The Speed Report: Playing Fast Transition Speed is Essential

by Dale Baskett
Football Speed Specialist
American Football Monthly April 2008 Issue OnlinePlaying fast means winning games. Coaches in football love speed. The question is twofold: how do we develop it and what kind of speed works? Football requires what I term transition speed. Whenever an athlete has a change of velocity or changes the direction of any movement, a transition must occur. When this transition happens it may cause a physiological change. It will absolutely change the mechanical function of limb cycle and body positioning to force relationship. As athletes run, motor p...Login to Read More

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