LATERAL SPEED DRILLS: Ring Teaching

The following lateral speed drills are mainly used in the off-season training program.  I do prescribe these drills for those players who want to maintain their lateral speed ability during the season and with those players who are healthy scratched from games.  The main focal points of these exercises are knee bend//depth, Upper body posture, and stability when holding the landings.  When the athlete gets more efficient at stable landings the exercises will progress to rapid response movements.  I apologize for the poor choice of ring color.  They are red in the videos which makes it a little difficult to see against the blue floor.  If you look closely you will get an idea of ring placement and distance.