how can you increase your speed?

[C.Y.]

does anyone know how to increase overall speed??
- moving quicker with lateral movement, head movement, reaction/reflexes, hand speed, etc??
does anyone have any suggestions for in the gym work and out of the gym exercises or rountines?

[Salty]

Basically practise, but for footwork and speed of it i suggest basketball defencive parctise (slides, sprints, footfire). I have about 5 years worth of this sort of training and my acceleration is that much quicker than anyone elses purely because of this i suspect. Also helps you with lateral movement. If you want some exercises which i did just let me know and i'll send them to you. The rest i'm not too sure what you can do, but like i said in the reaction thread, video games have been shown to help improve reactions so maybe thats the go.

[msagrain]

mainly pratice/training, the longer you have been doing it the better you will get at it.

[SpeedKillz]

i agree with both of these replies. basketball definitely helps with footwork and lateral movement. me and my co-workers run some ball on our lunch breaks (we got a court set up at our warehouse) every day for 45 minutes or so and my footwork and lateral movement keeps on improving when i'm in the gym.

[TheWolf]

Play some football (Soccer in America)

[YungRayRobinson]

Throw punches in a pool or under water to gain quicker handspeed

[Tyson Jones]

Run 40 meter sprints with a car tire tied behind your back ( or whatever you can find thast heavy ) if you want to improve your handspeed, shadowbox with 3 to 5 pound weights. some dont recommend this, i do though. It definently helped improve my already great handspeed. Also, hit the heavybag with closed fist as hard as you can ( yes i know this isnt recommened either but it works if you hit it right ) for as long as you can and as fast as you can. This will great increase your jab or setup punches that you throw with your fist not completely closed.

[TheWolf]

Run 40 meter sprints with a car tire tied behind your back ( or whatever you can find thast heavy ) if you want to improve your handspeed, shadowbox with 3 to 5 pound weights. some dont recommend this, i do though. It definently helped improve my already great handspeed. Also, hit the heavybag with closed fist as hard as you can ( yes i know this isnt recommened either but it works if you hit it right ) for as long as you can and as fast as you can. This will great increase your jab or setup punches that you throw with your fist not completely closed.

Instead of weights, use the biggest gloves you can find. 16oz works well. And you wont damage your ligaments.

[Verstyle]

http://store.titleboxing.com/speedag...adder-sql.html This and jump roping can increase your foot speed and agility.

[C.Y.]

thanks i appreciate all of your responses
Salty can u send me the exercises you talked about?