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To start off let’s discuss what speed is. Speed is the fastness movement of the limbs, whether this limb is the runner’s legs or the shot putter’s arm. Being faster will help almost all athletes regardless of what sport they play. It can be understand as a combination or just one of elastic power or strength, maximum speed, and speed endurance. Increasing your speed involves working on all these factores and improving them. Speed training is something that no athlete should ignore.

So, how can athletes develop speed? The sprinting technique must be performed first at slow speed and then gradually increase up to the maximum speed. You always want to do a proper warm up and get your muscles loose. The latter (stride length) can be improved effectively by developing the muscular strength, running technique, strength endurance, and power.   Speed workouts is highly specific and to efficiently achieve it immediately we should make sure that the flexibility is well developed and consistently maintained in a year or so. You always want to be focused on increasing your strength and speed together in running specific exercises. The skill development technique must be learned in advance, practiced, and perfected before it is performed at such high speed levels.

Speed training is done by performing high velocity for intervals that are brief or short. Doing high reps or long duration exercises will work on your endurance and not your speed and quickness. It is very important to keep in mind that the improvement of speed in running is a complex process which is controlled by your brain and your nervous system.

For a runner to be able to move faster and more quickly the muscles of the legs must contract much more quickly and the nervous system and brain must control these movements more efficiently. If you have consistently maintain a certain speed training all throughout a year, both your nervous system and your muscles will not lose the feeling of moving at fast speed, thus the brain will not have to learn again the right control patterns in the future. Speed training is one of the best ways an athlete from almost any sport can improve their play on the court or field and beome a better overall athlete.

When you think of building a strong, muscular physique what kind of exercises do you think of trying? To get better and develop strength most people focus on lifting weights – exercises like bench presses, push ups and flies – that key in on powerful pushing and pulling motions. Read the rest of this entry