Most competitive sports require rapid whole-body movements in which athletes need to accelerate, decelerate, and change direction in response to game situations. That\u2019s why coaches, athletes, and strength and conditioning professionals are constantly searching for the most effective ways to improve agility and quickness.<\/p>\n
More than 130 drills\u2014with instructions, photos, and diagrams\u2014offer a smorgasbord of proven activities to enhance athletes\u2019 ability to rapidly accelerate or decelerate in three dimensions.
\nTwelve agility and quickness tests provide gauges of present abilities and methods to measure progress.
\nGuidelines for tailoring training to specific needs present a blueprint for increasing change of direction speed and explosive movement.
\nNew chapters on warm-up methods and age and sex considerations prepare athletes to get the most from their training.
\nSport-specific training plans foster peak performance for athletes in 15 specific sports.
\nDeveloping Agility and Quickness\u00a0is an essential training guide for athletes and coaches seeking to excel in today\u2019s fast-action sports. The drills and training programs in this book will get you a step ahead of the competition, whether you\u2019re on the court or on the turf.<\/p>\n
Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n Introduction Chapter 1. Developing Change of Direction Speed References Audiences-Athletes and professionals working with athletes, including strength and conditioning coaches, personal trainers, and sport coaches.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Developing agility and quikness Most competitive sports require rapid whole-body movements in which athletes need to accelerate, decelerate, and change direction in response to game situations. That\u2019s why coaches, athletes, and strength and conditioning professionals are constantly searching for the most effective ways to improve agility and quickness. More than 130 drills\u2014with instructions, photos, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":24858,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[7021,2087,16],"product_tag":[5933,4990],"class_list":{"0":"post-24722","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-fitness-set","7":"product_cat-prosfores","8":"product_cat-books","9":"product_tag-setprosforas","10":"product_tag-proponitiki","11":"product_shipping_class-books","12":"fitness-set","13":"prosfores","14":"books","16":"first","17":"instock","18":"sale","19":"shipping-taxable","20":"purchasable","21":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salto.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/24722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salto.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salto.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salto.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salto.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salto.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=24722"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salto.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=24722"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salto.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=24722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nKey to Diagrams<\/p>\n
\nChapter 2. Factors Determining Quickness
\nChapter 3. Warm-Up Methods and Techniques for Agility Training
\nChapter 4. Age and Sex Considerations
\nChapter 5. Testing, Assessment, and Monitoring of Agility and Quickness
\nChapter 6. Change of Direction Speed Drills
\nChapter 7. Quickness Drills
\nChapter 8. Agility and Quickness Program Design
\nChapter 9. Sport-Specific Agility and Quickness Training
\nBaseball and Softball
\nBasketball
\nCombat Sports
\nCricket
\nField Hockey
\nFootball (American or Gridiron)
\nIce Hockey
\nLacrosse
\nNetball
\nRugby
\nSoccer
\nTennis
\nVolleyball
\nWrestling<\/p>\n
\nIndex
\nAbout the NSCA
\nAbout the Editor
\nAbout the Contributors
\nContributors to the Previous Edition<\/p>\n