Repeat Sprint drill
Speed Endurance Production Shuttles
Produce maximum output on every single rep, with long rest to keep quality intact.
- Time
- 25 minutes
- Players
- 1 to 20 players
- Intensity
- High
- Equipment
- None
- Space
- 22m shuttle
- Positions
- All positions
Setup
Try line to the 22m line gives a 44m out-and-back. No cones needed.
How to run it
- Set a timer for 20 seconds work and 2 minutes rest.
- Shuttle flat out between the try line and the 22m line for the full 20 seconds, turning hard off both feet, and note the distance you covered.
- Walk the full 2 minutes - the long rest is the whole point, because here you are chasing maximum output per rep rather than fatigue resistance.
- Do 6 to 8 reps.
- Pick either this or the 40-second-rest version for a training block; running both in one session gives you neither adaptation cleanly.
Coaching cues
- Maximum output on every rep
- Take the full 2 minutes, all of it
- Pick this or the short-rest version, never both
Common mistakes
- Cutting the rest short because 2 minutes feels indulgent
- Mixing this and the short-rest version in the same session so the stimulus blurs
Related drills
- 22m Shuttle GrinderBuild tolerance to a single sustained maximal effort with heavy braking and turning.
- Repeat Sprint SetTrain the ability to sprint hard again and again on short recovery, which is what fades in the last twenty minutes.
- Repeated Sprint SetsBuild repeat sprint ability across a training block using sets that protect sprint quality.
- Alactic Power RunsDevelop the pure power end of repeat sprint ability with full recovery between efforts.
- Alactic Capacity RunsExtend how long you can hold near-maximal speed before the anaerobic systems take over.
- Speed Endurance Maintenance ShuttlesTrain holding speed while badly fatigued, on deliberately short recovery.