​​​​​Agility Training is a very beneficial way of training athletes to improve speed in certain movements, and will also have an effect on the quickness of an athlete. Agility has previously been linked with rate of force development and also improving mental quickness. Agility generally consists of acceleration, deceleration and speed in different directions by different movement types. Although agility training is likely to improve an athlete’s ability to move quicker, the correct technique has to be followed to achieve optimum performance.

Agility within Football

Agility is arguably one of the most important aspects of an athletes physical attributes, and due to this agility training is commonly used amongst footballers. Agility can improve acceleration, speed, power and footwork. As mentioned above, technique is imperative, therefore below is some agility drill examples with coaching points indicating the correct technique to achieve the best improvement in your footballer.

The link below gives an example of a drill that could be used with progressions following on. The link also has key coaching points and an analysis of the athlete competing the drill.

Agility Video and Progressions