Few coaches possess the athletic credentials of the Jamaican-born Richard James. An All-American runner at Southwestern Christian College and LIU Brooklyn, he competed with Jamaica’s 2004 Olympic 4×400 relay team and won the world indoor championship in the mile relay that year. After earning his master’s in exercise physiology from LIU Brooklyn in 2007, he became the school’s sports performance director and adjunct sports science professor. In 2018, James joined Poly Prep as their Director of High Performance, developing what he describes as a “college model” program for its student-athletes.

After working with countless student-athletes as a personal coach, Richard embarked on creating the Brooklyn Speed & Power Club to help young athletes achieve their goals of performing at their optimal capacity.

For a man who’s reached the pinnacle of human speed, his instruction centers on the principles of motion. “Movement is life,” he says. “As we move with more power, we improve our quality of life.“