A Review of Agility: Practical Applications for Strength and Conditioning

any sports performed on a court or on a field require high-speed total body move-ments. Many of these are in response to the motion of a ball, opposition players, or teammates. This important compo-nent of athletic performance may be de-scribed as agility, and it is sometimes grouped together with terms such as speed and quickness. The development of agility is often the responsibility of the strength and conditioning coach, but a clear understanding of the characteristics of agile performers and the best way to train agility appears to be elusive, espe