Basic Training or Functional Strength Training is an integrated system that trains all the elements of performance required for competition. Fundamentally basic training is the root system that supports and sustains every play in any sport. Blazing speed, rapid acceleration and elevation changes, explosive lateral responsiveness, and lightning reaction and response are among the qualities that top athletes strive for. No matter the sport, lateral, linear, and vertical movement skills such as these are important to successful performance. Once thought to be generic, science has shown that these skills can be developed through Speed, Power, Reaction, Agility Quickness (SPRAQ) training.