Reaction Time
Upper- and Lower-Body Drills For Better Reflexes
A misstep that leads to a missed tackle or a swing that's a second too late: in competition, a single second can be the difference between a win and a [...]
3 Highly Effective Hand Speed Drills
Do you want to hit a ball harder, stickhandle faster or shed tough blocks? Then perform hand speed drills. Hand speed drills are designed to make your upper body move [...]
Exercise of the Week: Tennis Ball Reaction Agility 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 Tennis Ball Reaction [...]
Reaction Drills Go Sci-Fi
As any football player knows, the difference between a touchdown catch and a dropped ball is often a split-second lapse of concentration. Baseball players facing 95 m.p.h. fastballs have even [...]
Develop Your Hidden Weapon: Hand Speed
Hand speed is an important, yet extremely undervalued, athletic skill. In sports other than boxing and MMA, hand speed is an afterthought, not a deadly weapon—that is, until a goalie [...]
Improve Reaction Time for Tennis With Three-Ball Drill
One of the most difficult parts of being a tennis player is training the body to move quickly from sideline to sideline. Cardio routines and strength work can boost endurance, [...]
Develop Lightning-Quick Reactive Speed With Matt Zash
MLL star Matt Zash didn’t help the Philadelphia Barrage win back-to-back championships in 2006 and 2007 by being a slug on the field. He helped by developing outstanding reactive change [...]
Enhance Outfield Reaction Time With Blind Ball Drills
An outstanding outfielder is one who “moves at full speed while judging the ball on the run,” says John Rittman, head coach of Stanford University's softball team. To develop outfield [...]
Reaction Training for Quickness
Sports training often centers on improving explosive strength and speed, since they help an athlete beat out an opponent or win a race to a ball. Quickness, however, is not [...]
Why Athletes Need Balance and Reactive Training
Athletes are constantly given false representations of how to improve strength and overall athleticism. That’s why most high school athletes, once in the weight room, go straight for the Bench [...]
