Softball Drills - How To Run Faster

Everybody wants to run faster. It's been said: "speed kills".

Speed doesn't know slumps. Speed intimidates. Speed scares others. Speed gives you confidence. Speed makes you more dominant.

How do you get faster?

1. Improve running mechanics (sprinting technique)
2. Improve your acceleration
3. Improve your linear speed
4. Improve your multi-directional quickness
5. Get stronger and more explosive

That's how. Number 2,4 and 5 are the most important in softball.

We run on very short distances and we need to change directions all the time very quickly.

Here's two mistakes that many softball coaches and strength and conditioning coaches (those who don't know the game of softball and come from track and field usually) make when trying to improve speed:

1) They focus too much on the sprinting technique and not enough on the "acceleration"

2) They run too many "linear" sprints instead of multi-directional speed and agility drills.

Softball is explosive, on short distances and multi-directional.

Old fashion, track-style speed training is not too relevant. Yes, it might help a bit, but if you want to get RESULTS, you must train softball-specific.

Typically, in a well-design softball program, you will find three types of drills:

• Speed Drills (sprints and acceleration drills)
• Agility Drills (change-of-direction drills involving many type of footwork)
• Quickness Drills (quick footwork and reaction drills)

And.. of course, technical work on the mechanics of acceleration and sprinting in addition to strength and power work.

That's how you run faster.

In the mean time, if you want to pick up a bit of speed, explosiveness, and power before the end of the summer, I suggest you get my 21-Day Express Shape-Up Softball Workout Program.

It will get you a little faster for the key tournaments and championships at the end of the summer

And we said that speed does what? (see above)

Train Hard. Play Hard.

Who loves ya?

Marc
"Your Softball Peak Performance Coach"