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 300-Yard Shuttle, a drill that improves conditioning by building endurance.
Who’s Doing It
Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints QB
Physiological Benefits
Builds endurance and increases the ability to recover from intense bouts of sprinting
Improves speed, acceleration and change of direction
Sports Performance Benefits
A high level of endurance lets you give your max effort every play throughout the full length of a game or match; decreased recovery time allows you to head into the next play or shift with more energy and your breathing under control
Builds your ability to run fast, quickly change direction and accelerate, key skills in football, basketball, soccer, hockey and many others
Challenges your mental toughness to fight through fatigue to continue performing at your max
How to Perform the 300-Yard Shuttle
Assume athletic stance on starting line
Sprint for 50 yards; stop and change direction
Sprint 50 yards back to starting line; stop and change direction
Repeat two more times for a total of 300 yards
Sets/Reps: 1x3 with two minutes rest
Coaching Points
Sprint as quickly as possible
Aim to complete drill in 60 seconds
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