Ballow and mcgee defines speed as the capacity of an individual to perform successive movement of the same pattern at a fast rate.
Type of speed:
1. Movement Speed: It is the ability to do a movement in minimum time. It depends upon technique, explosive strength, flexibility and coordination abilities.
2. Acceleration ability:-It is ability to achieve maximum speed from a stationary position or from low speed state. Generally, sprinters achieve their maximum speed after approximately six sec. this ability mainly depend upon explosive strength, technique and flexibility. This ability is important in all games and sports in which maximum speeds are to be achieved in quickly such as sprint races.
3. Starting speed: It is the ability of an athlete to go from a stopped or non-moving state to a moving or mobile state. Starting speed is a crucial opponent of sports and it is always considered as the first step. For many sports, it is the first step to blow by your opponent. So Proper tanning for stating speed is very important in sports.
4. Speed endurance: It is the ability of athlete to maintain top levels of speed while performing reposted of your sports skill without becoming fatigued. Usually, it is dictated by the three energy system of the body.
