Why is Agility Important in Gymnastics?

​In gymnastics, you can do a lot of cool things. But you need to be alert and responsive to better every single move you take.

The ability to move or change position quickly is known as agility. To be agile, you need to respond everything around you while maintaining balance and control. Sometimes, it’s not easy to be swift. You need a certain sort of speed, quick reflexes, coordination and accurate reaction to changing circumstances.

​If you can correctly react to what’s going around, you can effectively take the next action without messed up. Gymnasts are amazingly agile. Wonder how to build a brain like that? 

​The Power of Agility

​Women back in 1948 used to compete with terrifying equipment such as floor mats that are only a few inches thick. Being able to win an Olympic medal with extreme difficulty, ladies have been named in newspaper headlines as ‘fragile but agile’.

Agility is truly one of the most important components of gymnastics fitness. Being able to change several positions quickly and efficiently is power. Floor routines and balance beam exercises need agility to do things like somersaults and back flips. 

​How to Improve Agility

• Strength
• Control/Balance
• Speed
• Coordination

Agility can be developed if you have a strong foundation of strength and there’s a huge amount of body control lies within. Strength and control are the key components athletes should learn to efficiently produce and absorb force even under pressure. This includes speed and coordination.
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The ability to execute explosive movement, anticipate, react and recognize are also essential to improve agility.

​Agility Training

There are various trainings that indicate athlete’s quickness such as agility ladder. It can be done inside the gym and also outdoors. See how dynamics you can be on a balance beam, floor, and vault or in anything where you can challenge yourself.
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After all, it’s you that will reap the benefits. Remember, agility will not just improve your athletic performance; it can also improve how you move every day.