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Cone Drills for Football Speed
Before you start, make sure to warm up with several static and dynamic stretching exercises. I recommend performing the cone drills at least two to three times a week. 5-Cone [...]
The Benefits of Backward Running
For most athletes, their training includes a substantial amount of running. It's how we jog, sprint, and move from drill to drill during practice. But aside from a small group [...]
3 Reasons Why All Athletes Should Incorporate Top Speed Sprinting
Despite its reputation as being risky and non-specific to sport, here are three reasons why non-track athletes should incorporate top speed sprinting into their training. There is no denying that [...]
How to Use Speed Ladders the Correct Way
If you randomly approach any anaerobic sports teams within the US, chances are you can say the words "icky shuffle" or "wideout" and more than a few...
6 Truths About Getting Faster
Everyone wants to be faster.
5 Ways Field Athletes Can Get Faster
How many times have you, as an athlete, been just one step behind an opponent who outran you, or just one second too late for a chance, a shot, a [...]
Speed and Agility Drills That Guarantee Intensity
Sports are exciting when athletes are explosive with their speed and agility. These are the moments that make or break competitions, that birth the richness in sports, and that make [...]
What is Maximal Aerobic Speed, and How Can I Increase It?
When an athlete decides they’d like to get "in shape,” they often default to long, slow steady-state cardiovascular training. They get the Rocky Balboa mentality and believe that a 10-mile [...]
3 Best Plyometric Exercises for Speed
Athletes can achieve top speed by maximizing their power production. When designed and implemented correctly, plyometric exercises is an effective and efficient way to increase the power produced in an [...]
4 Relative Strength Standards to Improve Sprint Speed
Let’s face it: if you want to be fast, you need to sprint fast—and sprint fast often. Speed is a skill after all, and like any other skill, improvement is [...]