MODULE 2: FOUNDATIONS FOR TRAINING (2)

AGILITY AND QUICKNESS

Sports Performance 25: St. Peter the Apostle

F.I.T.T. PrincipleFour major variables that

come into play in designing a training program.

F – _________________________

____________ I - ____________ ______________ T- ____________ _______________ T - _____________ _______________

Agility and Quickness The ability to _____

________________change direction. It includes _________ and maneuverability.

Agility is a main component of skill related __________

________________.

Agility and Quickness Skill related fitness also

consists of: ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ These components do not

make you healthier, however, they will improve your skill in _______, also improving your ___________ when

______________.

Agility and Quickness Agility requires

________________ and ___________.

Agility is also influenced by:

____________ ____________ ____________ ____________

Agility and Quickness Agility testing

provides measures of _______________.

Agility is measured with ____________ where the person is required to _______

________________ ________________

4 Stages of Agility and Quickness

Stage 1 - _______: Balance (______

_______________) is affected by the nervous system.

The eyes, ears and feet will sense ____________. _____________is a very important factor in balance.

4 Stages of Agility and QuicknessA. ______________: The most fundamental

human movement skill. Training ones’ balance, speeds up the ______________ to muscles to produce ________movements resulting in an improved efficiency of movement.

B. ________________: Is balance while

moving.

4 Stages of Agility and QuicknessStage 2 –

_______________: Coordination is the ability

to use the senses with the body parts to perform motor skills __________and _____________.

A large part of coordination is performed by ________a skill down into _______ and then slowly uniting the __________.

4 Stages of Agility and QuicknessStage 3 –

___________________________: The use of ________ is

very important. Through repetition the

brain quickly learns through a _________ manner and then stores the information.

Examples: Use of _________and _________________

to direct athletes.

4 Stages of Agility and Quickness

Stage Four – _____________

______________: More _________level of

agility. Train with _________

patterns of movement. Train controlled and

powerful _______and __________.

Example: __________________

Agility and Quickness Training Training the _________

_____________is very important in the development of quickness. Proper neural training offers the following:

____________ recruitment of a maximal number of _________________.

Increasing the ________ rates of motor units.

Increase in ____________ coordination (ability to synergistically use multiple muscle groups in ___________________).

Agility and Quickness Training

________________of movements result in _______ memories in the brain called engrams.

Development of engrams are one of the reasons it is so important to practice movements _________.

If you practice with _______________ your technique will be flawed when _____________. 

Developing Agility Quickness is ________

determined to a degree, but proper training can greatly increase _____________.

 The ____________ of quickness drills in training____________.

Athletes are faced with a multitude of different ____________ when performing; therefore placement of quickness drills varies _________.

Developing Agility Examples: ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ Class Exercise:

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