Many companies train athletes. Speed Kills MAKES athletes.

What is…”Speed??”

Is speed a 40 time?    Nope.

Speed is: “results” or “making plays”

Often there’s a supposed fast guy in a game who never makes things happen, never makes plays, and never gets results.

Is he fast?          

A FAST GUY IS THE GUY WHO MAKES THINGS HAPPEN

THE GUY WHO MAKES PLAYS

THE GUY WHO GETS RESULTS

 

THAT IS “SPEED.”

Our guys are fast.

-Jimmy Nolan

Welcome to Speed Kills! Thank you for visiting our website. You’re probably here because you are interested in getting faster. You came to the right place. At Speed Kills you’ll not only get faster, you’ll get better at the sport you play.

When looking for a trainer to help you get faster, you need to understand that getting faster means NOTHING, unless the speed you attain will carry over to your sport and on the playing field ~ SPEED KILLS ATHLETES ARE GAME-READY.

The best way to get faster/better is by pushing yourself to the limit. The best way to push yourself is by competing. Why is it a necessity to be quick and fast in your sport? If you want to be the best, you have to be able to move with the best; or move better. Why do you want to be the best at your sport? Most of us want to be the best to reach that ultimate goal:

 ~ A COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP ~

Nowadays, college will cost well over $100,000 ~ Speed kills is here to get you to that ultimate level of achievement; and besides making you a dominating athlete, if you’re interested, we’ll get you that scholarship you are dreaming of (check out the our SPEED KILLS ELITE GROUP page).

On this page you will find out about me (Jimmy Nolan), Speed Kills, The Other Guys and this Web Site.

Who am I? My name is Jimmy Nolan.

I’ve been running this business since 1998. My whole life has centered on being the best athlete I can be, both mentally and physically. I’ve poured everything I am into Speed Kills and have learned everything through EXPERIENCE. I have been dominating my opponents for the past few decades and know what it takes to achieve success regardless of my height, weight, or color. I dominated the ranks throughout my childhood, high school (Mater Dei), college (University of Utah), and Professional Arena and European Football….and recently came out of retirement to become a professional boxer (after a football career ending Achilles rupture). Unlike most trainers out there, I’ve been through it all and know what works and what doesn’t.

Being a typical, skinny lil’ whiteboy, who many said “will never make it at 5′11″ 174lbs,” I found the way to achieve success amongst giants (for example: I ran a 4.3 40 yd, bench pressed 415 lbs, squatted 500 lbs, and was invited to the National All Star Bowl following my senior season at U. of Utah).I recommend you learn from someone who has been through it all, rather than someone who learned from reading a book, renting a video, attending a fancy seminar, or getting a weekend course personal trainer license (“certified”)

Jimmy with Utah Football Head Coach Ron MacBride (1997)

Jimmy Nolan’s Brief Football Summary

Mater Dei High School:

Academically, was a member of the National Honor’s Society…student body Vice-president…Football: 2-year starter. Won the 1991 Division 1 CIF and State Championship and was named Most Valuable Player…called “one of the toughest players to ever wear a Mater Dei uniform,” by National Coach of the Year Bruce Rollinson. In track, dominated the 440 meters and anchored the 4 X 100 relay…also started  3 years at point guard for Mater Dei basketball.

Goldenwest College: Football:

Highest GPA on football team for two years… 2 year starter and one of 2 cornerbacks to be named to the 1st Team All Mission Conference Southern California Team. Offered/awarded over 10 division 1 football scholarships to colleges in the PAC 10, Big Ten, WAC, etc…1995: signed at the University of Utah who was currently the #6 team in the nation.

University of Utah:

One of the top GPA’s on team during the spring of 1995…Started at free safety. Won the WAC championship in

1995 and played in the 1996 Copper Bowl vs. University of Wisconsin. Set Utah’s defensive back bench press record with 415 lbs., incline press- 365 lbs., and squat-500 lbs. (while only weighing 174 lbs. & consistently clocked a 4.3 second 40) Was invited to play at the “National All Star Bowl” in Las Vegas following 1997 senior season….

1998: Professional Arena Football…. 1998-

“Utah Catzz”…started at free safety and cornerback…was awarded ESPN’s Sportcenter “Hit of the Week,” after knocking receiver through the indoor arena wall, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana…named “Player of the Game”.

2000-Present: Professional Football in Europe….”PIAF League”…Team: Reggio Emilia Hogs.

Started at free safety, tailback, and punt/kickoff returner…helped lead team to semi-finals in 2000. Named “fastest, most dangerous hitter in Italy,” by the Reggio Emilia news…tore Achilles tendon at end of 2001 season while returning kickoff in Milan, Italy; had surgery in Italy…ironically, a month later was forced to decline “invitation to the NFL’s Chicago Bear Spring Football Camp” due to severity of Achilles injury…Team MVP 2000 & 2001.

Professional Light-Middleweight Boxer….(1-0, 1 KO)

Came out of football retirement to step in the ring…despite Achilles handicap, turned pro with no amateur background and “scheduled to fight professionally with only 30 days to learn how to box”…Knocked out 1st opponent while debuting at the “Battle in the Ballroom,” – Irvine Marriott (set record attendance)…scheduled to fight again soon.

NOTEWORTHY: MORE THAN 80 OF JIMMY’S SPEED KILLS ATHLETES HAVE RECEIVED COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS

Coaching Experience and Awards

Mater Dei High School, 1998
- Safety’s Coach, CIF/State Champions
- Personal Coach for CIF Player of the Year: Matt Grootegoed (playing professionally)

Fountain Valley High School, 1999 – 2000
- Defensive Backs and Special Teams, Co-League Champions ‘99
- Team strength and conditioning coach
- All 4 defensive backs in secondary went on to play college football
- Personal Coach for Sunset Player of the Year: Steven Fifita (currently playing professionally)

Cantwell Sacred Heart of Mary, 2002-2003
- Head Varsity Football Coach
- Offensive Coordinator, DB’s, Special Teams, Trainer, solo-Booster, etc.
- Back-to-Back Undefeated League Championships…2003: Jimmy’s Cantwell team almost beat Div 1 powerhouse Fountain Valley (with “Div 12″ Cantwell…only 17 players, averaging 150 lbs.
- Cantwell had only two wins in three seasons before Jimmy’s arrival…went undefeated (10-0) during 1st season as head coach…with only 17 players.
- 6 shutouts on defense. At one point, Cantwell was 6-0 and yet to be scored on (a California record).
- one of the best team GPA’s in the history of Cantwell Football
- 1st playoff win in the history of Cantwell football.
- changed Cantwell’s game attendance from 150-200 to 3000+ (sold out).
- In two years, 18 student-athletes received First Team All League honors.
- No one from Cantwell had gone on to play college football before Nolan’s arrival. 9 of Jimmy’s players played in college…6 received full or partial scholarships. 

- 2002 Los Angeles Coach of the Year.

- “KABC Monday Night Live NFL Coach of the Week”
- 2002 San Gabriel Valley Coach of the Year
- 2003 Los Angeles Cable TV’s “Sports Rap-Up” Coach of the Year
- Voted “Head Coach” ~ Los Angeles East/West 605 All Star Game on July 11, 2003.
- Invited as opening guest speaker at the USC Coaches Clinic/ NFL NFF Coaching Academy at USC April 26, 2003. ..was clinic’s opening speaker, followed by USC’s Pete Carroll, former Denver Bronco Head Coach- John Ralston, and Los Alamitos’ John Barnes
- Invited as the “Opening Day Guest Speaker” for the Saddleback Valley Pop Warner Football League Kickoff Festival.

