Reflex
speed
Agility and awarness training for tennis, martial arts and basketball!
Agility
Drill
Someone that is considered fast, may not necessarily be quick and vice-versa.
The best athletes have a combination of both quick and fast characteristics
and they must train both. Lateral speed and agility work lays the foundation
for any athlete in any sport.
Training
for Speed Agility and Quickness
Creating a program to train for speed, agility and quickness, therefore, must
be a foremost concern for any coach or athlete.
Speed
Agility Training
It was believed for many years that speed and agility were in-born
traits – either
an athlete was fortunate enough to possess them or he was not. If a runner
was able to reach incredible speed and annihilate the competition, it was a
genetic endowment.
Plyometric
training
Plyometrics by definition is; a type of exercise using explosive movements
to develop muscular power, esp. bounding, hopping, and jumping. This somewhat
narrow interpretation doesn't go into detail what this training method can
do to help you with your chosen field of sport.
Medicine
balls to get faster, stronger and more agile
Unlike the machine training rage of the 90s that concentrated on isolating
muscles in a specific plane of motion, medicine ball training promotes integration
of muscle actions and allows the exerciser to condition the body in all planes
of movement.
Agility
Training
Agility training as a discipline is absolutely unparalled for improving foot
speed, quickness, acceleration, speed changes, deceleration, directional change
and reaction time.
Flexibility
Training
It is important to consider both dynamic and static stretching to develop
flexibility to reduce the risk ofi njury and improve performance.
Rotational
Power
Skills such as turning, turning to sprint, turning and throwing and turning
to hit or kick a ball or opponent all require rotational strength and power
to perform these skills successfully.
Speed
and Agility Training
At the end of the day, there are two components that are directly responsible
for the success of any athlete or team that competes in a sport that requires
running: speed and agility training. |
