Alternating Sprinter Step Ups - Here’s a variation to the other sprinter step ups I recently posted where the athlete lateral to the box. - We’re still working deceleration here but the difference when the athlete is facing is we are placing a little more emphasis on the quads decelerating and accelerating through the movement. Where before the posterior chain was pushing through the movement. - We also are raising the heel working to increase tendon stiffness through the Achilles and medial arc

Here’s a step up plyo series with a couple of our college athletes when we’re training force absorption as well as production. - Each drill the athlete is focused on decelerating and controlling the landing efficiently before immediately accelerating into the next rep. - This is a simple series and progressions to help athletes work on improving that control. — 1. Sprinter Step Ups 2. Alternating Sprinter Step Ups (Frontal Plane) 3. Alternating Sprinter Step Ups (Sagittal Plane) 4. Bulgarian Spl