Lateral Movement Training: To Develop Lateral Explosiveness, Quickness, and Movement Efficiency Teaching the body to move efficiently during training is how you develop better change of direction, agility, and lateral movement. It’s important that you get the body used to training at a OPTIMAL level in the lateral plane. This gets the body used to training in the same planes that you play. It’s important to train the way that you play! Combat sports, tennis, football, baseball, basketball, etc.