Speed is something you're just "born with," right?
WRONG!
Speed is a bio-mechanical skill that can be taught and developed.
Are you born with all the math ability you'll ever have?
How about all the strength you'll ever develop?
Of course not!
The human body, and in particular the neuromuscular system, is hugely and uniquely adaptable.
That adaptation stems from the
plastic nature of the body's tissues, especially in the neural system.
Nerves adapt to demand very well. In fact, the stimulus received by the body and the nervous system is one of the key factors in determining the number, role and quality of synapses developed within the brain and nervous system.
We also know that speed can be developed because it is a result of improvements made in several areas of the human system.
Strength - get stronger and you can get faster. Muscles move bones. Moving bones engages joints and causes systems to move. Stronger muscles can be trained to respond faster.
Proprioceptive and neural response and delivery - Proprioception, simply put, is the way the nervous system senses the world around us and delivers the messages to the brain.
Neural response and delivery is the way in which we analyze the input regarding our surroundings, create a movement plan in the brain and deliver the signals to the muscles regarding how to move, at what rate of force and in what direction.
These factors are affected by training in speed and agility technique and through repetition. As the brain does something more frequently and in the correct manner, it finds efficiencies that allow the process to occur faster.
Put these things together with a good flexibility and mobility program and you get...drum roll please...
FASTER!
Here's a few of the techniques we use to make our athletes faster. And they are some of the fastest athletes around...
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Soccer is a
sport that DEMANDS speed and agility! If you don't have them, you don't
have a chance at success in this fast-paced game!
