⚡ Savannah Speed TrainingDoug Matsuoka · Savannah, GA
Speed · Agility · Strength

Become the athlete you're destined to be.

Personalized speed and agility training for Savannah-area athletes of every age and level, building the quickness, power, and focus that take your game to the next level.

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30+Years Coaching
All AgesYouth to College
20+Athletes Advanced
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What We Do

Next-level speed & agility training

Helping young athletes build speed, strength, power, quickness, mobility, and focus, with a program designed to meet each athlete where they are and push them further.

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Speed Training

Our program is built for athletes of all ages and all levels. We develop the mechanics, explosiveness, and quickness that translate directly to game-day performance.

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Our Approach

Speed training is a key part of taking an athlete to the next level of competition. We focus on the fundamentals, done consistently and correctly, so progress sticks.

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Proven Results

Our athletes have consistently been recognized at the local, state, and national level in their individual sports, with many earning college scholarships.

Next-Level Speed & Agility

For us, helping young athletes build speed, strength, power, and quickness, increase mobility, and focus on injury prevention is what helps them reach their maximum athletic potential.

Our speed training program is for athletes of all ages and all levels. We have designed it to increase speed, explosive power, agility, and mental toughness as a long-term development plan, built to meet your needs not just for a season, but for an entire career.

Our athletes have consistently been recognized at the local, state, and national level in their individual sports. We have trained athletes who have excelled at extremely high levels in football, tennis, track, cross country, basketball, martial arts, baseball, soccer, and yes, golf.

Our Philosophy

Speed training is a very important part of taking an athlete to the next level of competition. At game speed, seconds count. Many athletic movements take place in 0.1 to 0.2 seconds. The practice of moving and accelerating faster conditions the neuromuscular system to improve the firing patterns of fast-twitch muscle fibers, which is essential to developing and maintaining speed for any sport.

Agility training helps an athlete apply that speed to sport-specific scenarios, improving their ability to change direction, brake suddenly, and perform sport-specific skills with speed and dexterity. Combined with power and endurance training, this maximizes an athlete's ability to move faster and perform stronger for longer. Our program focuses not only on speed, but also speed endurance, agility, and mental toughness.

Doug Matsuoka running a training session with an athlete on the mitts
Meet Your Coach

Mr. Doug Matsuoka

Owner & Trainer

For the past three decades, Mr. Doug Matsuoka has helped the Savannah area's elite athletes take their game to the next level with his performance-enhancing speed training. He works with athletes of all ages and all levels, from young players taking their first real steps in a sport to standouts preparing for the collegiate stage, developing the speed, agility, strength, power, quickness, and focus that show up when it matters most on game day.

His athletes have consistently earned recognition at the local, state, and national level, and many have gone on to earn college scholarships. Every athlete gets a plan built around their goals, their sport, and their position, and Mr. Doug holds them to it.

A 4th-degree Kukkiwon black belt and the founder of the Goshinbudo Jujitsu style, Mr. Doug brings that same discipline, precision, and attention to detail to every speed and agility session.

30+ Years of Speed Training All Ages & Levels College Prep 4th-Degree Black Belt Founder, Goshinbudo Jujitsu
Success Stories

Athletes who went to the next level

A few of the athletes who trained with Savannah Speed Training before competing at the collegiate level and beyond.

Ryan McMahon

Football · Florida State

An All-ACC center at Florida State who went on to the Atlanta Falcons.

Tate O'Conner

Football

2010 Co-Offensive Player of the Year and Best of Preps Most Versatile Player; 2009 All-Region football.

JT Mertz

Football · Defensive Tackle

A 2012 All-Region defensive tackle who went on to Stetson and Florida State.

Mike Summers

Football · Georgia Tech

Earned a 2012 Georgia Tech scholarship after a 2011 All-Region season.

Justin James

Football · Western Carolina

Scholarship to Western Carolina; multiple All-State and All-Region football honors.

Tristan Harkleroad

Offensive Line · The Citadel

NUC All-American Senior Bowl participant and first-team all-state selection.

Tyler Sumner

Football · Georgia Southern

Scholarship to Georgia Southern; All-Region football.

