Agility Training
The Best Speed and Agility Drills for Defensive Linemen
Defensive linemen are expected to disrupt the passing game, sack the quarterback and shut down the running game. (Check out the Ndamukong Rising series for some serious D-line training.) This is done [...]
Complete Speed Workout Essentials
Athletes know that speed workouts are necessary to get faster, but there's a lot more to these workouts than simply running. You need to teach your body to put more [...]
Get an "A" on the L-Drill During Combine Testing
The L-Drill, or 3-Cone Drill, is one of the major tests to evaluate football players every year at the NFL Combine, College Pro Days and other combines across the country. [...]
Exercise of the Week: Three-Cone Crossover Drill
The STACK Exercise of the Week will help you improve your overall sports performance—including strength, speed, conditioning and flexibility. This week, we highlight the Three-Cone Crossover Drill, which increases speed [...]
John Cissik Named STACK Expert of the Month
John Cissik, president of Human Performance Services, LLC, has been named STACK’s Expert of the Month for August 2012. He will receive a $500 cash award. Cissik has built up [...]
Principles of Agility Training, Part 2
In Part 1 of this agility training series, we covered fundamental agility principles. However, the challenge with principles and guidelines is that they sound great, but they can be difficult to incorporate into your [...]
Principles of Agility Training, Part 1
Unless you are a track sprinter, how fast you run in a straight line is not much use. You need to be able to stop suddenly, change directions and react [...]
Training the Hips for Speed, Power and Agility, Part 1: Introduction
You've probably heard coaches say, "that guy has great hips"—referring to an athlete who moves fluidly and effortlessly in all directions. A key driver for most sports skills, the hips [...]
Hip Mobility Drills for Better Agility
Athletes train for agility by performing plyometrics and speed drills. But did you know that improving hip mobility can be equally important? Your hips should always be facing the direction [...]
3 Drills for Training Speed and Agility in the Sand
Sand is a great training tool for improving speed and agility. It provides resistance that challenges your muscles, helping to make you faster and more explosive. The constant shifting under [...]
