CHAOS Training

In the interview I posted yesterday, Russell Jolley mentioned a training system known as CHAOS speed training. With that in mind I thought I would show you a clip of this type of training today.



I noticed some interesting methods of training reaction speed in a sport specific way in the above clip. In previous posts I have talked about the need to react to a visual stimulus in training if that is the type of stimulus an athlete will have to react to in competition. Similarly, if one must react to a sound in a particular sport (as in track athletics) then this type of stimulus must be encountered in training.

In the above video the athletes were given the task of having to sprint in response to a touch from behind or from the side. There may be many sports where movement decisions must be made in response to kinesthetic stimuli. It may be beneficial to think of situations in your sport where you have to react to kinesthetic stimuli, and how you can replicate this during training.

TIM EGERTON STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING CONSULTANCY