Module 2: Foundations For training (2) Agility and Quickness

1. Sports Performance 25: St. Peter the Apostle Module 2: Foundations For training (2)Agility and Quickness

2. F.I.T.T. Principle Four major variables that come into play in designing a training program. • F– _________________________ • ____________ • I- ____________ • ______________ • T- ____________ • _______________ • T- _____________ • _______________

3. Agility and Quickness • The ability to _____ ________________change direction. It includes _________ and maneuverability. • Agility is a main component of skill related __________ ________________.

4. 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 • ______________.

5. Agility and Quickness • Agility requires ________________ and ___________. • Agility is also influenced by: ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________

6. Agility and Quickness • Agility testing provides measures of _______________. • Agility is measured with ____________ where the person is required to _______ • ________________ • ________________

7. 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.

8. 4 Stages of Agility and Quickness A. ______________: • 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.

9. 4 Stages of Agility and Quickness Stage 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 __________.

10. 4 Stages of Agility and Quickness Stage 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.

11. 4 Stages of Agility and Quickness Stage Four – _____________ ______________: • More _________level of agility. • Train with _________ patterns of movement. • Train controlled and powerful _______and __________. • Example: __________________

12. 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 ___________________).

13. 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 _____________. 

14. 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 _________.

15. Developing Agility • Examples: • ________________ • ________________ • ________________ • ________________ • ________________ • Class Exercise: Write Down Examples From The Internet