Explosive: Skills to Increase Your Speed to the Next Level

By Dean Johnson

Due to misconceptions of speed and strength training, young athletes often waste their time on weak training regimes that give lackluster results. Even though they are important components of physical training, other factors must be included to make it a good strategic approach to training. Only through proper use of speed and strength training can one enhance their explosive ability, which will give them an edge on the field.

Any athlete with the drive to be the "best" can use the training regime given in this book to build up their strength, speed, and explosiveness. Many drills given in this book focus on establishing a proper base for agile movement; this includes change of direction training, plyometric training, and many others of the like.

What you'll learn in this book:

• Comprehensive speed training regime for adolescents and young adults
• Methods to develop and maintain physical fitness
• Explosive training for speed, acceleration, and agility
• Explosive training for strength and endurance.
• Maintenance drills to hone your explosive abilities
• And much more

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dean Johnson
• Release date: Mar 9, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393915492

Dean Johnson

Dean Johnson's career in advertising began as an intern at an ad agency upon graduation from high school in 1950. He worked at the agency while attending art school at night where he studied design. During six years of evening school on the GI Bill he focused on Business and Marketing. During his 60+year business career, 40 years were spent operating his own successful ad agency.

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Explosive:

Skills to Increase Your Speed to the Next Level

Book Description

Due to misconceptions of speed and strength training, young athletes often waste their time on weak training regimes that give lackluster results. Even though they are important components of physical training, other factors must be included to make it a good strategic approach to training. Only through proper use of speed and strength training can one enhance their explosive ability, which will give them an edge on the field.

Any athlete with the drive to be the best can use the training regime given in this book to build up their strength, speed, and explosiveness. Many drills given in this book focus on establishing a proper base for agile movement; this includes change of direction training, plyometric training, and many others of the like.

What you’ll learn in this book:

✔  Comprehensive speed training regime for adolescents and young adults

✔  Methods to develop and maintain physical fitness

✔  Explosive training for speed, acceleration, and agility

✔  Explosive training for strength and endurance.

✔  Maintenance drills to hone your explosive abilities

✔  And much more

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1- Safety Considerations

Health Screening

Footwear

Training Surface

Environmental Conditions

Chapter 2- Cultivating Physical Fitness

Nutrition Status: Fueling your body

Before Training:

During Training:

After Training:

Warming Up

Joint Mobility Warm-Ups

Leg Swings:

Sideway Leg Swings:

Hip Circles:

General Movement Warm-Ups

Arm Circles:

March and Touch:

Butt Kicks:

Lunges:

Hip Rotation Lunges:

Knee Pulls:

Multidirectional Warmups

Step Back:

Side Shuffle:

Carioca:

Chapter 3- Training for Speed

Rope-Skipping Drills

Sequence Drill:

Crossover Hands:

Air Shuffle:

Sequence Drill: