Agility Component of Fitness
Jack be nimble; Jack be quick, Jack jump over, The candlestick
‘Jack Be Nimble’ nursery rhyme offers a good introduction to agility component of fitness and also the confusion that surrounds it. Being nimble, being quick and ability to jump or part of agility training. Even though each part is described as a different component of fitness to allow us to categorize and plan the progress.
Agility is your ability to respond quickly, effectively and gracefully to an external condition like a tennis ball coming to you the hundred miles an hour or step in over a pothole left behind
by rain the before.
Athletes value agility because it impacts the chances to win. They can test it against opponents in the field. There is a boxer who is just a little bit too slow could get knocked out. The same way that a football player could get tackled or a volleyball player missing the defense.
People who do not consider themselves athletes do not necessarily focus on agility training because of the Indonesian that only athletes need agility training. This perception is far from the truth.
When you take the grocery out of the trunk of your car in a wet floor, your agility saves you from falling. When you miscalculated the last step down the stairs, the agility determines whether or not to twist and ankle. He weight loss drills that require continuous motions could be very dangerous without specific agility training.
Agility training is not limited to physical motions but also mental abilities. Aging process is most felt when the mental agility is diminished.
The ability to combine your flexibility, new speed, and your strength in motions is tested in one word – Agility.
Because of the demand agility places on your body, it cannot be the first step in the fitness planning. You need to be patient and build your strength first, followed by speed that is a component of power, and retain the flexibility before you combine them into agility training.
This process is not as complicated as it may seem, it just requires planning and attention. Take a young football player for example.
Sandblasting that is running in the sand is a way to accomplish building strength, speed, and dynamic flexibility in the ankles and hips all at once. A novice football player by the nature of the sand is slowed enough so that the can build strength gradually.
If there’s no beach nearby, a runner can include deadlifts, hamstring curls, and rotational squats to prepare for agility training.
Speed ladder drills are another way we can practice agility training with minimal potential risk. It beginner needs to focus on specific patterns required for speed ladder training.
The time that it takes to learn to patterns effectively is often enough to build the strength, the speed and dynamic flexibility required for faster and longer duration agility training.
Agility Ladder Training for Tennis Players
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Fitness Bootcamp Agility Ladder Drills
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