Right again Stormbikes.
I saw many athletes from a variety of backgrounds including some athletes formerly coached by the best of the anti-pro brigade go to Jim Bradley (and Neil King in the early 80’s) and improve substantially.
Speedball alone will not make an athlete fast - it’s part of the whole package that makes up the training regime. Just as bench press & dead lift won’t make an athlete fast either unless the track part of the program is designed to compliment the gains made in the gym.
The young bloke I mentioned in a previous post who had left the sport disillusioned in March 2008, but following my encouragement came back in July 2008, was astounded at how much better & faster he felt after only 3 months into the program. Yet all he could say was: “I don’t know how this all works, but this is the best I’ve ever run”. In virtually the same conditions, on the same track, 12 months apart he ran over 200m & went from 22.68 to 21.98. (Jan 08 to Jan 09).
This was typical of the improvement in athletes that I experienced whilst with JB in the late 80’s early 90’s.