Garage Blog

When people think about movement in sports, they often focus on linear speed—how fast an athlete can run in a straight line. While linear speed is valuable, sports like soccer, basketball, tennis, and football demand agility and quick lateral transitions. This includes side-to-side movements, pivots, and reactive cuts that are essential for evading opponents, staying balanced, and maintaining control.

Yes, top end speed matters. It matters a lot. Improving top end speed improves acceleration, which is an important part of changing direction. However, putting on the brakes to change direction is important. Having the requisite strength to handle the forces when overcoming inertia is important as well.

Because change of direction is so important, athletes need to train the ability to change direction. And one of the greatest methods to train change of direction is the 20-yard shuttle drill.

One of the worst feelings as a running back is being able to see the edge and not being able to get there. Failure to make the play and outpace the scraping linebacker is a horrible feeling. Having the capability to get to the sideline, turn the corner, and scamper up the sideline to take it to the house is paramount to being an elite running back.

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