How FAST Running Is Using AI to Power the Future of Coaching
At FAST Running, we believe high performance isn’t just about effort — it’s about insight.
Over the past 12 months, we’ve been quietly integrating AI-supported tools into our coaching environment — not as a replacement for experience or feel, but as a way to deepen our understanding of how each athlete moves, learns, and develops. It’s not about chasing trends. It’s about refining the art of coaching through the smart use of technology.
Whether it’s tracking ground contact time, assessing hip angles during acceleration, or refining rhythm in relay changeovers, AI-enhanced tools allow us to ask better questions — and deliver sharper answers.
More Than Just Data
This isn’t about drowning in numbers or over-coaching mechanics. It’s about timely feedback, tailored cues, and visuals that resonate — especially with younger athletes. Using devices already familiar to them (and us), we’re creating learning environments that are intuitive, empowering, and evidence-based.
Athletes see what they’re doing. Coaches see where to adjust. And together, we build understanding — not just repetition.
Why It Matters
For many athletes, seeing is believing. But in sprinting and jumping, what you feel doesn’t always match what’s actually happening. AI-assisted review tools bridge that gap — helping athletes own their movement patterns and drive their improvement.
“One small clip completely changed how I pushed out of the blocks,” one of our junior sprinters said.
“I didn’t realise I was overstriding until I saw it.”
We’re Still Coaching. Just Smarter.
This isn’t about secrets, shortcuts, or gimmicks. We’re still running hills. Still teaching posture. Still chasing intent over effort. But when it comes to feedback, decision-making, and programming — we’re leaning into the future.
Our approach is deliberately subtle. Most of what we do happens behind the scenes. But the results speak for themselves — athletes who are moving better, learning faster, and feeling more connected to the process.
That’s what coaching with AI looks like at FAST Running:
Smarter. Sharper. Still human. And always, always athlete-first.
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