Speed Report: Wide Receivers

Last month we covered the idea that just looking at linear (straight) speed is not good enough when preparing a receiver for the type of speed endeavors required. The key to being a truly effective receiver requires a multitude of speed skills. Quickness, the ability to move to a new direction (separation from an angle of velocity travel to another angle of velocity) requires either natural gifts or proper mechanical and physiological training. As you can now appreciate – by reading the articles I provide month-to-month – I am a believer in movement skill development. Keep in mind that as I’ve clearly indicated over time that football requires multi-move skill development which I’ve indicated rhetorically over the last several articles. Athletes’ movement procedures stem from innate responses rather than a cognizant plan of movement organization. Football speed is certainly