Chapter 19: Program Design and Technique for Speed and Agility Training Flashcards

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Speed

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The skills and abilities needed to achieve high movement velocities

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Change of direction

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The skills and abilities needed to explosively change movement direction, velocities, or modes

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Agility

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The skills and abilities needed to change direction, velocity, or mode in response to a stimulus

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Rate of Force Development (RFD)

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The development of maximal force in minimal time, typically used as an index of explosive strength

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Impulse

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  • The product of the generated force and the time required for its production
  • Change in momentum
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Force

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  • A push or a pull

- Represents the interaction of two physical objects

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Acceleration

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Changes in an objects velocity

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Ground Contact Time

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The length of time athletes are in the stance/plant phase of their stride

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Momentum

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Mass x Velocity

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How does strength training impact sprint performance?

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Increases neural drive

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Neural Drive

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The rate and amplitude of impulses being sent from the nervous system to the target muscles

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How does plyometric training impact sprint performance?

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Increases excitability of high-threshold motor neurons, which ultimately enhances neural drive

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How does neural drive affect spring performance?

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May contribute to increases in the athlete’s RFD and impulse generation

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Stretch-Shortening Cycle (SSC)

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An eccentric-concentric coupling phenomenon in which muscle-tendon complexes are rapidly and forcibly lengthened and immediately shortened in a reactive or elastic manner

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What phenomena do stretch-shortening cycle actions exploit?

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  • Intrinsic muscle-tendon behavior

- Force and length reflex feedback to the nervous system

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Acute effects of SSC actions on speed

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They tend to increase mechanical efficiency and impulse via elastic energy recovery

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Chronic effects of SSC actions on speed

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They upregulate muscle stiffness and enhance neuromuscular action

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Criteria for exercises aiming to improve SSC performance

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  • Involve skillful, multijoint movements

- Should be structure around brief work bouts or clusters separated by frequent rest pauses

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Complex Training

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  • Postactivation potentiation

- Alternating SSC tasks with heavy resistance exercises within the same session enhances their working effect

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Spring-Mass Model (SMM)

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A mathematical model that depicts sprinting as a type of human locomotion in which the displacement of a body mass is the aftereffect from energy produced and is delivered through the collective coiling and extension of spring-like actions within muscle architecture

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Sprinting

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A series of coupled flight and support phases, orchestrated in an attempt to displace the athlete’s body at maximal velocity

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How can sprint speed be increased?

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  • Increased stride length

- Increased stride frequency

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Subtasks of sprinting

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  • Start
  • Acceleration
  • Top Speed
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Training objective to emphasize in sprint training

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  • Emphasize brief ground support times as a means of achieving rapid stride rate
  • Emphasize the further development of the SSC as a means to increase the amplitude of impulse for each step of the sprint
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Change of Direction Ability
The ability to minimize ground contact time as one changes direction
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Perceptual-Cognitive Ability
- The mental component of agility | - Processing information in the field and acting on it in an effective and efficient way
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Goals of agility performance
- Enhanced perceptual-cognitive ability in various situations and tactical scenarios - Effective and rapid braking of one's momentum - Rapid reacceleration in the new direction of travel
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Methods of developing speed
- Sprinting - Strength training - Mobility
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Sprinting
- Strong case that no exercise improves max velocity than max sprinting - Neurological adaptations from long-term training performing max strength and movement velocity improve RFD and impulse generation
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Rate Coding
- What signal frequency reaches a threshold, skeletal muscle may not completely relax between stimulations - Incomplete relaxation results in more forceful contractions and a greater RFD in later contractions
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Strength Training
Weightlifting movements may enhance sprint performance through physiological adaptations such as muscular stiffness, enhanced RFD, and coactivation of the musculature surrounding the hips and knees
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Mobility
The freedom of an athlete's limb to move through a desired range of motion
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Flexibility
A joint's total range of motion
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Methods for developing agility
- Strength - Change-of-direction ability - Perceptual-cognitive ability
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Strength
Development of eccentric strength of the athlete should be considered (high braking forces)
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Change-of-Direction Ability
Should progress from beginner to advanced so this ability progresses
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Perceptual-Cognitive Ability
- Can train perceptual-cognitive ability in a manner similar to physical abilities through progressive overload - Start with generic drills, then add sport-specific stimuli
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Short-to-long method of sprint training
- Improve propulsive force through short sprints that maintain the biomechanics associated with the acceleration phase of a sprint - Bridges this into longer sprint work aiming to enhance top speed through upright running mechanics
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How should agility be developed?
- In a periodized program, starting with change-of-direction drills, increasing physical demands to progress the athlete - Then add drills involving perceptual-cognitive stress, "agility drills"