Basketball Footwork Drills
Friday, May 21st, 2010
The Role of Agility Training for Tennis Players
Agility is an important component when it comes to an athlete who is fast. Tennis requires the athlete to be fast in short distances, in multiple directions and have the ability to develop explosive starts from various positions.
The Agility training is sports specific and it has to simulate the exact movements required by their sport. For athletes requiring speed linear training time of agility have few benefits.
Agility refers to the ability of an athlete to accelerate, brake and change direction while maintaining balance and control. Athletes in sports such as soccer, football, netball, basketball, lacrosse and tennis are a few sports where athletes are agile.
The coaches who believe that a hole fits all do not understand the true meaning of the specificity of sports! Greater improvements were found when training for your sport.
Characteristics of being flexible for tennis players:
Changing direction rapidly
Having a good flexibility
Ability to react quickly to different situations
Twist
Return
Ability to stop abruptly
Bypassing
Return traffic
Multi-tasking
The combination of various components of fitness (speed, agility, power)
Ability to perform a skill while maintaining the balance (paste a right to the race)
Being agile is also the specific position. For example in football a midfielder is necessary to have all the features above. A goal keeper will also require additional skills such as diving, rolling, get-ups after being on the ground, from a variety of positions and the ability to perform different tasks at the same time a considerable amount of pressure.
In tennis, you also want to distinguish between movements of a service and the player volleying to a baseliner.
A service and the player required to have an explosive volley immediately after the service. A split step then is done near the service line before the player moves left, right or forward to hit a volley. The agility aspect comes into play when the athlete should be able to respond quickly to a return beaten anywhere on their side of the court.
the baseline players tend to focus a little more in their movements go side by side forehand to backhand side. This lateral movement requires the athlete to accelerate to a ball, stop, pivot, the tycoon and recover the position. At any time you may need to put the foot forward and sprint for a short ball.
Key components that will help the athlete become more agile:
Increased flexibility
Increased strength
Increase your power
Improve explosive starts
Improved reaction time
Making a variety of sports specific exercises
Increased core strength
Injury free
proper footwork to assist in the implementation of competition necessary
Using the correct technique
Wear appropriate clothing and footwear
Training on the surface you play on
Develop all fields Agility
Agility Drills for Tennis should include these movements:
Sprint ahead
Bypassing
Return traffic
Coordinates of the combinations with speed and agility
Footwork
Sudden changes in direction
The explosive start
Recovery steps
5 agility drills Great for tennis players:
Agility Run box
3 lines agility test
Wave run agility test
"T" agility test
Bow tie agility drill
As a tennis coach or player you will ever make an analysis needs of their movement that is best done watching a video of the game itself. This allows you to see exactly how it moves, its strengths and weaknesses, its percentage reaction time, strength and power in the acceleration and the ability to recover from a stationary position. Then develop a plan of action to improve speed and agility on the court.
About the Author
David Horne is a former professional tennis player who has created several online sports web sites including www.globalsportszone.com which is the Ultimate Sports Directory for all sports fans! Everything in Sports at Global Sports Zone
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