1994 was the beginning of SPEED TRAINING in Tennessee in the private sector for athletes. Matt Poe led the way and influenced others to this, same calling.
"Coach Poe running the 1st Speed Camp ever in Mexico, "Life and Sports", with over 3,000 young athletes. The camp used over 25 English to Spanish interpreters"
"Matt Poe started speed training in the State of Tennessee. He is the only coach I know who has traveled in and out of the United States with the NFL, WWF, XFL, and Life and Sports in Mexico. Bricks and Mortor did not build Matt Poe. Matt Poe built Matt Poe and laid the "groundwork" for all others to make a living doing the same thing.
He has always encouraged me and others to "strive to learn what speed really constitutes". I thank him on behalf of all of us in this business. Poe, you will always be the Doctor of Speed in my book and others, not to mention the most focused lifter I have ever been associated".---Tommy Corelli
"The "NFL Experience On Tour" was one of the most impressive shows I have ever seen. No one had or has presented speed drills as Matt Poe did. He was so ahead of the game, the fans were so interested in the techniques that he was teaching. I have never seen any coach build a show with this type of information as Matt Poe. Heck, we had never seen anything like it in the production business! The guy had a great feel for the stage...like a rock star with a screraming guitar. He never missed a beat. He kept fans interested and excited in every state that we did a show"....Mark Hines.
"When a guy is taking the fans away from pro wrestlers, you know there is something exciting going on. At the WWF/XFL Axcess Show, Matt brought a sports performance show that we had never seen. He had fans of all ages participating. His excitement was ll over the Astodome"....M.A. Farris
The below video is the BEGINNING of SPEED training in Tennessee. This video is Matt's first television video that was followed by "Speed For The Game" which aired on ESPN2 in 1995.
This video features the, then newly built sandpit at CPA.
