How to increase foot speed

[MuscleTechIan]

I've talked to a few people about the best way to increase foot speed and the opinions that I got were skipping, agility ladder drills and step ups. What's the best exercise/routine you've done to enhance your foot speed?

[ShimmyShimmyHo]

I'm a fatty, and have only been doing it for a few months, but jump roping.

I used to do that and agility ladders (Ickey shuffle!) all the time before a couple of knee injuries, and my foot speed/agility was faster than most WRs on my team (I played OL).

[barbellgenius]

thumb tacks!

[qse7en]

jumprope and ladders.

[wheyshakes]

Do shuttle runs and use the treadmill to do quick laps.

I've talked to a few people about the best way to increase foot speed and the opinions that I got were skipping, agility ladder drills and step ups. What's the best exercise/routine you've done to enhance your foot speed?

[wheyshakes]

Well, you'll get quick feet but they'll be broken by the time you're done.

thumb tacks!

[MuscleTechIan]

jumprope and ladders.

I agree. I think the agility ladder is the best tool for increasing foot speed. There's so many different training runs you can go through with the ladder and the great thing about it is that your improvement is almost instant with this tool.

[SoccerMuscle5]

Plyos are the best. Rope drills, speed drills jumping in and out of the box, jumping rope is great also.

[joshdmoore13]

The ladder by far man. I got mine off of ebay for about 20$ and have been using it for 2 years with great results. I use tape for any breaks on the ladder and even used a small piece of wood on one that was badly damaged.

[MjAmos7]

skipping is for power to increase running speed single leg ladder drill will give you that quickness of De Anthony "black Mamba" thomas from oregon check out his highlights dude agility is sick

[ChiCityBrah]

ladders and plyos

[RubenOlivares]

SAQ training.

[notsureifracist]

plyos, skipping, and sprints

[trynagetbig1]

Yeah, guys like De'Anthony Thomas have great foot speed and can change direction really fast, I play rugby and am currently playing loads of Sevens tournaments at the moment so when I practice that I use cones and practice changing direction quickly between them

[kevbag]

for foot speed, you should be doing general speed drills. as said above ladder drills are great for foot speed and coordination, and plyometrics will help on power and explosiveness

for general speed you should be doing speed drills, a drill b drill c drill. you can find them on youtube, they help on mechanics and are a great warm up for speed training

for speed training you want to be doing sprints, with maximal recovery between sprints, sprints should be done with good mechanics and good quality,

a slight incline can help as well, like 15 degrees or so, so find a slight hill you can run up, the incline helps with mechanics as your bent forward in acceleration phase for lkonger which can be a problem for some people

[Powersprinter]

Focusing on foot speed is not wise. The biggest difference between a normal man and an elite sprinter is stride length, not frequency. So just focus on getting stronger, doing plyos, and of course dont forget to actually hit the track and sprint!

[Jynx18]

Focusing on foot speed is not wise. The biggest difference between a normal man and an elite sprinter is stride length, not frequency. So just focus on getting stronger, doing plyos, and of course dont forget to actually hit the track and sprint!

I didn't see the OP mention sprinting. Foot speed is highly beneficial for many sports including Soccer, Football, Lacrosse, Basketball, and the list goes on.