Below is a great drill to help develop your athletes agility. The drill requires the athlete to not only change direction but to also transition from one type of movement to another. In most sports athletes execute a variety of movement types. In the clip below, Rob Rose of True Athlete Performance, demonstrates the “T-Drill”. In the drill the athlete is required to sprint forward and stop before transitioning to a side shuffle. He must the transition from a shuffle to a sprint and then back to a shuffle. The drill ends with a back pedal. The T-Drill is excellent for any sport that requires change of direction and several types of movements.

For more information about the DVD that this drill came from click the link Testing and Evaluation for Lacrosse Players

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If you are looking for some agility drills that also give your athlete some plyometric work, Coach Andrea Hurdy has a progressive series of drills that you should find helpful. Coach Hurdy is the strength and conditioning coach for the Kansas Mens Basketball Team.

In the clip below see demonstrations of four different drills (each with a couple of variations) to help develop your athletes agility. Simple yet effective progression. The drills are from a complete DVD designed to help players movement. For more information click the link Movement Efficiency: Progressions for Agility and Plyometrics

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Here are 6 easy to teach and easy to learn exercises that can help increase an athlete’s speed. The great thing about these exercises is they an be done on the field without any special equipment, meaning they could be part of your off-season program or easily added to your practice plan.

As coaches we are always looking for ways to increase the speed of our athletes. The two clips below are from a DVD that shows you how to run a summer speed camp with minimal equipment that will help increase the speed of you athletes.

In the first clip below you see 6 different drills that you can use to improve your athletes speed. The second clip is instruction on the proper technique of a two point stance. The proper technique will enable your athletes to improve their first step as well as their speed in the first 10 yds.

In the complete DVD you will learn the following from Jake Moore, DPT; Physical Therapist/Strength and Conditioning Coach, Gilbert (IA) High School.

1. How to design, organize, and administer a successful speed and agility camp
2. Learn numerous drills for improving foot speed, dynamic movements, explosive movements, short distance
3. Acceleration and deceleration with body control
4. Provide your athletes with world-class instruction at a low cost and with minimal equipment

For more information about the DVD click the link Summer Speed Camp

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The six exercises detailed in the first clip are:

1. Continuous Vertical Jump
2. Continuous Vertical Jump with a Hop – Hold the last one
3. Tuck Jumps – Hold the last one
4. Broad Jumps – Hold the last one
5. Broad Jumps with a Hop – Hold the last one
6. Backward Ankle Bounce – Point the toes up.

The key to the 2-point start is that the front leg should be angled forward. The shin should be angles such that the knee is above the toes. If the athlete does not do this, and instead has their shin perpendicular to the ground, the will pop straight up and will not be able to accelerate as much.

Agility is the ability to quickly change position or direction of the body. Agility is also affected by body balance, coordination and overall speed. If you are looking for a new drill to help improve the agility of your athletes, check out the Four Corner Box Drill below. The drill comes from Rob Rose, President of True Athlete Performance and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS). In this drill he runs his demonstrators through corner box drill that works on improving agility.

For more information about the dvd that this drill came from click the link Testing and Evaluation for Football Players

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