2 Trail Running Agility Drills For Improving Your Stability, Performance, Technical Trail Technique & Sense of Play!
Agility exercises are excellent tools to increase turn over, boost co-ordination, improve agility in the trails. These 2 basic agility techniques are created to boost the stability and responsiveness in your ankles, knees, hips and pelvic regions of your body!! Agility drills improve neuromuscular co-ordination, strength and agility by strengthening tissues and nerves and how they communicate with each other in your body. Include 1 set of each of these simple drills weekly to increase your agility, stability and sense of play at the same time!
*Note - these exercises are not intended to replace individual coaching and should only be completed by apparently healthy persons with adequate running experience, strength, balance and co-ordination. Speak to your Kinesiologist or Trainer prior to starting any new exercise, health or fitness activity.
1. Side Steps - 10 in each direction at a jogging exertion.
2. Cross - Over Steps - "" light and picking up the feet quickly.
2 Trail Running Agility Drills For Improving Your Stability, Performance, Technical Trail Technique & Sense of Play!
Looking for Additional Running Strength & Technique Drills? Check out the following :
ABC’s - https://youtu.be/7AHkneReRQI
4 Drives - https://youtu.be/gL3nTtAUIGY
Skipping - 10 each leg in the forward direction. Covering lot's of ground as you swing your arms back leading from the elbows and drive your knee's up and forward. Trains technique.
Curb Step Ups - 10-20 each leg trains agility and quickens turn over through increasing neuromuscular co-ordination and leg strength.
2 - 1 foot Jumps - 10 each leg. Start in a side by side stance and squat slightly as you prepare to jump upwards with both feet. Land on a single leg and cushion your landing using 'triple joint flexion' AKA slightly bending at the ankle, knee and hip joints. Repeat10 times on same leg then switch sides. Progressions include: Jumping Higher, Covering forward ground and Jumping up onto a small step or curb.
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Happy Training!
In Love, Coach Sarah *Wild* Seads
