The Truth About Quickness Insider's System is the brain child of two speed training consultants: Alex Maroko and Kelly Baggett.

Alex is a young trainer who is also author of the Effective Ball Handling Program. Kelly is somewhat of an idol in the sports coaching community, also, his most famous work is the Vertical Jump Bible.

Kelly is extraordinarily educated as well as experienced with regards to speed training, however he isn't that great at expressing his ideas. Alex makes up for his lack of experience with superb communication skills. Together, they deliver a fantastic training course.

I'm not saying that Kelly can not communicate or that Alex doesn't know speed training. In fact, they both do this better than 99% of the trainers out there. What I am saying is that what one lacks, the other one makes up for, and more.

The Truth About Quickness program is really simple to grasp and simple to follow. It also helps that the exercises are actually quick, and you'll literally finish every exercise in about ten minutes. You also get video clips of all the workout routines so you know exactly how to do them, plus the charts enable you to keep track of your routines.

The only fault that I could uncover with this system was that the video quality appeared low. It was shot in a rugged health club, which looks like it has been utilized by plenty of athletes. Nevertheless, simply because the movies weren't taken in HQ does not do anything to diminish from the fact that the Truth About Quickness is a great speed coaching program.

Listed here are three of my favourite basketball training workouts for blazing on-court speed:

1. Low, On-Off Box Jumps

To do this exercise, get a low step or box about 2-6 inches in height. Subsequently, stand before the box, and hop on and off the box as easily and quickly as possible. Do that for 2-4 sets of 10 repetitions (hopping on top of the box and then off of it is counted as one rep).

2. Lateral Line Hops

To perform this training, depict a straight line onto the floor or apply a piece of adhesive tape. Next, stand on one side of the line and hop horizontally backwards and forwards across the line. Do the hops as rapidly as you can. If you would like extra bounce in your movement, jump slightly higher above the line and concentrate extra on timing and efficiency than simply speed. Do this for 2-3 sets of 20 repetitions (one jump over the line counts as one rep).

3. Pogo Jumps

To accomplish this training, you need to jump as high as you possibly can, but concentrate on getting all your jumps out of your plantar flexors (ankles). To do that, maintain your knees and hips nearly locked, and simply use your ankles to propel yourself into the air. Really focus on bouncing off the ground, and decrease your ground contact duration. Do that for 2-3 sets of 15-20 repetitions.