Who recommended Speed Trap?

2 people have recommended Speed Trap in the interviews, articles and reading lists we track, including Ryan Flaherty. Each name links to their full reading list.

Is Speed Trap worth reading?

2 people we track recommend it. It is best for: a collegiate sprint coach preparing an ethics seminar for athletes who needs vivid, inside anecdotes and a strong coaching stance to spark classroom debate; a sports journalist working on a long feature about historical doping controversies who wants primary testimony and training-room texture rather than an archival literature review; a podcast host producing an episode on contested Olympic moments who wants a passionate insider voice to read and react to, not a dry timeline. It may not suit: you'll likely put it down when the narrative replays the same accusations and the polemical tone hardens—readers wanting a calm, balanced reconstruction tend to quit at that point; annoying if you prefer neutral sourcing or careful archival citation: the voice is testimonial and defensive rather than methodical; frustrating if you wanted a technical, statistical analysis of training methods—this is anecdote-heavy and personal, not a methodological manual.

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Speed Trap by Charlie Francis: Recommended by 2 People

Name: Speed Trap
Author: Charlie Francis

"Speed Trap" Inside the Biggest Scandal in Olympic History. Charlie Francis with Jeff Coplon.Has anyone won the Olympic 100m with such dominance since 1988 Coach Charlie Francis repeatedly asked himself this question out loud 20 years after this book was written. Today we have more understanding to questions like this. "Speed Trap", the story rema...