Speed & Agility

Footwork Under Fatigue

The 'babysitter practice' — enforce clean footwork while exhausted

50 min / 500–650 cal  / Rowers + turf / functional zone

Why this works · equipment

The attritional session from the D1 playbook: pre-fatigue the legs, then demand precise footwork anyway. If clean movement while gassed is normal in training, it will feel normal at 5–4 in the third set. Schedule an easy day after this one.

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  • Concept2 rower
  • Agility ladder
  • Cones
  • Treadmill

Pre-fatigue

2,000m Moderate-Hard Row

Concept2 rower

9 min · RPE 7 — uncomfortable but steady

Footwork gauntlet — 4 rounds

The drill: footwork quality does NOT get to drop as fatigue climbs. Rest 60s between rounds only.

Ladder: 2 fast patterns back-to-back

Agility ladder

Crisp and quiet even when your legs scream.

Figure-8 Cone Drill

2 cones, 5 yd apart

Tight turns around each cone, stay low, small adjustment steps.

Deep-Corner Retrieval: shuffle-sprint-lunge

Cones in an L, 8 yd

Sprint to the corner, lunge to 'reach the ball,' recover with crossover steps.

Grind-out finish

Incline Walk

Treadmill

10 min · 10% incline, 3.0 mph — mental toughness minutes

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