Speed For Sport is the Official Grassroots Associate Club of Leeds United Football Club Academy, working with Leeds United's Category 1 Academy staff to develop talented young athletes.
Speed For Sport · Leeds United Academy · 2025
We are delighted to announce an official partnership between Speed For Sport and Leeds United Academy, with Speed For Sport as the Official Grassroots Associate Club of Leeds United Football Club Academy. After months of meetings and sessions together, both organisations are thrilled to formalise this exciting collaboration.
Recently, we ran a successful taster session for the pre-academy players at Leeds United, and will now be working together on a continued, structured basis moving forward.
Announced · 2025
"We have been meeting with and speaking to Tim at Speed for Sport regularly over the last few months and are excited to launch this official partnership.
We are extremely confident that the partnership will be beneficial for both parties in the long run.
Leeds United staff will support Speed for Sport through attending sessions and helping to tailor the sessions, making them sport specific.
Speed for Sport will help us by creating a pathway for talented and athletic individuals into a Category 1 professional football academy.
Speed for Sport also provides local children in the community the opportunity to participate in elite level athletic development and coaching at an affordable and accessible price."
Speed For Sport delivers elite-level athletic development and coaching to local children at an accessible and affordable price.
Talented, athletic young people train in sessions shaped with Leeds United's Category 1 Academy staff, a step towards the professional game.
Leeds United staff attend and contribute to sessions, tailoring coaching specifically to elite football demands.
Players benefit from exposure to one of England's most prestigious Category 1 football academies.
Book your child into an Academy session to find out how they can benefit from this exciting partnership with Leeds United Academy.
Book An Academy SessionSpeed For Sport is a registered charity. Every donation goes directly to young people in Yorkshire who can't afford elite sprint coaching.