subject: Increase Football Speed and Get Faster on the Football Field [print this page] Track is run straight ahead...they have no reason to develop anything
but linear speed.
But, on the football field, that just won't cut it. You're a football player, you know that you have to run forward, laterally, backpedal, and at odd angles, sometimes in a stop-start fashion. To only train for straight ahead speed is an enormous mistake!
You absolutely must train for lateral speed by not only running laterally but jumping and lifting in the same motion.
Movements like:
Lateral Lunges
Lateral Sled Pulls
45-Degree Angle Lunge
Asterisks Lunges
Lateral Box Jumps
Shuffle Sled Pulls
When you add these movements to your training you will get faster for football. If you ignore them and only focus on Track-style training, you might run a good 40, but, you'll never be the best player you could be.
Increase Football Speed and Get Faster on the Football Field
