Reactive change of direction
Category: Agility
Level: 1
2-4 reps/direction
- Players skate towards coach. When a few yards away, coach quickly points into a direction. Players cut and accelerate into that direction
- Knee stacked over ankle at plant and cut movement
- Body stays upright, "Proud chest"
- Arms move forward with opposing leg, swinging from the shoulder
- Elbows flexed at 90-degrees
- Knee collapsing inward at cut movement
- Cue "Drive knee out towards pinky toe"
- Lazy arms during the acceleration phase
- Cue "Swing from the shoulder"
- Cue "Drive elbows back"
- Reacting slowly to coach's direction
- Cue "Game speed"
- Develops knee control at change of direction movement
- Incorporates decision-making in response to an external visual stimulus
- Increases heart and breathing rates
- Increases intensity of the warm-up