Me and the Miller Light Beer Guy

Wendel stopped by the clubhouse.. I thought that was pretty cool.. I should have put him through a quick workout!!!

Speed Training

Playing Speed is a combination of starting speed, Acceleration speed, top end speed, change of direction speed, stopping speed, closing speed. Playing speed for team sports is very different than training for sprinting events in track and field. Speed is "the ability to move components of the kinetic chain through the required range of motion in the fastest possible time". Maximum speed by itself does not guarantee athletic success. All sports has different demands for speed, agility, and quickness. For example, baseball, football, basketball, soccer, and tennis all require different levels of speed, agility, and quickness development.



Integrated Speed Training Incorporates:

• Straight-Ahead Speed
• Agility (lateral speed
• Quickness (Reaction time)

Baseball and Softball

• Starting ability
• Reaction Time
• Acceleration
• Deceleration
• Change of Direction

Soccer, Lacrosse, Field Hockey

• Acceleration
• Deceleration
• Change of Direction
• Starting ability
• Stride Rate
• Stride Length
• Speed Endurance

Basketball and Raquet Sports

• Reaction Time
• Acceleration
• Deceleration
• Change of Direction
• Starting Ability
• Speed Endurance

*Ways to improve speed, agility, and quickness

• Improve starting speed
• Improve reaction time
• Improve acceleration time
• Improve deceleration time
• Improve change of direction speed
• Increase stride length
• Increase stride frequency
• Improve speed endurance