Speed and Agility During Quarantine
With a large part of the country in quarantine, or shelter in place, a lot of strength and conditioning facilities are closed. Even though facilities are closed, athletes still need to stay...
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Agility Pitfalls
Pitfalls with Agility Training Unlike when I started in the strength and conditioning profession, even an entry-level high school strength coach has to have a huge tool kit to address all...
Agility Is About Sports Performance
Agility is probably one of the most difficult things to coach and it’s one of the things most susceptible to hype and guruisms. This post is going to present some thoughts about...
Real World Speed Training For Basketball
In a previous post, I discussed the challenges with using speed training for the training of athletes (see http://www.yourhpservices.com/blog/?p=1265 ). In this post, I discussed the fact that most athletes are not...
Agility Can Be Trained Generally And Specifically
Agility is often a difficult physical ability to train. I often view it as the summation of the athlete’s physical abilities (strength, speed, mobility, etc.) that is applied to the sport’s movement...