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llulko: i agree.. i think there is a time and place for them.. but i thinkhe is just saying its not ideal for sprinters as far as speed goes.. i dont think he is saying they are bad for agility
  • 05/10/2011
 
PeteBauman: right, there are definitely better protocols for teaching speed than the agility ladder, and i agree with him there, but agility ladders are great tools if you use them for what they were intended, which is AGILITY, not SPEED. he is right that people shouldn’t misuse the tools for the wrong training, but agility ladders can be useful and i don’t agree with him that all fitness tools are garbage. there is a lot of crap out there, but agility ladders shouldn’t be included in that.
  • 05/09/2011
 
llulko: I see his point that is won’t help increase speed BUT it would help with coordination and agility.
 
I am not sure if it will REALLY benefit the athlete to practice this though… A sprinters main goal is speed and long strides…
 
How would the agility latter benefit them??
 
Wouldn’t it make sense to practice increasing stride and speed drills??
 
I guess it’s a fun alternative to help agility and coordination…
 
I don’t think it would make or break the athlete, However I do think there are better training protocols to follow 
 
  • 05/09/2011
 
PeteBauman: I’ll
agree with the cone drill points in the article, and that is similar to
the Combine vs. Performance/Video argument for evaluating NFL draft
prospects, but he is completely off on the agility ladder. The agility
ladder would be the worst tool to teach
sprinting cause you are shortening stride, etc. The agility ladder is a
great tool for improving foot-eye coordinition and foot speed for
AGILITY, namley quick movements, not SPEED, which is a completely
different thing. It would be called a SPEED ladder instead of an AGILITY
ladder if that were the purpose.

what are your thoughts?
  • 05/08/2011
 
 
 
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