What is AGILITY?Updated 6 hours ago

What is Measured:

• Agility is measured in strides per minute (spm).
• It's looking at the rate of right–left foot turnover.

What it Tells You:

• How quick a player’s feet move.
• It's an indicator of lateral mobility, crossovers, and skating comfort.

Reading the Metric:

• High Agility (high spm): quick feet with frequent strides.
• Low Agility (low spm): slow, heavy feet with crossover difficulty.

Quick Feet ≠ Fast Skating:

• High Agility does not always mean efficient or fast skating. Short choppy strides can artificially inflate spm without improving skating.
• A common misread is that quick feet are often mistaken for speed.
• It’s important to view agility in conjunction with Explosiveness. For example: High Agility + Low Explosiveness
  • More strides from A →B
  • Higher energy cost, faster fatigue.
  • Inefficient skater

How to Use It:

• Monitor progress: keep your eye on trends across the month, season, and all-time to effectively track improvement.
• Pinpoint inefficiencies: within skating technique, look for mismatches such as HIGH Agility, LOW Explosiveness, and LOW Stride Speed.
• Implement specific training: focus on foot speed drills during practice and utilize agility/ladder drills during off-ice sessions.