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Improve Fielding With Agility Drills, Part 1
As a baseball player, you have to continually develop your fielding skills. Most players field countless grounders or fly balls to hone their skills, but other important components of fielding, [...]
Get a Quicker First Step With Explosive Speed Training
Explosive speed is an attribute that can elude even the most elite athletes. Although some players just seem to be born with speed, less genetically fortunate athletes can develop a [...]
Improve Agility with Skills-Based Drills, Part 1: The L-Drill
In this agility drill series, we will break down three common drills and how you can adapt them to your sport. Today, we examine the L-Drill and how it can [...]
Exercise of the Week: Two-Cone Weave Drill
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 Two-Cone Weave Drill, [...]
Improper Heading Technique Can Cause Brain Damage in Soccer Players
If you're headed out to the soccer field, listen up. Heading every ball that comes your way could be harmful to the stuff inside your head. According to research presented [...]
5 Drills to Increase Agility on the Playing Field
Agility is one of the most important attributes an athlete can possess. It allows you to decelerate, change directions and then accelerate again as quickly as possible while maintaining balance [...]
Improve Speed With Wake Forest Soccer's Speed Drill
“Being able to start, stop and change direction quickly is important on the soccer field,” says Todd Hedrick, strength and conditioning coach for the men’s and women’s soccer teams at Wake [...]
Three Drills to Grab More Interceptions This Season
As a cornerback, you'll be involved in dozens of plays this year where the difference between a touchdown and an interception is a couple inches or a half second. Come [...]
Want to Run Faster? Slow Down First
Whether you’re trying to lower your 40-Yard Dash time or gain another step on the cornerbacks in your league, it’s important to start your search for extra speed by developing [...]
Develop Speed With Reactive Agility Drills
Athletes trying to improve their speed and agility often perform pre-programmed [closed] movements in a stable environment—the distance, pattern and timing all remain the same. While these types of drills [...]