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 Speed and Agility . Speed and Agility. Everyone wants to become faster. “He is too slow”, parents claim. “She needs to become faster”, exclaims a coach. Why is it that parents, coaches and players are consumed with the idea of becoming faster? 

It is not uncommon in sports for ideas or concepts of training to crossover from one discipline to another. Running or sprinting on your toes is one of those ideas that has made its way into soccer from track. The benefit of running on your toes is that you can sprint faster. Although this makes perfect sense in track and field, the same cannot be said for applying this running technique in soccer.