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Coordination Drills

Most trainers put most bearing on strength, agility, power, and quickness. While all of these athletic qualities are imperative to superior athletic development, there are many athletic personas which many athletes display deficiency in, due to lack of related training.

Another one of these often forgotten traits of athleticism is coordination, which is especially important to young athletes. The development of coordination without your body must be strongly concentrated while you are younger. Being able to control parts of your body relatively to each other allows swift, athletic movements. Many athletes, especially those who are heavier or taller, fail to develop these traits, due to the difficult of controlling their movements with a larger body. The exercises we learn today will expand your coordination abilities, especially if done often and correctly.

Agility Ladder

The agility ladder, which we will discuss further later in the week, teaches you to coordinate your feet to process properly developed foot movement. The exercises teach your feet to follow your commands, building coordinated movements in a controlled manner.

Cup Drills

Cup Drills work on an athletes hand eye coordination. Two athletes should begin standing facing one another, with large cups or cones in hand. One athlete should toss a tennis ball to the other, not necessarily in an orderly fashion. The other athlete should catch the ball in his cup, as the first athlete throws another.