Agility Ladder
Why Every Athlete Needs An Agility Ladder
No, you will not become an Olympic sprinter by using an agility ladder. It is however a versatile tool that can effectively teach some fundamental skills to athletes. Five Ways [...]
16 Upper-Body Exercises You Can Do With an Agility Ladder
Agility Ladders are an excellent tool for increasing speed and quickness essential for athletes in sports such as basketball, football and soccer, to name just a few. Although this piece [...]
The Ultimate Football Warm-Up
A gym full of the NFL’s top talent sweats around trainer Todd Durkin. To the right, a Super Bowl MVP drives his knee into the air as he skips across [...]
4 Soccer Agility Drills to Improve Quickness and Dribbling
Since hosting the 1994 World Cup, the United States has seen a meteoric rise in the popularity of soccer. Over the last 21 years, the number of high...
Get Faster and More Nimble With 10 Agility Ladder Drills
10 Agility Ladder Drills for Enhancing Quickness and Mobility in Your SportBy Jim Carpentier, CSCS Sports coaches and recruiters prize "quick on their...
Don’t Trash Your Speed Ladder: How to Get the Most Out of This Much-Maligned Training Tool
There have been several instances in my career when I learned that things I did as an athlete growing up were not as effective as I thought they were at [...]
6 Types of Exercises That Will Help You Get Faster
There's a saying in sports that speed kills. It kills anyone who doesn't have it. This holds true for any athletic event, whether its sprinting in a...
Train Like an NFL Player This Off-Season
What does it take to play in the NFL? A lot of hard work ,dedication , talent and a desire to always get better. The Super Bowl ends one season and...
Why This Speed Training Tool Doesn’t Work
Snake oil is defined as a product, policy, etc. of little real worth or value that is promoted as the solution to a problem. Many years ago fake...
Todd Durkin’s 5 Exercises to Increase Your Agility
Linear speed gets all the attention. Both athletes and coaches focus intently on top-end speed, whereas athletes in the majority of sports spend most of their time changing directions. Imagine [...]
