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What is speed training?

National Academy of Sports Medicine
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Speed can be defined as the ability to move the body in one intended direction as fast as possible.  Therefore, speed training is a type of exercise training designed around improving the ability to move the body in one direction as fast as possible.  Usually combined with other types of training, speed training can include sprinting drills and others which involve trying to move from one point to another and in one direction as quickly as possible.  

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