Begin in a comfortable standing position with your knees slightly bent. Hold your hands in front of you, palms down with your fingertips together at chest height. This will be your starting position. Rapidly dip down into a quarter squat and immediately explode upward. Drive…

Stand with your feet shoulder width apart.  Bend your knees to lower your body 8-10 inches and lean forward until your shoulders are positioned above your knees. Even though you are leaning over, you should do so by bending at the waist while maintaining good…

Assume a half squat position facing 90 degrees from your direction of travel. This will be your starting position. Allow your lead leg to do a countermovement inward as you shift your weight to the outside leg. Immediately push off and extend, attempting to bound…

Start with your arms by your side, feet shoulder width apart, head up, and back straight. Keeping your back straight and chest up, squat down as you inhale until your upper thighs are parallel, or lower, to the floor. Now pressing mainly with the balls…

B-skips are a little more fancy than your basic A-skip. The first motion is the same. Drive the knee upward the same as you would with the first exercise. Instead of snapping it back down though, extend the leg and bring it back down striking…

When doing the A-skip, pay attention to keeping posture upright and driving arms forward the same as you would when running. The idea is to skip keeping knees high. Drive the knee up high above the hip and bring it down fast. Once comfortable, a…