Speed is king. If you can run you will get noticed. If you want to work on one thing then work on your speed. For example, In baseball scouts say if a prospect can run and throw then we can teach them to hit. Yes some people are blessed and have god given speed but the good thing for everyone else is, if you work on your running you will get faster. Speed never slumps!! A great team or star player can go through a slump and not be able to hit or pitch very well for an extended period of time, but speed is something that remains with a player no matter what. It can turn an out into a single, a single into a double and can steal a run from the opponent (Bleacher Report). I wasn't the fastest kid growing up but I definitely had the quickness, which gave me an advantage and made me appear faster. I had to flat out work on my running/speed and I did progress as I got older. I developed a love for running and truly enjoy getting out and pushing myself. I think athletes with great speed are amazing to watch, there are plenty of them in the NFL and MLB so just turn on the TV and enjoy….or flip on one of my favorite films Top Gun.
"The Need for Speed"
In most sports it’s pretty common to hear about the importance of speed. In specific, running speed (how fast someone can run) has garnered a wide range of respect among sports performance coaches because it’s pretty common to see faster athletes’ excelling in sports. Look at any major high school or collegiate sports program. What is the major difference between the top schools and the mid-level schools? It’s SPEED! When athletes can run and execute sport skill with more speed, they’ll outperform athletes who move slower, in most cases (key 2 sport & fitness).
TRYING TO MAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL, IF YOU CAN RUN YOU WILL GET NOTICED. WORK ON YOUR SPEED AND AGILITY!! SPEED KILLS
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Human Kinetics state that, "Some coaches believe that because the technique between track sprinting and sprinting in field and court Sports is different, field and court sport athletes should not be coached on sprinting technique and should just play their sport. This neglects the obvious fact that field and courtSports are running Sports and that speed is a major component of superior performance in a large number of these. To enhance their athletes’ performance, coaches should aim to improve their ability to run at speed, or to sprint, and to develop this ability within the context of their sport.
Although certain technical variations may exist because of the different demands of track versus field and court Sports, several of the fundamental principles of sprinting are common between them. Considering that field and court athletes sprint as part of their sport and that better performers in most field and court Sports are faster sprinters (Baker 1999), improving the technical and physical components of sprinting is important within the context of their sport and can give the athletes an advantage over their opponents. Consequently, although many track drills are not suitable for field sport athletes, some common drills and techniques are useful to both the track sprint coach and the Strength and Conditioning coach working with field and court athletes. "
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