The Soldier Walk for Sports Training

Series Summary

Youth sports are an amazing part of any student athlete's childhood and adolescence. Youth sports are great way for kids to socialize, make friends, learn how to be good team players, and learn how to lead as well. Sports are also an excellent way to keep kids in great shape and guard against childhood obesity. For all youth sports however it is important that kids and teenagers train well before playing, in order to strengthen muscles, tendons, ligaments, and bones. Youth agility drills are an excellent way to facilitate training for sports and you can learn these drills from our experts, for free online.

In this free sports training video series, learn youth agility drill from pro football player Curtis Jackson and collegiate athlete Windell Yancy. Coach Yancy and coach Jackson will teach and demonstrate invaluable athletic training agility drills to prepare youth for sports of all kinds. Coach Jackson, as well as two youth athletes, will demonstrate how to do the high knee drill and the acceleration drill. They will demonstrate how to do the soldier walk, lunges, and the side shuffle to increase agility.

Video Transcript

"Hi! I'm Windell Yancy with Basic Training Skills with my partner Curtis Jackson for Expert Village and we are here to talk to you about speed, agility, power and quickness. Just as a reminder any of the drills that you see done today, make sure you have a professional to help you with any of these drills. Don't do this on your own. Please don't do this at home without supervision. Our first drill we will work on today is called soldier walk and what soldier walk is, it is going to help your balance, going to loosen your hamstrings and it allows you to work on your flexibility with your hamstring as well. As they demonstrate, I will talk through it here and what they are doing is extending the foot all the way up pointing the toe up. You take the opposite hand and reach out and try to reach to that toe. Again, you are working the hamstring as well as the calf muscles. Also, working on balance. You want to make sure your shoulder stays up and you stay on balance. "