Dylan McMahon

Football · NC State

A 300 lb North Carolina State center who reached the Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Rams, with a 5.0-second 40-yard dash.

Homegrown Talent

The Snider twins: from the dojang to the gridiron to college soccer

Long before the college scholarships, Emma and Megan Snider were two of Mr. Doug's Taekwondo students in Savannah, earning national medals as kids. That foundation of footwork, balance, and toughness carried them onto a youth tackle-football field as two of the only girls in their league, and eventually all the way through college soccer. As Emma put it back then, they wanted to show that "boys aren't always better than girls at sports."

Emma Snider

Forward / Midfielder · 3rd-Degree Black Belt
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    Taekwondo3rd-degree black belt; national sparring silver medalist at the USA Taekwondo Junior Olympics in Austin. Trained under Mr. Doug.
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    Football with the boysStarting middle linebacker for the Richmond Hill Wildcats and a defensive leader, and one of the only girls in her youth league.
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    SoccerSet the CHAA single-season record with 36 goals and finished as her high school's all-time leader, then played at Georgia Military College, the University of Mary (Newcomer of the Year), and Lincoln Memorial University.

Megan Snider

Defender · "Nails" · 3rd-Degree Black Belt
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    Taekwondo3rd-degree black belt; national sparring gold medalist at the USA Taekwondo Junior Olympics in Austin. Trained under Mr. Doug.
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    Football with the boysCornerback and blocking back for the Richmond Hill Wildcats, playing a full youth-league schedule across coastal Georgia.
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    SoccerFour-time club state champion, then to the University of South Alabama, including a win over Colorado State in the 2020 NCAA Tournament, and later Lincoln Memorial University, where she captained the team and is now the associate head coach.
Former Clients

Our roster of standout athletes

Athletes who have trained with Savannah Speed Training over the years, with a snapshot of their honors and college opportunities.

JT MertzFootball (Defensive Tackle); 2012 All-Region Football; Stetson, Florida State
Justin JamesScholarship Western Carolina; All-State & All-Region Football
Ryan McMahonAtlanta Falcons; 2010 All-ACC Center; Scholarship Florida State
Michael Summers2012 Georgia Tech Scholarship; 2011 All-Region Football
Tate O'Conner2010 Co-Offensive Player of the Year; Best of Preps Most Versatile Player
Ashley Gerard2009 All-Region Tennis & Cross Country
Morris Watson2010 & 2009 All-Region Football
Andrew Moore2010 All-Region Football
Kevin JacksonScholarship Valdosta State; 2009 All-Region Football
Zach Broome2008 All-Region Football
Mary WilkowskiScholarship Hamline College; All-Conference Basketball
Zach Denny2008 All-Region Football
Russell Demasi2007 All-Region Football
Tyler SumnerScholarship Georgia Southern; All-Region Football
John MoeschScholarship Tufts University; Defensive Back of the Year; Ashley Dearing Award
Blake JonesScholarship Georgia Southern; All-Region Basketball
Kevin McCarthy2006 Football Scholarship, Furman University
Jennifer MoeschAll-Region Soccer; 2002 Soccer Player of the Year
Keenan Summerlin2003 Soccer Player of the Year
Mark SilversScholarship University of South Carolina; 2004 State Golf Champion
Gene DotsonDouble Scholarship Newberry College (Football & Baseball); All-Region Football
Emma SniderSoccer; Georgia Military College, University of Mary, Lincoln Memorial University; 3rd-Degree Black Belt
Megan SniderSoccer; University of South Alabama, Lincoln Memorial University; now LMU Associate Head Coach; 3rd-Degree Black Belt
Alaric PesceBaseball & Track; 13-year-old rising star
Jack WalkerMulti-sport athlete; 12-year-old rising star
Michael GeorgescuLacrosse, IMG Academy; International (Colombia); 48" vertical jump
Dylan McMahonNorth Carolina State center; Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Rams; 5.0 40-yard dash
Parker McCoyBaseball scholarship; North Carolina / Louisiana Tech
Hayes BeaverFootball scholarship, Brown University
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Details

Location5 Mall Terrace, Unit B, Savannah, GA 31406. Also travels to surrounding areas for team training.
AgesAll ages and all levels, from youth to college prep.
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