Maximizing Athletic Talent

When you think about 20yard pro shuttle, you might think of it as a lateral movement. But the truth is, it still is a forward movement with drastic change of motion. Lateral and backward movement is usually substantially slower than forward movement in human body. The reason why you do those during the athletic movement is an uncertainly of the following movement. Lateral and backward movement in athletics are designed to allow the athlete to make quick change of direction to the opposite direction. In the 20yard pro shuttle test, the athletes know exactly where to turn and where to run to. This means that there is no need to do the lateral movement during this testing. As a review, 20yard pro shuttle consists of the following activities

To make the movement very efficient, “Run” part should be straight ahead forward running, since the forward running is way faster than lateral shuffle.read more...