Dynamic warm-up
Hips, ankles, hamstrings. Receivers pull hamstrings when they go from zero to full speed on cold legs, so this part is not optional.
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Wide receiver training
Release · routes · hands
Every Monday and Wednesday, 7:00pm to 8:00pm, run by Coach Cameron James. Release, routes, hands, speed. Bring your gloves.
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[ 01 ] Getting open
What is wide receiver training?
Elite Speed runs wide receiver training in Granite City, Illinois every Monday and Wednesday from 7:00pm to 8:00pm. Coach Cameron James, the CEO, runs it himself. You work your release off the line, route precision, hands under pressure and top-end speed, on indoor turf, in a group small enough to get corrected.
According to the IHSA, Week 1 of the 2026 Illinois high school football season falls on August 20 to 22, and the regular season runs nine weeks before the playoffs open on October 23. The work on this page belongs to the months before that.
Getting open is a sequence. You beat the corner in the first two steps, you stack him, you sell the stem, you snap the break, and then you catch the ball with a hand in your face. Any one of those breaks down and the play is dead.
So the session takes it apart and works the pieces.
What you work on
- Release off the line. Beating press with a jab, a hesitation or a swipe. Getting off clean instead of getting rerouted five yards deep.
- Route precision. Depth, stem, and snapping out of the break without rounding it. Being where the quarterback expects you, on the count he expects you.
- Hands under pressure. Catching away from your body, in traffic, with contact coming. Late-hands work and eyes all the way through the tuck.
- Top-end speed. Running form, knee drive and ground contact, so the ninth step is as fast as the third.
Then the general speed work stays in the session. Footwork, running form and the first three steps out of a stance. That part is the same reason a receiver, a linebacker and a lineman all train in this building.
[ 02 ] The CEO’s room
The CEO runs this room himself
Cameron “CJ” James is the CEO of Elite Speed, and he does not hand the receiver group to somebody else. He is on the turf Monday and Wednesday at 7:00pm.
He is also Head Coach and Director of Elite Speed 7v7, which was established in 2022 and has played Pylon 7v7 in Chicago, Championship 7v7 in O’Fallon, Flight Shootout 7v7 in St. Charles, Red Zone Elite and Elite 7Evens. So the release he teaches you on Monday gets tested against a real corner in the off-season.
If you want the live-reps side of it, the 7v7 program is right here.
[ 03 ] Release to catch
Monday and Wednesday, 7 to 8
One hour. Here is how it goes.
Run by Coach Cameron James, the Elite Speed CEO
Release work
Off the line against press. Jab release, hesitation, swipe. Get skinny, get vertical, stack the defender instead of drifting sideways.
Route tree on air
Slant, hitch, out, comeback, post, dig. Correct depth, hard plant, no rounding. Same route until the break looks the same every rep.
Hands
Catching away from the body, late hands, eyes through the tuck. Then the same catches with a defender in your face and contact coming.
Top-end speed
Build-ups and finishes. Arm action, knee drive, ground contact. The goal is holding your speed all the way to forty yards.
[ 04 ] Questions
Receivers ask these
When is wide receiver training at Elite Speed?
Wide receiver training runs every Monday and Wednesday from 7:00pm to 8:00pm at Elite Speed in Granite City, Illinois. Coach Cameron James runs it himself. It is on indoor turf, so the session happens in February the same as it does in July.
Who runs wide receiver training?
Cameron James, the CEO of Elite Speed, personally runs the wide receiver training. He is also Head Coach and Director of the Elite Speed 7v7 program, so the same coach who teaches you a release on Monday is the one putting you in live reps against real coverage in the off-season.
What does wide receiver training work on?
Four things: your release off the line, route precision, hands under pressure, and top-end speed. Release gets you free against press. Route precision gets you open on time. Hands finish the play when a defender is on you. Top-end speed is what turns a catch into a touchdown.
Do I have to be fast already to train as a receiver here?
No. Speed is a skill, which is the whole idea behind Elite Speed. Most athletes have never been taught how to run, so the session works your footwork, your running form and your first three steps alongside the route work. You get coached where you are, not where a roster says you should be.
Can I try a receiver session before I sign up?
Yes. Your first session at Elite Speed is free with no commitment, and the free trial already includes position-specific football work. Come on a Monday or a Wednesday, go through the warm-up, run routes, and decide afterward. Nobody gets a sales pitch at the end of it.
[ 05 ] Start here
First session is free, and you will run routes in it
Show up Monday or Wednesday at 7:00pm. Warm up, get off the line, run the tree, catch the ball. Then decide.
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