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Improving Your Footspeed

Speed kills.  This statement is true in many ways.  It's true positive ways and negative ways.  It's true that going to fast on the expressway can get you killed.  It's also true that playing fast in sports can be of great benefit to you as a ball player.  I am definitely not writing this post encouraging people to speed when they drive but what I do want to do is take some time to explain how improving your quickness with and without the ball can help your basketball game immensely.   You might be asking is it possible to improve your quickness on the basketball floor?  The answer to that question is most definitely yes.  There are 5 ways which you can increase your quickness and help you become both tougher to guard on offense and tougher to beat on defense. Physical Coordination - Training your body to move quicker is where it all starts.  With this portion of quickness training it is very important that you push yourself beyond the comfort zone.  In other words with eac