Practice moving and accelerating faster helps to condition the neuro-muscular system to improve the firing patterns of fast twitch muscle fibers.
Most team sports consist of very few movements that occur only in a straight line. Agility and quickness training improves an athletes ability to change direction, brake suddenly and perform sport-specific skills with speed and dexterity.
Compare speed training to strength training for a moment. A sport-specific strength training program will first aim to develop basic strength. This is on the premise that a solid base of strength offers greater physical potential to work with when converting it to sport-specific strength later on. Basic speed training along with power training maximizes the athletes ability to move rapidly. Agility training helps an athlete to apply their speed to sport-specific scenarios.
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