Laguna Beach High School, 2004-2006
Head Varsity Football Coach
- after 20 years of losing seasons, LB had 3 years of winning seasons 
- 1st time in over 20 years, Laguna Beach football games sold out.
- Undefeated League Championship 2006 (with a team averaging 155 lbs)
- 1st playoff appearance in over 20 years
- first LB team to host a 1st round playoff game.
- 5 athletes went on to play football in college

Italian Professional European Football – Reggio Emilia, 2005
Head Football Coach
- turned losing program into winners, *while coaching in another language.
- playoff appearance

Owner of “Whitehorse Stables”
Professional Boxing and MMA Coach/Manager with quality stable of fighters (featuring Professional Heavyweight Takilesi Fifita, middleweight Bobby Chavez and Mario Ortiz, and cruiserweight Matahi Pito)
- Speed and agility trainer for world champion / Olympic medalist , Jose Navarro, and Oscar De La Hoya’s “Golden Boy” promotions.

Speed Kills helps athletes:

- Since 1998, teaching athletes (ages 5 to adults) the importance of a good work ethic, discipline, and dedication to excel in life and in sports.
- Featured on the Channel 2 CBS, Channel 9 KCAL, COX Cable, and Channel 3 OC News

*** More than “80″ SK athletes have received college scholarships ***

…Jimmy’s other Coaching Positions:
- 2005, Head Conditioning Coach for the Professional Italian Baseball Team: Reggio Emilia. (Head Coach Gibo Gerali stated, “this has been one of our best seasons ever, having the fastest team we’ve ever had.”-Reggio Emilia News)
- 2005, Trained many soccer athletes on Team Italy: 2006 World Cup Soccer Champions.
- 2005, Head Athletic Conditioning Coach, Italian National Team (ages 16-18)
- Motivational Speaker hired on several occasions for several Pop Warner and Jr. All American Teams, Youth Soccer Leagues, High School Football teams, etc.

Teaching: For 3 years, Jimmy taught in the Huntington Beach Unified High School District and the Orange County Unified School District at the Orange County Juvenile Hall.

Education:
National University – Master’s / Teaching Credential Program
University of Utah – Bachelor of Science
Golden West College – Associate of Science
Mater Dei High School – Diploma

Speed Kills has been changing athlete’s lives since 1998.

This program’s designed to give athletes the knowledge of what it takes to perform at a higher level. Jimmy Nolan has put together some of the finest drills and techniques to get the absolute most out of your natural athleticism. He makes OVER-ACHIEVERS. The knowledge/skill you’ll gain from Speed Kills can be used for the rest of your athletic career, and it’ll also help you mentally in everything you do. There have been hundreds of mediocre athletes that have excelled in his/her sport after learning the Speed Kills ways of training. 

Jimmy understands athletes; in 2002 he took over a football program that was 3-27 the previous four years. After a summer of Speed Kills, the team finished the season, 10-0. Besides teaching your body how to move, Jimmy has a great ability to show athletes how to use their mental side. His athletes learn how to focus, gain confidence, and BELIEVE in themselves. It’s amazing what someone can do when they learn how to use and control their mind. No experience in any sport is needed and we encourage anyone, male/female, no matter how big or small, to join us…regardless of the sport you play, Speed Kills will supply you with the knowledge of what it takes to reach your goals. You’ll become faster, laterally quicker, explosive, coordinated, and mentally stronger; enabling you to perform at a higher level!

“My goal is to get our community’s kids to start getting interested in sports again! … I think one of today’s youth’s problems is that kids are staying inside too much…playing Playstation, Wii, XBOX, watching movies, ipods, internet, mtv, you name it…not that these things are all that bad ~ but, they make our kids LAZY…. I remember back in the 80’s my family couldn’t drive down any neighborhood street without stopping a few times to wait for the kids to move aside while they were playing their baseball, football, basketball, or whatever else…you never see kids out competing any more… Let’s get these kids excited about being healthy!

Thousands of athletes have gone through this program: many professional and top division 1 collegiate athletes. -Should we advertise about all the great professionals Jimmy works with? Yes and no… why NO? – Anyone can train a professional athlete. Why? -Because they’re already great. They’ve learned what it takes to compete at the highest level and most are naturally blessed mentally and physically. What should we advertise?

