Agility Training for American Football
  • Agility Training for American Football
    by NSCA Classic
    This article demonstrates the need for agility and change of direction programs for American football players. It also provides sample frameworks for sessions as well as tips on how to utilize them to transfer to increased performance on the field.

  • Agility Training for American Football

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    agility_training_for_american_footballAgility and change of direction training is an understudied topic in American football. A considerable amount of research has been performed with athletes completing in other contact sports. As such, evaluating methods that have shown improvements in agility in other sports may lead to new methods to improve football performance. A framework of the methods used by a highly successful National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division 1 football championship subdivision team is included as a model that may show promise in enhancing football performance.

    Benjamin H. Gleason, MSEd, James B. Kramer, MS, and Michael H. Stone, PhD
    Strength and Conditioning Journal
    Volume 37, Number 6, 2015

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