Can I improve agility? Of course you can, read how
Posted on October 23, 2012 in Training Tips
Jeff Marsh did a guest blog post on agility training and how MMA, Wrestling, and Motocross agility training and reaction times can be improved. Much of this translates driectly to your wrestling reaction times and drilling
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Of course you can. But you have to know how to train for motocross. Luckily you have me to teach you how. A high level Expert/ A rider I know is looking to take his riding to the next level after having given up his Pro-National dreams in 2008, the dream is back. Working together I am developing him a training regimen that will have him tracking down RC’s 2005 fitness records and recording Lance Armstrong (without the PED’s) 20km sprint times. He will be prepared mentally and physically for an assault on the 2013 Pro-Nationals.
First thing to conquer: Improving reaction speed and coordination. Issue: Lethargic and slow to react on the bike, slightly lazy and moving slowly. Desired result: to react to unexpected changes more quickly and be less lethargic in body movements. Make quick movements more precise and accurate. Question: Do you know any good training for agility/coordination?
While looking at coordination and agility we should break it into two groups. First is hand eye coordination, seeing an obstacle and reacting to it as our brain processes the information our eye presents it (sports vision- catching a ball, hitting a berm, lining up a rut). Second is sensory movements and reaction, this would be your rear wheel hitting breaking bumps and kicking to the side or bars making a quick jerk to the left and your body reacting to a feeling of change. These two reactive states are related and can be trained both together and separately.
Improving hand eye coordination drills can be fun, as well as taxing on your conditioning. Allowing you to execute two results with one training session. Here we talk about the drills it takes to get your reacting more quickly and winng more wrestling matches to become the best wrestler in New Jersey and the World.