“Anyone can train a gifted athlete, and I am proud and honored to train many of them. But I am most honored training those kids that have two left feet, have trouble putting on a pair of cleats, difficulty following directions, uncoordinated, no confidence, too big, too little, weak, too young, slow, no experience, no mental toughness, YOU NAME IT… These are the kids that we need trainers for. Kids need to believe in themselves, on and off the field, in all facets of life. My training is known to also improve their motor skills in the classroom…I am just as honored in helping kids with hardships, problems (drugs, alcohol, society’s poisons, etc). I am here for anyone who needs some direction. Allow me to help you.”

It is essential to train against athletes faster/better than you in order to push yourself to get to the next level.

90% of the teams trained by Speed Kills have gone to playoffs and further. Speed Kills get these kids in shape BEFORE they start their sport season, which enables their coaches to get right into schemes and game-plans without having to take valuable time to get their out-of-shape kids ready to compete.

People that try Speed Kills stay with Speed Kills.

Anyone can teach you to get faster straight ahead…but what about being able to control your mind in a nerve-racking pressure gamelike situation for an entire game? What about the ability to move side-to-side just as fast as straight-ahead?…What about the ability to improve the least gifted player’s confidence? -this is where Speed Kills come in.

Are there other companies out there that train athletes to run? YES. Are there other companies out there that do what Speed Kills does? NO…never. Although there are plenty who try….we’re often imitated, never duplicated.

Our athletes come to Speed Kills through “word of mouth.” Most come from many other random pop-up camps and personal trainers throughout Southern Cali. Remember, you don’t need to be a certain height/weight to become successful at your sport; YOU JUST NEED TO KNOW HOW TO GET THERE.

Thank you for your time.
We look forward to meeting you and getting you READY!

~Speed Kills

There are countless success stories about athletes that have come to Speed Kills as 2nd or 3rd stringers on their team, and then became 1st string and All Conference selections.

For example, one of our athletes came to Speed Kills as a slow, overweight, offensive lineman. After a year with us, he ended up starting at tailback and safety for his high school football team, earned a scholarship, played tailback in college and received a free college degree.

Since 1998, I have helped more than 80 athletes receive athletic scholarships to different colleges.

What to expect at Speed Kills…

Speed Kills is a program to get you faster straight-ahead AND laterally quicker/agile. Nowadays, everyone thinks it’s only important to run fast straight-ahead. It is important, but much more important is the ability to move laterally. At Speed Kills, we’re going to teach you how to achieve the whole package. A big part of the straight-ahead/lateral package is mental. We need to believe we can run fast before we do. By believing we are fast and envisioning ourselves running fast, we will run faster.

Confidence is achieved at Speed Kills by learning how to work hard and getting ourselves in the right mental state every time we work out. It really is amazing to see how much better my athletes can move, once he/she has learned to use their mental side. At each session of Speed Kills, you will work on straight-ahead speed, lateral speed, explosion, coordination, body control, mind control, and foot speed.

We’ll put you into game-like situations when you must focus while you are tired. You will COMPETE with other quality athletes; that is how you get better, by competing. Other programs will not have you compete. In almost every sport, you are usually trying to beat or catch someone… so it is essential that you compete while you train and prepare for COMPETITION. I will prepare you to put yourself into the “zone”, where you can use your mind, confidence, and skill to dominate your opponent. At Speed Kills, you do not just train to get ready…you prepare to be the best.

Get yourself ready…have no regrets…see you at SPEED KILLS!

In choosing a personal trainer;

Find out what the trainer has done in his/her athletic career.

Were they fast?

Did they play a sport…how long?

Were they successful?

Can they prove it?

Find out if they really care about their athletes or if they are just in it for the money.

When an athlete comes to Speed Kills, he/she stays at Speed Kills. All of my athletes keep coming back. These are the same athletes that tried 3-4 other programs and paid enormous amounts of money.

Research how the trainer will get you faster…will he have you running on a treadmill? I don’t remember the last time I saw a treadmill on a football field, basketball court, baseball diamond, etc.