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Sunday, August 28, 2011

The simple way to Grow Quicker on Your Feet

By Nick Martin


In order to improve quickness and reaction time you must understand what this implies. Swiftness is based off reaction to a stimulus. It's the ability to be able to react and move in a quick amount of time. Time is the most vital part in building speed and therefore , reaction time. The more effectively one can react and move, the quicker they are going to become.

For sports like basketball, where the movements of the athletes are carried out in tight spaces, pushing and shoving against larger and faster players, developing stronger and faster feet provides a great advantage. When the leg and feet muscles are trained for speed, the player reinforces balance and reaction afterwards.

Speed of a sports figure is usually measured against a standard in any sport. If a player on the team can outrun the others, they have speed, and we usually call them fast. Skipping and cone drills are the first drills for improving agility and speed. Also, using reaction based drills to help reinforce your body's reactive ability are crucial to gain a stable foundation for you to build upon.

Mini trampoline drills are good for building leg and foot muscles. Each drill on the mini-trampoline lasts between 6 and 10 seconds followed by recovery time of around 1 minute. Only when the sportsman becomes used to performing the exercise and his or her fitness improves, the amount of repetitions can be increased. This is essential as to not cause injury.

Every one of the drills mentioned here improves control over the feet and leg muscles, producing better and quicker control. Fighters use a variety of exercises along these lines such as jump-rope and line jumps. To become quicker and improve reaction times practice these drills 3-4 a week and you'll see results within a few weeks.




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