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Factors Determining Quickness: Anticipation

May 1, 2017

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Scenarios that provide a stimulus relevant to the sporting environment may help athletes develop better anticipation skills through the refinement of search strategies, response speed and accuracy, pattern recognition, and decision-making abilities.

Coaches Exercise Science speed training agility anticipation

Change of Direction Speed Drill Adaptation

May 6, 2019

Article

This book excerpt is from Developing Agility and Quickness, Second Edition and goes over change of direction drills to help with speed and power development as well as an athletes cognitive and decision making skills.

Coaches Program design Change of Direction Speed Agility

Influence of Perceptual-Cognitive Function on Movement Output

August 28, 2020

Article

This article briefly describes the importance of training perceptual-cognitive skills for faster performance.

Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Program design Perceptual-Cognitive Skill Agility Coordination Decision Making Quickness

Ice Hockey

June 24, 2022

Article

This excerpt from Developing Agility and Quickness highlights the high-intensity, reactive agility hockey players require, and provides two agility drills that challenge that skill.

Coaches Program design Ice Hockey Reactive Agility Change of Direction

Twelve-Station Agility Circuit

April 23, 2021

Article

This excerpt from Developing Agility and Quickness explains a twelve-station agility circuit for basketball athletes.

Personal trainers Coaches Program design Agility Circuit Basketball Dot Drills Ladder Shuffle

Acceleration and Deceleration Mechanics

June 5, 2020

Article

This excerpt breaks down the optimal positions of the body during acceleration and deceleration.

Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Exercise Technique Acceleration Deceleration Ground Reaction Forces Agility Change of Direction

7 Line Drills to Improve Agility

May 1, 2017

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Line drills can be an excellent way for athletes to improve their footwork, speed, and coordination. This article contains examples of several easy-to-implement line drills.

Coaches Exercise Technique Program design line drills agility drills speed drills

Sport Performance and Body Composition

June 1, 2017

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All fitness components depend on body composition to some extent, and the demands of many sports require that athletes maintain standard levels of body composition.

Coaches Exercise Science Testing and Evaluation body composition weight classes body fat lean body mass

Age and Sex Considerations: Practical Application

December 15, 2023

Article

This article from Developing Agility briefly discusses the importance of age-appropriate speed and agility drills.

Personal trainers Coaches Exercise Science Program design Adolescent LTAD Speed Agility

Factors Determining Agility: Speed

June 1, 2017

Article

Acceleration is the rate of change in velocity, so this phase of sprinting is critical for changing directions as rapidly and efficiently as possible. Optimal technique for linear sprinting in the acceleration phase involves four factors that maximize stride length and frequency.

Coaches Exercise Science Exercise Technique speed agility strength and conditioning

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