Agility, like we have stated (and sometimes overstated again, and again) is made up of 4 unique trainable components:
- Quick Feet (or Quick Repositioning of the Feet)
- Body Position (or Controlling Posture)
- Strength / Power (Elastic / Dynamic Muscle Properties)
- Reaction (Anticipating, Understanding and Reacting to Situations)
In the beginning of any program you want to make sure your athletes are building a very strong and sold foundation in these characteristics. Here is a quick videos that we shot last night as our 11-13 year olds work on simple quick feet drills. This is the beginning of a wide variety of drills that we will expose them to both with and without the ball.
We also want to incorporate simple body control drills like the one pictured below that empahsizes posture and control of shoulder sway. This is just a simple shuffle to shuffle drill where we will focus on rhythm and body lean.
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