The Best Drills to Level Up from RollerCon 2019

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Anyone can rip content off of social media and throw together a workout – but there is an entire field of exercise science dedicated to motor learning and skill acquisition. Speed, agility, and quickness are all discrete skills with a little transfer – if any – from one to the other. And Conditioning is specific to the desired cardio respiratory and physiological adaptations required by the client/sport.

Collectively these concepts in combination with concepts from kinesiology, skeletal muscle physiology and biological systems theory of adaptation are strategically combined in a comprehensive program, designed to elicit specific adaptations and responses from the client/athlete.

You can throw some exercises together but very few people understand what they are doing. This often leads to maladaptive responses and potential injury. .. .

I’ve talked about the grind culture- you can rip exercises and grind all day going nowhere because, well, you don’t know what you’re doing.

That’s why you hire a QUALIFIED coach. Idk about you, but if I’m gonna “grid” -aka train- it will be purposeful work. Anything else is just…haphazard to say the least.

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RC19 Agility Session Outline

ETA Activity Video Link (Available After RC)
1:15 Introduction
1:20 Warm-Up https://www.dropbox.com/sh/n3njiv6fa23vzyv/AAAS12AgDFcs1y0ItCGmBd1ia
1:35 Activations
A Reactive Hip Switch – Fwd. https://www.dropbox.com/s/w1i99pfdbxxn3hu/Reactive%20hip%20switch.MOV
B Stationary Chop to Swing the Stagger https://www.dropbox.com/s/sykjyc4yqmvrq9u/chop%20to%20stagger%20explanation.MOV

https://www.dropbox.com/s/e03qj8ahr3sisbo/stationary%20chop%20to%20stagger.MOV
C Cross-Over Stops https://www.dropbox.com/s/t2q3xm7bowz13el/cut%20crossover%20to%20stop3.MOV
1:50 Skills
A Partner Hip Weave https://www.dropbox.com/s/lt8esbcnl6cbdlq/reactive%20hip%20weave.MOV
B Partner Hip Weave to Crossover https://www.dropbox.com/s/3r5uarbikuzq20e/Reactive%20cross%20over%20to%20flank.MOV
2:05 Drills
A Cross-Back W Drill https://www.dropbox.com/s/dvqfaf06rcswqx8/W-drill%20backwards.MOV
B Invert to Flank https://www.dropbox.com/s/9jxvvpqdvd736lx/Cone%20Drill-%20Invert%20to%20flank.MOV
2:25 Scenarios/Reactive Agility
A Pockets https://www.dropbox.com/s/ys9dl5pntgb7okb/why%20pockets.MOV
B Pockets to Invert https://www.dropbox.com/s/jihhlki2sw9g94j/pocket%20to%20invert.MOV
C Pocket to Invert to Flank https://www.dropbox.com/s/ucukd2n744kfl0v/pocket-invert-flank.MOV
D Freestyle Counter Rolls https://www.dropbox.com/s/dguu4lwbxgf0dl3/freestyle%20counter%20rolls.MOV
2:35 Closing/Questions
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfxtf0Zu0ODqTiHSDZqgiKy0AhXGZw4vG8Ub2ADpYQ3ha_lyA/viewform

DAY 2 SESSION GOALS | Footwork/Hip Work

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ETA Activity Video Link (Available After RC)
1:15 Introduction
1:20 Warm-Up https://www.dropbox.com/sh/n3njiv6fa23vzyv/AAAS12AgDFcs1y0ItCGmBd1ia
1:35 Activations
A Ankling – Fward https://www.dropbox.com/s/i29is7aq8bcg1ki/Ankling.MOV
B Ankling- Lateral https://www.dropbox.com/s/ydafxxm3gai4xi5/Ankling-lateral.MOV
1:50 Skills
A Footwork- One foot in https://www.dropbox.com/s/nwlgjpdnfzmb6qq/cone%20drills-single%20leg%20lateral%20step.MOV
B Footwork – Hip Weave https://www.dropbox.com/s/22zefdfe8l18p4j/cone%20drills-weave.MOV
C Footwork – Around + crossover https://www.dropbox.com/s/jmmsqvwz9ej613r/cone%20drills-%20around%20and%20lateral.MOV
2:05 Drills
A Mini hurdle – Lateral Shuffle; Blocker/Jammer Variations https://www.dropbox.com/s/wmy46ta16ke2xc9/mini%20hurdles-%20hip%20switch%20-jammer%20and%20blocker%20variations.MOV
B Mini hurdle – Hips https://www.dropbox.com/s/wmy46ta16ke2xc9/mini%20hurdles-%20hip%20switch%20-jammer%20and%20blocker%20variations.MOV
C Mini hurdle – lateral crossover runs https://www.dropbox.com/s/t4mjno7s6uc61kl/minihurdle-crossover%20runs.MOV
D Curve Running https://www.dropbox.com/s/7nkktsqypdcl1xn/minihurdle-curve%20running.MOV
2:25 Scenarios/Reactive Agility
A Choice Reactive Curve Running – Blocker Invert/Lead https://www.dropbox.com/s/ayu6wtrueo47qyr/minihurdle-choice%20reaction%20to%20curve%20run.MOV
B Choice Reactive Curve Running – Jamer Lead https://www.dropbox.com/s/znjm5rzrnry5ukz/mini%20hurdle-jammer%20cut%20to%20curve%20run.MOV
2:35 Closing/Questions
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfxtf0Zu0ODqTiHSDZqgiKy0AhXGZw4vG8Ub2ADpYQ3ha_lyA/viewform

DAY 3 SESSION GOALS | 

ETA Activity Video Link (Available After RC)
1:15 Introduction
1:20 Warm-Up https://www.dropbox.com/sh/n3njiv6fa23vzyv/AAAS12AgDFcs1y0ItCGmBd1ia
1:35 Activations
A Resisted Marching https://www.dropbox.com/s/1bmrfi5mr2lu1d5/marching-straight%20line.MOV
B Resisted Crossover Marching https://www.dropbox.com/s/e2pqzgxkce0nu0l/marching-crossover.MOV
1:50 Resisted to Overspeed Resisted towing allows the athlete to practice technical aspects of acceleration by proving the athlete a means by which to practice low angle/drive phase mechanics
A Resisted to Over-speed runs

(How to tow your partner)

 https://www.dropbox.com/s/7myrxda24qtvuvj/band%20resisted%20to%20overspeed%20-%20linear.MOV

Towing demo – https://www.dropbox.com/s/uqhspvtg0bdg9fu/band%20resisted%20to%20overspeed-how%20to%20tow%20your%20partner.MOV
B Resisted crossover to over-speed https://www.dropbox.com/s/y6n4lbqi63lpzgm/band%20resisted%20to%20overspeed-lateral%20to%20straight%20line.MOV
2:05 Drills Transition Demo – https://www.dropbox.com/s/z40ko8jd4ktowbf/W-drill%20transitions%20demo.MOV
A W Drills – Fwd https://www.dropbox.com/s/wcxjjag7xrb4ozp/W-drill%20demo%202.MOV
B W Drills -Backward https://www.dropbox.com/s/dvqfaf06rcswqx8/W-drill%20backwards.MOV
2:25 Scenarios/Reactive Agility
A Reactive Drops https://www.dropbox.com/s/trypajd14amyw6d/Reactive%20drops.MOV
2:35 Closing/Questions
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfxtf0Zu0ODqTiHSDZqgiKy0AhXGZw4vG8Ub2ADpYQ3ha_lyA/viewform

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Kate, MS, CSCS

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