Every Wednesday, STACK features an Exercise of the Week to help you improve your overall sports performance—including strength, speed, conditioning and flexibility. This week we highlight the 50-Yard Shuttle, an agility drill that also improves quickness and endurance.
Who’s Doing It
Maryland Men’s Soccer
Muscular Benefits
Develops lower body muscles’ ability to decelerate, absorb energy and quickly accelerate
Improves the body’s ability to quickly recover from fatigue
Develops coordination and muscle strength balance by changing directions equally on the left and right foot
Sports Performance Benefits
Improves agility and change of direction
Increases speed over short distances
Improves conditioning for situations like you experience when playing soccer, tennis or hockey
50-Yard Shuttle Description
Place two cones 10 yard apart
Using normal running mechanics, sprint back and forth five times for 50 yards total
