Yo Murphy — How to Train Agility at The Highest Level
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English - June 22, 2022 20:21 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsSports Health & Fitness Fitness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Yo Murphy is a former professional football player who has participated in multiple professionals leagues, including the NFL, the Canadian Football League and NFL Europe. He has developed some extremely high level sports performance training systems that cater to athletes from a variety of sports, including major league baseball players, NFL vets, and more.
In this episode, Yo and Alan sit down to talk about how to train agility at the highest level. The body moves in the path of least resistance. Yo explains how you can leverage this to get the competitive advantage you need and get the most out of your performance.
Key Takeaways:
[0:43] Al introduces his guest for this episode- Yo Murphy.
[2:55] Yo has trained a wide variety of professional athletes over his career and it all comes down to leveraging speed to the fullest.
[4:20] What do high-level athletes need to know about agility?
[5:00] How do you go from good to great?
[6:15] You’re going to have technique limitations if you have mobility limitations.
[8:10] What can improve an athlete’s speed?
[10:55] Fast guys have to run fast. That’s the basics of it all. Clean your technique up and you get there.
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"I had the opportunity to dive into what traits and qualities people need in sport and all of them were speed at some level."
"Our body moves in a path of least resistance. It’s important to understand what the limitations are."