Speed is not one quality. It has three gears: acceleration, top speed, and the brakes. Most programs train one and call it speed. Answer honest, not hopeful. The grade is only useful if the answers are true.
Answer Honestly
1 How often do your athletes sprint at true max effort in a normal training week?
Pick one
One or two dedicated sprint sessions
Sometimes, when we have time
We do not sprint on purpose, we just condition
2 Do you train top speed, meaning full sprints at longer distances with full rest?
Pick one
Yes, we run flys and longer sprints at 100 percent
Only short bursts, ten yards and in
No, we never reach top speed
3 Do you time your sprints or track speed in any way?
Pick one
Yes, we time and compare rep to rep
We time once or twice a year at testing
No, we eyeball it
4 Do you separate acceleration work from top speed work, or blend them?
Pick one
Separate. One quality owns the day
Sort of, they overlap
It is all one bucket of running
5 Do you use sleds or any resisted sprint work to build acceleration?
Pick one
Yes, resisted work is in the plan
We own a sled but rarely use it
No resisted sprint work at all
6 Does your conditioning interfere with your speed, meaning gassers and long runs on the same day you want speed?
Pick one
No. Speed days stay fresh, conditioning sits elsewhere
Sometimes they collide
Yes, we gas them then ask them to be fast
7 Do you train deceleration, the brakes, on purpose?
Pick one
Yes, force absorption is built in early
A little, mixed into agility drills
No, we only train going fast, not stopping
8 Do you coach sprint technique, or just tell them to run?
Pick one
We coach the setup, then get quiet on the rep
We yell cues while they run
We just run them, no technique work
9 Do you test speed on a set schedule so you know if athletes are getting faster?
Pick one
Yes, a fixed testing cadence we hold
Once a year, maybe
No set testing, we go by feel
10 Do you keep any speed work in the plan during the season?
Pick one
Yes, short maintenance doses stay in weekly
Early season only, then it drops off
No. Once camp starts, speed is gone