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Agility Training for MMA

A lot of times when you hear the word agility you think of ladder drills and cones. Every video of “agility training” has had someone in it doing some crazy footwork drills on a ladder, perfectly set cones, and hurdles. Although it may look impressive, this may not carry over into a live setting. When trying to improve on agility for MMA, you must focus on the footwork and movement of the sport itself. Sports specific agility or rather MMA agility has to be identified as such when practicing. This is something that must be done in order to properly improve real agility for MMA.