wind sprint
noun
: a sprint performed as a training exercise to develop breathing capacity especially during exertion
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There’s no amount of wind sprints that can replicate closing out, rotating, contesting, battling for boards, and protecting the rim for long stretches at a time.
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 19 Mar. 2025
With that, Montgomery stopped practice and made his team go through rink-length wind sprints.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 25 Mar. 2024
The team that lost had extra wind sprints at the end of each practice.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024
As a reward, that unit was excused from long wind sprints the losing sides had to push through.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2024
Can his sizzle and swagger work at a Power Five school?
BOULDER, Colo. – Smack dab in the middle of a recent practice, Deion Sanders sprung one of the many surprises in store for his new-and-conceivably-improved Colorado Buffaloes on the trail to the big debut: wind sprints.
—Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
Martinez completed his pregame routine again Sunday, taking swings in the cage, stretching on the field and starting wind sprints in the outfield when the injury flared up again.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
And that’s not including the running that came with the wind sprints Payton ordered for the team at the end of practice.
—Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 29 July 2023
Halfway through Saturday's practice Dillingham called the team into a huddle at midfield, then instructed them to line up at the goal line for some wind sprints.
—Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2023
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 19 Mar. 2025
With that, Montgomery stopped practice and made his team go through rink-length wind sprints.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 25 Mar. 2024
The team that lost had extra wind sprints at the end of each practice.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024
As a reward, that unit was excused from long wind sprints the losing sides had to push through.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2024
Can his sizzle and swagger work at a Power Five school?
BOULDER, Colo. – Smack dab in the middle of a recent practice, Deion Sanders sprung one of the many surprises in store for his new-and-conceivably-improved Colorado Buffaloes on the trail to the big debut: wind sprints.
—Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
Martinez completed his pregame routine again Sunday, taking swings in the cage, stretching on the field and starting wind sprints in the outfield when the injury flared up again.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
And that’s not including the running that came with the wind sprints Payton ordered for the team at the end of practice.
—Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 29 July 2023
Halfway through Saturday's practice Dillingham called the team into a huddle at midfield, then instructed them to line up at the goal line for some wind sprints.
—Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2023
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“Wind sprint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wind%20sprint. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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