Every Wednesday, STACK features an Exercise of the Week to help you improve your overall sports performance—including strength, speed, conditioning and flexibility. This week we highlight the 300-Yard Shuttle, a drill that improves conditioning by building endurance.

Who’s Doing It

• Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints QB

Physiological Benefits

• Builds endurance and increases the ability to recover from intense bouts of sprinting
• Improves speed, acceleration and change of direction

Sports Performance Benefits

• A high level of endurance lets you give your max effort every play throughout the full length of a game or match; decreased recovery time allows you to head into the next play or shift with more energy and your breathing under control
• Builds your ability to run fast, quickly change direction and accelerate, key skills in football, basketball, soccer, hockey and many others
• Challenges your mental toughness to fight through fatigue to continue performing at your max

How to Perform the 300-Yard Shuttle

• Assume athletic stance on starting line
• Sprint for 50 yards; stop and change direction
• Sprint 50 yards back to starting line; stop and change direction
• Repeat two more times for a total of 300 yards
• Sets/Reps: 1×3 with two minutes rest

Coaching Points

• Sprint as quickly as possible
• Aim to complete drill in 60 seconds

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