Blog Post - November 2021

Some of the top mistakes I see from coaches aiming to improve agility, is ignoring the core elements required to optimise movement. You see, in order for a drill to be considered an agility drill, there must be a reactive component. But before hitting these high intensity movements, players must first prepare the body through a specific sequence of exercises.

When discussing Agility Development I use the following terminology:

• FMS - Fundamental Movement Skills
• TT - Technical Training 
• PR - Pattern Running 
• RAT - Reactive Agility Training

In this blog I will touch on the first two - FMS and TT

Fundamental Movement Skills

These are the foundational movement patterns and shapes that underpin on-court movement and agility and would cover exercises such as squats, lunges, jumps, bounds and hops. They would effectively create the warm-up or 'performance preparation' for the forthcoming session.

This is where the SuperMovers concept of...