Reactive agility is more than running through cones. This week’s blog breaks down the difference between change of direction and agility, why reaction and decision-making matter for athletes, and how training should progress toward sport-specific movement.

At Ignite Performance Physical Therapy, we use a systematic approach to help athletes build speed, agility, and performance while modifying injury risk.

This week’s blog breaks down how athletes transition from braking to re-acceleration, why force production matters, and how exercises like single-leg RDL to step-ups and Bulgarian split squat pogos can help build the qualities needed for speed, agility, injury prevention, and performance.

Most athletes focus on how fast they can go—but performance and injury risk often come down to how well you can slow down.

This week’s blog breaks down why deceleration is a critical piece of change of direction, and how it impacts both performance and injury prevention.

If you or your athlete want to move better, perform at a higher level, and normalize injury risk, this is an important concept to understand.