{"id":176,"date":"2009-03-22T15:07:46","date_gmt":"2009-03-22T22:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?p=176"},"modified":"2009-03-22T15:07:46","modified_gmt":"2009-03-22T22:07:46","slug":"improving-lateral-agility-for-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?p=176","title":{"rendered":"Improving Lateral Agility for Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many parents call me and inquire about training their son or daughter with the primary goal of improved speed.\u00a0 Most of the time, I turn the conversation to body control (acceleration &amp; deceleration) as well as agility.\u00a0 Most sports are not won or lost with pure linear speed.<\/p>\n<p>Most sports I watch are won by superior athletic movement skill.\u00a0 In other words, superior footwork and body control.\u00a0 Over the years, I have been both awed and left wanting while watching some of my clients move for the first time.\u00a0 The truly great ones make movement seem so fluid and effortless.<\/p>\n<p>Those who struggle most on the court or field simply need to work to improve their footwork.\u00a0 In particular, I like to focus on lateral quickness (agility).\u00a0\u00a0 Today&#8217;s short video clip reveals one of my favorite drills to heighten the ability to move side to side quickly and effortlessly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"viddlervideo-11839-153afde3\" class=\"viddlervideo\"><p><a href=\"#viddlervideo-11839-153afde3\" onclick=\"loadViddlerVideo('11839','153afde3','player',437,370);\" title=\"Click to play this video.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"437\" height=\"370\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn-thumbs.viddler.com\/e2\/thumbnail_2_153afde3.jpg\" alt=\"Video thumbnail.\" \/><\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"#viddlervideo-11839-153afde3\" onclick=\"loadViddlerVideo('11839','153afde3','player',437,370);\" return false;\">Click to play this video.<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>If your athlete has difficulty maintaining the proper form and rhythm initially, slow the drill down.\u00a0 Emphasize that both feet touch down (minimal pressure on inside foot) but that the power comes from the outside foot pushing off.\u00a0 I typically have my athletes work for 20-30 seconds and repeat 2-3 times.\u00a0 Once they master the form, you may elect to use a higher hurdle\u00a0to increase the emphasis on power as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many parents call me and inquire about training their son or daughter with the primary goal of improved speed.\u00a0 Most of the time, I turn the conversation to body control (acceleration &amp; deceleration) as well as agility.\u00a0 Most sports are not won or lost with pure linear speed. Most sports I watch are won by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,29,5,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-agility","category-speed-drills","category-sports-performance","category-training"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Improving Lateral Agility for Sport - Brian Schiff&#039;s Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?p=176\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Improving Lateral Agility for Sport - Brian Schiff&#039;s Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Many parents call me and inquire about training their son or daughter with the primary goal of improved speed.\u00a0 Most of the time, I turn the conversation to body control (acceleration &amp; deceleration) as well as agility.\u00a0 Most sports are not won or lost with pure linear speed. Most sports I watch are won by [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?p=176\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Brian Schiff&#039;s Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-03-22T22:07:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brian Schiff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Brian Schiff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?p=176\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?p=176\",\"name\":\"Improving Lateral Agility for Sport - Brian Schiff's Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-03-22T22:07:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2009-03-22T22:07:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d7ecfca77bb5641821016294c8190473\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?p=176#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?p=176\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?p=176#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Improving Lateral Agility for Sport\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/\",\"name\":\"Brian Schiff's Blog\",\"description\":\"Injury Prevention, Sports Rehab &amp; Performance Training Expert\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d7ecfca77bb5641821016294c8190473\",\"name\":\"Brian Schiff\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cfb4d8d97e576039b5949885812b9a4199eafdf93f5da9ccf83f9b671aac22f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cfb4d8d97e576039b5949885812b9a4199eafdf93f5da9ccf83f9b671aac22f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Brian Schiff\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.brianschiff.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Improving Lateral Agility for Sport - Brian Schiff's Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?p=176","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Improving Lateral Agility for Sport - Brian Schiff's Blog","og_description":"Many parents call me and inquire about training their son or daughter with the primary goal of improved speed.\u00a0 Most of the time, I turn the conversation to body control (acceleration &amp; deceleration) as well as agility.\u00a0 Most sports are not won or lost with pure linear speed. Most sports I watch are won by [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?p=176","og_site_name":"Brian Schiff's Blog","article_published_time":"2009-03-22T22:07:46+00:00","author":"Brian Schiff","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Brian Schiff","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?p=176","url":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?p=176","name":"Improving Lateral Agility for Sport - Brian Schiff's Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2009-03-22T22:07:46+00:00","dateModified":"2009-03-22T22:07:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d7ecfca77bb5641821016294c8190473"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?p=176#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?p=176"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?p=176#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Improving Lateral Agility for Sport"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/","name":"Brian Schiff's Blog","description":"Injury Prevention, Sports Rehab &amp; Performance Training Expert","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d7ecfca77bb5641821016294c8190473","name":"Brian Schiff","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cfb4d8d97e576039b5949885812b9a4199eafdf93f5da9ccf83f9b671aac22f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cfb4d8d97e576039b5949885812b9a4199eafdf93f5da9ccf83f9b671aac22f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Brian Schiff"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.brianschiff.com"],"url":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=176"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":179,"href":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176\/revisions\/179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}