October 26th, 2011 by admin

Medicine Balls for Speed & Agility

 

by Wil Fleming

 

Medicine Balls

 

Wil Fleming

Wil Fleming is co-owner and Head Coach of Force Fitness & Performance, Fitness Revolution and Athletic Revolution in Bloomington, IN. Wil is also a member of the IYCA Board of Experts

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5 Responses to “Medicine Balls for Speed & Agility”

  1. October 27, 2011 at 6:39 am, Raymond CHASTEL said:

    You can achieve the same result by not throwing the medicine ball ,but simply swinging it from side to side

  2. October 27, 2011 at 8:22 am, Jose Chacon said:

    I have a question about the cross over step, won’t it be more biomechanically loigcal to use a directional step vs the x-over? I understand you are teaching force production and reactive forces with the wall/ball, but if you took out the drill and broke it down. Would it be quicker and more powerful to simply use a directional step into the new direction? Since you are still driving off the rear foot, front foot repositions into a direction??
    Just a thought, I like the ball rolling drill will be great for bball or soccer players staying low during acceleration phase.
    Jose Chacon

  3. October 27, 2011 at 10:04 am, Bobby F. said:

    Jose C.,
    the cross-over step is the same as any three step cut…example: DB running with a receiver & the ball is under thrown, the DB will take a cross-over,then take the plant step & finally the DB will take a directional step towards the point of emphasis. The same steps would be taken for any sport (football/basketball/soccer/baseball,lacrosse etc.) where one is playing man-to-man or moving to an object & then changing directions.
    If one took a directional step instead of the cross-over the it would take 4 steps to change direction. Of course the third & forth step of each movement wold be with the cross-over leg. At least that is what i got from the cross-over drill. Thanks Wil !
    Bobby F.

  4. October 27, 2011 at 1:00 pm, Dale Speckman said:

    Thanks Wil. Can’t wait to implement these into my program.

  5. October 31, 2011 at 1:21 pm, Anthony said:

    Thanks Will keep it coming. I will add this to my arsenal.

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