movement an athlete performs, we examine the responsibility of each joint and identify the weakest link. We then train that weakness specifically and progressively until it becomes a strength.

We pride ourselves on not skipping steps. We look at the body like a puzzle, where every piece must be placed methodically. We cannot skip ahead of where the athlete currently is.

Every athlete has energy leaks. Although those leaks may not be causing problems right now, they can eventually limit performance or contribute to issues elsewhere. This proactive approach helps athletes break through plateaus, mitigate injury risk, and elevate their performance.

You constantly hear about the negative effects of the world we live in. Kids are spending more time on their phones, playing outside less, and specializing in one sport at increasingly younger ages. Some are playing the same sport year-round before they are even teenagers.

As coaches, we have to account for that reality or the problem will only continue to grow.

That is why we place such a strong emphasis on developing general movement ability rather than making everything overly sport-specific. The better an athlete can move in a wide variety of environments, the stronger their foundation becomes and the more room they have for future growth.

That is why our athletes crawl, climb, squat, lunge, tumble, wrestle, roughhouse, and play. It also connects directly to the first point: identifying and developing the weak links that often result from a lack of free play and quality physical education.

This is what gets me out of bed every morning.

I feel incredibly grateful to be in a position where I get to watch these kids grow up. I meet many of the

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An absolutely amazing weekend learning from one of the greats, @leetaft on multidirectional movement and speed.

We walk into these workshops excited to learn. To become better for our clients, athletes, and the people we have the privilege of working with.

And we leave as better clinicians and coaches.
Not only because of what we learned, but because of the people we met, the connections we made, the conversations we shared, and the stories we exchanged along the way.

There’s something incredibly inspiring about being surrounded by people who are all curious, passionate, and committed to a similar goal: helping people better understand their bodies through movement.

All in all, a couple of my takeaways:
“I’d rather be short a mile than an inch over”
“Movement is messy” so…
Keep learning. Keep moving. Keep sharing.

#strength #speed #sportsrehab #physio #movement

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An amazing weekend of learning and practicing with @leetaft - the best in the industry for multi-directional speed 🙏🏼🔥

These weekend seminars not only provide the opportunity to learn new ways of coaching and helping clients, but also sparks so much inspiration and excitement about movement and training for sport and longevity.

Thank you for sharing your expertise and energy with all of us, Lee! 💯

#multidirectionaltraining #changeofdirection #reloadpt #personaltrainer #movewithoutlimits

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THANK YOU! What an amazing weekend in New York City ❤️‍🔥💫

Learning from @leetaft about Multidirectional Speed was incredible. I love his passion for what he does and how he teaches. Too good. Appreciate you Lee!!

And shoutout to the homie @brianhuaa. Too easy, fun, and chill navigating the unfamiliarity of NYC together while nerding out on movement, physio, and soul-energizing-type-of-life talk. Flow.

What a G. Intentional movement. 😮‍💨

OMG your boy can’t eat too much gluten cuz autoimmune vibes but DAMN! I had 1.5 slice of the pesto pizza and it was tooo good. Highly recommend @joeandsalspizza 🍕

Not shown but what made this even more special was sitting down, chatting, and eating this Za with Em and family. Love and Company. ❤️‍🔥

Ayooooo. 😁

Move Without Limits 😮‍💨

More Lee Taft live in the flesh.

Love Bryant Park. I feel peace.

I LOVE YOU SIS 😁 @maifleetingmoments

Respects to the victims of 9/11. 🙏🏼 Also, my immediate thought when I unexpectedly saw this beam into the sky:

Your potential is limitless.

WOW, what a view. THANK YOU!

Yknow the vibes baby.. iced americano all season long. Thanks for the recommendation baby! @emily.t 😁

LETSGOOOO! My first bite of a burger after 4 weeks. This was exactly 28 days after my gum graft surgery 😂. The burger and service was top notch. Would come back fo sho! @handcraftburgers

Ryan and Gary! Congrats to what yall continue to build and represent at @reload.pt . Thank you for the hospitality and it was dope learning and kickin it with yall over the weekend. Much love. ❤️‍🔥🫂

OH YO! This gluten-free tom som pla @chalong.restaurant was BOMB. Hit the spot. Felt freshhhhh and cleannnn. Just what I needed at the time.

What a morning view. Grateful to walk and explore life.

Ayooooo. Thanks again Gary for your hospitality! Appreciate you big dawg 🙏🏼

Thank you thank you thank you for my eyes to see, ears to listen, and ability to walk, breathe, and explore life. I’ll never forget the days when I couldn’t walk and needed a wheelchair. Just so grateful how my life turned around because I chose to believe despite many unknowns and uncertainties around my pain, injury, health, and life.

I’ve dimmed m

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Thank you, Lee Taft!

The VSP staff was lucky enough to have Lee teach us all about multi-directional speed and how he approaches coaching.

Excited to put this practice into play!

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One of our favorite moments from this weekend… and it had nothing to do with training speed, change of direction, or even programming.

🙏🏻So lucky to have @leetaft on our board of directors and extremely thankful for all the other coaches, clinicians, and mentors that are knowingly (or unknowingly) on our board.

🙋🏻‍♂️Who’s on your board of directors?

#reloadpt #movewithoutlimits

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Improve Your Basketball Defensive Movement Skills

Great athletes move well. Automatically.

But it doesn’t mean that everyone moves well. It’s easy to practice inefficient movements and have that become your movement library.

During our in staff with @leetaft he was breaking down basketball defensive close out drills he works on with the team to have better footwork, and more effective and efficient movement.

Studying what the best do, and deliberately practicing it so when it’s game time you’ll do what you’ve practiced. When fatigued we’ll rely on what we’ve trained, not what we want.

If you have an opportunity to attend one of Lee’s workshops or seminars, DO IT! He is elite at teaching multi directional speed and athleticism.

#basketball #basketballtraining #movement #athleticism #sportsperformance

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