Top 3 In-Season Speed Exercises for Elite Performance
Everyone is always looking into how can I get faster? What’s the best new exercise out there for speed? There’s a ton of them! The only problem is they may not be as effective as they could be if your foundation of movement is strong and efficient first! Build up your movement fundamentals first to then truly unleash your speed potential! Here are out top 3 plyo variations to help build a stable foundation, movement efficiency, and ultimately more speed!
Multi-Plane Plyos
Mastering your weight transfer in all 3 planes of motion it everything when it comes to becoming an elite athlete! This includes sagittal (forward/backwards), frontal or side to side, and transverse or rotational. Incorporating all 3 planes of motion will not only greatly improve your weight transfer and movement efficiency but also help reduce impact forces on your joints resulting in less injury risk!
Single Leg Speed Plyos
The amount of time spent on one leg during sports is way more than you think! Single leg strength, stability and speed is a highly undertrained part of sports performance. The stronger and more stable you can be on one foot, the faster and more. efficient you’ll be through your movements! Even out your strength and stability on your right/left side and you’ll become an unstoppable force in your sport!
Depth Drop Variations
Depth drops is an amazing exercise that has so much bang for your buck…but so many people skip right over it or don’t know about it! A simple looking exercise but it determines everything when it comes to your foundation and how strong and speedy you can become. A well developed strong foundation will always beat out a quick and unstable one. It also greatly helps you yo understand how to absorb your weight to help prevent injuries and further boost your speed capabilities and performance!
Here is a quick video depicting these three plyo moves!
This is just the start of your foundation and speed building, there are so many ins and outs of how to maximize these exercises to unleash truly your potential! If you have any questions or are not sure of the form of these movements feel free to reach out! Thanks for reading!
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Written by:
Rob Jost – ACE-CPT, NSCA-CPT
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The Hollydell ice arena, in the main building.
