| Latest attitudes and strategies yield superior results | | | | see positive and constant progress in their speed and |
| from speed and agility training methods! | | | | agility training. |
| When all is said and done, there are two components | | | | Out-dated Training Methods |
| that are completely responsible for the achievement of | | | | It is extremely important that training be broken down |
| any athlete or team that competes in a activity that | | | | into components and structured in a prepared format. |
| necessitates running: speed and agility training. The | | | | Each practice session should rely on a plan that |
| problem is that some coaches and competitors fail to | | | | follows proven guidelines for developing greatest |
| expand these skill sets because they have been given | | | | speed and agility in athletes no matter what their age |
| erroneous impressions about these crucial skills. | | | | or fitness level. Young participants benefit from |
| Regrettably, many still accept athletes are either born | | | | improvements in their total athletic capabilities which will |
| with some of these competencies or that they are not. | | | | carry over to any sport. Incorporate a comprehensive |
| They believe that focusing on speed and agility training | | | | speed and agility training program to expand the |
| is not as valuable as other components of their training | | | | potential for achievement in your athletes. Speed and |
| routine. These beliefs are not supported by | | | | agility are both skill-sets that can be taught when you |
| contemporary fitness knowledge. While not every | | | | consistently use guidelines that succeed. Following |
| competitor can be turned into Carl Lewis or Marion | | | | out-dated training methods will not develop the sort of |
| Jones, every participant can make important | | | | speed and agility that athletes are capable of is not in |
| improvements in their ability to quickly accelerate, alter | | | | the best interests of the individual athletes, the group, |
| directions or sustain top speeds. | | | | or the coach. |
| Most Athletes are Poorly Conditioned | | | | The Advantage |
| The most common reason that athletes don't attain | | | | In researching the various fundamentals of speed and |
| their best results is that they do not train appropriately. | | | | agility development, it will show that consistency and a |
| They either run too slow for too long or they try to | | | | well ordered program are the foundation of success. |
| simply run fast. They don't break long enough to get | | | | Implementing a routine of training components that |
| the sort of recovery vital to improve acceleration. | | | | allow you to track improvement and make |
| Recovery also helps them improve change of direction | | | | assumptions based on scientific logic will provide you |
| tactics that will allow them to shift laterally and sidestep | | | | and your athletes with personal bests as well as team |
| their opponents. An athlete cannot expect to get | | | | and individual championships. When it comes to speed |
| faster by running at slow speeds. On the other hand, if | | | | and agility training, execute a routine that will allow you |
| they always run high speed sprints and don't allow for | | | | to create an outstanding team of athletes. |
| appropriate rest intervals between runs, they will not | | | | |
