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Aerobic Conditioning for Speed & Power Athletes?

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Every day someone asks me a question about training speed. So here are those questions heard most frequently as well as the answers to them.

Complements of www.TrainerClipart.com/www.PSSathletics.com   Here lately I have been getting more and more questions about how we use speed   sleds for upper body strength and recovery days.  For this reason, I thought I would

Credit to www.sportspecific.com   Sport is about acceleration, not speed. We have a problem in sports. Coaches consistently use the wrong term when discussing the quantity they covet most. Tests like the ten, twenty and forty yard dash are actually tests of acceleration not speed. You only need to look at world-class sprinters to realize that top speed is not even achieved until approximately 60 meters. As coaches our interest is not in top speed but, rather in acceleration, the zero to sixty of the auto world. How rapidly an athlete accelerates will determine success in team sports, not what the athletes absolute speed is.

According to Dr. Mel Siff, “Ballistic movement comprises bursts of muscular activity followed by phases of relaxation during which the motion continues as a consequence of stored limb momentum or elastic energy.” Dr. Siff used this definition of ballistic movements specifically to differentiate them from co-contraction movements which have a simultaneous contraction of the “agonistic” and “antagonistic” muscles. He later describes the antagonistic portion of ballistic movement as eccentric contractions limiting the range of joint movement at the end of the activity

Reprinted with Permission from www.sportspecific.com Yes, even more great explosive medicine ball exercises that will make you faster, quicker and more agile - guaranteed!

A close look at what it takes to dramatically improve your speed, agility and quickness for all sports!Speed, agility, and quickness (SAQ) drills are something that tends to become a topic of heated discussion. Many coaches feel that the effort put forth during sport is sufficient to improve these elements of performance.