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Today’s athletes are bigger, stronger, faster, and more agile than ever before. Exhibiting a combination of power, speed, and quickness, they’ve raised the bar on performance, competition, and training. Training for Speed, Agility, and Quickness is the complete workout guide you need in order to perform a step ahead of the competition.
With this total training package, you’ll have exclusive online access to a video library of the most effective drills and exercises for developing movement skills, and you’ll see how to perform key tests and execute the best and most complex drills from the book. Sample training programs are included for these sports:
Baseball and softball
Football and rugby
Basketball and netball
Combat sports
Track and field
Soccer
Lacrosse
Tennis and badminton
Racquetball and squash
The top sport and conditioning experts present the best information on testing, techniques, drills, and training programs to maximize athletes’ movement capabilities. The book includes 262 drills and proven assessments for customizing programs and tracking progress.
If you’re serious about elevating your performance, Training for Speed, Agility, and Quickness is a must have.
PLEASE NOTE: This is not an official book from SAQ International. For details of books including SAQ Soccer and SAQ Rugby and official SAQ resources, please visit www.saqinternational.com.
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Includes online access to 64 video clips of the most dynamic exercises discussed in the book!
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Training for Speed, Agility, & Quickness
Includes exclusive access to video library of drills
The top sport and conditioning experts present the best information on testing, techniques, drills, and training programs to maximize athletes’ movement capabilities. The book includes 262 drills and proven assessments for customizing programs and tracking progress. Sample training programs are included for numerous sports.
Baseball and Softball Football and Rugby Basketball and Netball Soccer Track and Field Tennis and Badminton Lacrosse Combat Sports Racquetball and Squash
Includes proven assessments, 262 drills, and online access to 64 video clips.
Speed: Falling Starts
Purpose:
To enhance quick leg turnover at the start and teach the proper acceleration lean.
Procedure:
– Stand with the feet together and lean forward until your balance is lost (see figure a and b).
– At this point, accelerate at full speed to catch yourself (see figure c).
– Run 20 to 30 yards or meters.
Agility: Ladder Side Step
Purpose:
To develop balance, flexibility, footwork, and peripheral vision.
Procedure:
– Start in a two-point stance.
– Sprint laterally through the agility ladder using high knee and good arm action.
– Hit the alternating foot in each square of the ladder (see figure a and b).
Agility: Bag Side Step
Purpose:
To develop flexibility, high knee action, and quick foot action.
Procedure:
– Start in a two-point stance.
– Sprint laterally one direction over bags using high knee action.
– Start with the leg closest to the bag.
– Go over the bags leading with the right foot (see figure), and then lead with the left foot when you reverse directions and go the opposite way.
Quickness: Focus Mitt
Purpose:
To improve mental processing speed, upper body reaction time to visual stimuli, eye–hand coordination, and total body quickness.
Procedure:
– Stand in the ready position or in a position particular to your sport and a partner stands in front of you (see figure a).
– Using a focus mitt, your partner initiates the drill by presenting the mitt as a target to which you are to deliver a predetermined punch or slap (see figure b).
– Your attack may mimic sport-specific movements, such as a tennis forehand or football lineman’s hand technique.
Variations:
– Add an additional mitt for complex response decisions.
– Throw multiple punches or combinations to specific targets.
Perform a step ahead of the competition
‘Training for Speed, Agility, and Quickness is a comprehensive resource that will benefit all readers. The recommendations are backed by research and are easily adjusted to the needs of each athlete.’ – Boyd Epley, Founder of National Strength and Conditioning Association.
Publisher : Human Kinetics; Third edition (November 13, 2014)
Language : English
Paperback : 312 pages
ISBN-10 : 1450468705
ISBN-13 : 978-1450468701
Reading age : 18 years and up
Item Weight : 1.9 pounds
Dimensions : 8.5 x 0.75 x 11 inches
4.5
Reviewer: Diana Resendez
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great content and very useful for any coach
Review: I am a new Sports Performance Coach so I needed a book that will give me enough material to work with youth athletes. This book is great for any coach, it has a great variety of drills and exercises. Adding to this, the author explains in detail the purpose and the “how to do” of each exercise. I didn’t have any problem accessing the online videos. My only complaint is that the pictures are black and white (my millennial brain is not used to it 😛 ) and the paper quality is very thin. However, I decided to give it 5 stars because the content and videos are great for the price.
Reviewer: Shaun Carter
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good information and helpful for coaching
Review: Great activities. As a junior high track & field as well as a soccer coach I found a lot of activities that I could pull directly for my team with solid science behind them.
Reviewer: Coach Mason
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Must have for coaching library
Review: Excellent book for training New starters and those with experience. Have used book to produce state championships in track. Thumbs up
Reviewer: Kindle Customer
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good book
Review: I reccomend this book to coaches who want a better understanding to speed, agility and quickness. Best thing about the book was the exercise library, 200+ drills that guide you as a S&C coach and gives you more ideas both on the pitch and in the gym.
Reviewer: Emily Field
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Best published book for track & field drills
Review: Drills cover all aspects needed for overall fitness.
Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great book
Review: Book just came about an hour ago and it is everything I need and more…
Reviewer: V. Miyagi
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: … are a PE Teacher or Trainder looking for an easy and friendly program to develop SAQ
Review: If you are a PE Teacher or Trainder looking for an easy and friendly program to develop SAQ, this is the book. Don’t hesitate to buy it.
Reviewer: CL714
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I have the 2nd version and loved it, so I figured I’d purchase the 3rd …
Review: I have the 2nd version and loved it, so I figured I’d purchase the 3rd edition. There’s some new stuff and updated content, so I feel that it’s worth it in the end.
Reviewer: Mr J Ireland
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: This book delivers a full programme for all sports to improve speed agility and quickness. A must for all sports coaches. Please note version 3 is upgraded and very different to previous publications and includes 50 useful videos.
Reviewer: Andrea minichini
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Fantastico, ho imparato tantissimo
Reviewer: Mukul Raiturkar
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Nice book. The video connect code provided does not work. So I am unable to benefit from humankinetics website videos.
Reviewer: Loïc
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: L’une des références de l’entraînement pour la vitesse. Traduit en Français depuis peu. Vraiment un livre à avoir dans sa bibliothèque pour son entraînement perso ou si vous entraînez des gens !
Reviewer: Gizmo
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Endlich ist das Buch in einer neuen Auflage erschienen, kannte die 2. Auflage schon, aber diese ist wesentlich angenehmer zu lesen.Zwar liegt keine DVD mehr bei, aber man kann die Videos online anschauen (leider immer noch nicht alle Ãbungen, aber das war auf der DVD auch nicht der Fall).Wer ein Buch sucht um seine sprintspezifischen Fähigkeiten im Teamsport verbessern möchte liegt hier goldrichtig.
