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Agility test
Conducting an agility test is the first step towards designing a good program. For a program to be effective, it is important to understand both the athlete's own capabilities and limitations, and also the demands of the particular sport.
Agility tests don't come in a one-size-fits-all format - each one needs to be customized for the individual and the activity. Failure to do so will leave you with activities that look good, but achieve little - the player will get good at the drill, but will not have skills that can be transferred to a game situation.
Once the baseline abilities of the player have been established via the agility test, you can turn to the specifics of the particular sport. The goal of this game analysis is to determine the movement patterns and speed of competitive games.
Additionally, you need to establish the volume of work in the actual sport, which will in turn determine appropriate training volumes and intensities. Advanced analysis of this type can throw up some surprises - for example, analysis of this type on Premiership football has revealed that players are running almost 50% more miles per game than ten years ago, and that they also perform significantly more sprints.
Once all these factors have been accounted for, you can design drills that efficiently prepare athletes for their sports, so that the skills they learn can transfer effortlessly to the competitive arena.
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