Sometimes in sports it’s not just how hard you can push, but more about how fast you can get your muscles firing. Quick, athletic movements require an athlete to turn on their muscles rapidly and apply force. That’s Rate of Force Development

In a lot of sport movements, the muscles are turned on as they “wind-up” for an explosive movement.

As an example, picture a player about to jump. They first bend their knees and hips, dipping down in whats called a countermovement. That counter movement helps build up force levels in the muscles and store some elastic energy to use while they jump up.

Thats what we call LOAD and it’s critical for athletes.