Agility Training

To prosper and excel physically  in athletics, we need quickness, strength, power, flexibility, balance and AGILITY. Therefore, an athlete must seek to improve him or herself in all of these aspects. Through working out and constant drill work, athletes can make drastic improvements in their game...no matter what the sport. Movement in sport is not robotic. Therefore, the FUNCTIONAL TRAINING that is developed at The Workout @Covington using the ASAP Program can help an athlete immensely...taking him or her....to The Next Level!

• Swimmers need agility to make their turns as quick as possible and regain their speed. Mark Spitz...Shirley Babashoff
• In Volleyball or Tennis, agility helps you to switch gears when the ball doesn't go where you thought it would. Andre Agassi....Serena Williams
• In the game of Football, players need agility to fake a defender out and cut away from the would be tackler. Barry Sanders..... Archie Griffin
• Basketball is constant change of motion: agility. Magic Johnson...Micheal Jordan

And here's how we develop AGILITY: The ASAP Eight Pronged Agility Approach

1. We incorporate the use of the agility ladder... a great tool...getting the athletes to get through the rungs in different movement patterns as quickly as possible. Yet, the body must still be under control....which is key.
2. We'll use a wide variety of cone drills, and the standardized cone tests. Athletes will be challenged by their training partners to focus every bit of the way. MicroHurdleVideo (Rocky Boiman, Troy Evans, Tyler Moeller)(videos may take 60 or more seconds to load)
3. The mini and micro hurdles force the athlete to change direction while moving in the vertical plane. These drills can also play a pivotal role in jump training.
4. Motivation! Since many of Greater Cincinnati's finest athletes are associating themselves with the ASAP PROGRAM at The Workout @Covington, the concentration level of the athletes in training is more intense...you never know who's watching... a pro-athlete.... big-time college.... or the star quarterback from just up the road.
5. CORE STRENGTH DEVELOPMENT is prioritized in all of our sports performance sessions, since it's been found to be critical to peak performance.
6. The coaches fixate on MULTI-DIRECTIONAL MOVEMENT. Therefore, making sure that forward, backward, side-to-side and even vertical movements are all movements that are completed quickly and under control.
7. Reverse movements and backward running have been been popularized lately in the fitness industry for their added benefit to cardiovascular training and their ability to help rehabilitate from injury.
8. Lunges...and lots of them. These are great for developing the flexibility of the hips and low back/lumbar region. We use forward, side and the backward lunge to also increase the strength and endurance of the lower body.