Training For Agility, Coordination, & Speed
Technical precision and speed of execution are fundamental goals of any athletic movement and are, of course, interrelated. Speed is the ability to achieve high velocity. It is a manifestation of explosive force applied to a specific task but is often incorrectly perceived as independent from (or incompatible with) strength. Furthermore, agility, the ability to explosively brake, change direction, and accelerate again, is often more important than simply achieving and maintaining high velocity. Agility implies greater involvement of deceleration and the ability to reactively couple it with acceleration. Functional motor skills requiring a accelerative as well as decelerative speed-strength-force developed rapidly or at high velocities-are the basis of speed and agility training.
