Agility Training WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Agility Training
Agility is the ability to change the body's position, and requires a combination of balance, coordination, speed, reflexes, and strength. Plyometrics is a type of exercise training designed to produce fast, powerful movements, and improve the functions of the nervous system, generally for the purpose of improving performance in a specific sport. Plyometric movements, in which a muscle is loaded and then contracted in rapid sequence, use the strength, elasticity and innervation of muscle and surrounding tissues to jump higher, run faster, throw farther, or hit harder, depending on the desired training goal. It's where speed and power meet. ...read more from Wikipedia
Fast Facts:
- Plyometric training is a safe, beneficial and fun activity for children and adolescents provided that the program is properly designed and supervised.1
- Agility uses anaerobic cellular respiration and type II Fast-twitch skeletal muscle fibers.2
- One must be physically fit and active to perform plyometrics. 3
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Research Notes References
- ↑ American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM): Plyometric Training For Children And Adolescents
- ↑ Wikipedia: Skeletal Muscle Fiber Types | Agility
- ↑ American Council on Exercise (ACE): Plyometrics: Controlled Impact/Maximum Power
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- Contributor: Aimee Abellaneda
- Reviewer: Elisa Carter
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Agility Exercises, Plyometrics
- Last update: Jul. 22, 2008
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