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How do you regain speed in football?
Drills to improve sprint speed
- Set up two cones 20 yards apart.
- Lie down on your stomach at Cone 1 with your hands in a push-up position.
- When prompted, get up and sprint past the second cone.
- While sprinting, stay low for as long as you can.
- Jog back to the beginning for recovery.
- Perform 6 to 8 reps.
Can you increase quickness?
Hill sprints, treadmill sprints at an incline, sprint with sled resistance, sprint with band resistance, wall sprints, or any variation that allows you to get leaning forward and working on an aggressive knee drive and shin angle is going to be a very effective tool for getting faster.
What drills help with speed?
To build NFL-level speed and explosiveness, integrate these drills from McCleskey into your training.
- Circle-Around-The-Cone Drill.
- Fast Feet Drill.
- High-To-Low Drill.
- Speed Ladder Change-Of-Direction Drill.
- Single-Leg Hops.
- Single-Leg Swiss Ball Squats.
- Single-Leg Band Jumps.
What drills can improve speed?
There are several different kinds of speed workouts and drills you can do with them:
- Hill Sprints. Take your workout outdoors and find some hills to charge up for a great speed workout.
- Interval Runs.
- Fartleks.
- Long, Slow Runs.
- Glute Moves for Speed.
- Leg Strength Exercises to Improve Speed.
- Sled Push.
- Ladder Drills.
What increases speed?
To run and move faster, you need your legs. Building strength in the quads, hamstrings, and other big muscle groups will improve speed over time. Aim for at least two leg strength training sessions per week that include: squats, deadlifts, and lunges.
What drills help you get faster?
6 Exercises to Help You Run Faster
- Jump squats.
- Hip flexor training.
- Eccentric Romanian deadlifts.
- Sled Push.
- Hip thrusts.
- Nordic curls.