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Lacrosse Agility with Paul Rabil
Paul Rabil burst onto the scene a little over four years ago, and he has been a colossal contributor to the lacrosse revolution ever since. Combine his 6’3, 225-pound stature, [...]
Lateral Speed with Kansas City Wizards
Soccer is a game that’s played in multiple directions, yet players often forget to focus on their lateral speed. Big mistake. “You can get caught up in doing too much [...]
Nnamdi Asomugha’s Agility Awareness Drill
To the casual NFL fan, the name “Nnamdi Asomugha” may not register. Even hardcore football fanatics might recognize the Oakland Raider cornerback only as “the guy with the unpronounceable name.” [...]
Importance of Agility for Basketball Players
Even if you’re the quickest guy on the court, if you’re slow to react, it will negate how quick you really are. You want and need to improve both reaction [...]
Multi-Sport Agility Training
No matter what sport you’re preparing to dominate, training multidirectional movements—straight ahead, backward, left, right and at 45-degree angles—is essential to becoming a force. Here are agility drills for six [...]
Houston Dynamo Goalkeeper Drill
By the time you decide whether to catch, punch or deflect a shot screaming toward you, the announcer might already be bellowing, “GOOOOAAAALLLL!” Mike Toshack, goalkeeper coach for the two-time [...]
Quick Releases with Butler Basketball
Over the past few years, Butler University's men's basketball program has quietly transformed from underdog NCAA bracket buster to a perennially ranked squad. A major factor in the team's success [...]
USA Soccer’s Interval Training
I started [working] with the Olympic team two weeks before their first qualifying game. The first week, we had two-a-days, and that's when we hit their conditioning really hard. I [...]
USC Volleyball’s Cone Drill
Over the past five years, USC's volleyball program has established itself as one of the best around, with back-to-back titles in 2002 and 2003, and a Final Four appearance [...]
Enhancing Football Movement Through Activation and Strengthening
If you just head into the weight room, throw an arbitrary amount of weight on the bar and start going at it, you won’t accomplish much. You might jack up [...]