The idea of agility refers to the aptitude or skill to use the body.
Agility is the condition of agile . It is a concept that comes from the Latin word agilĭtas . Agile, meanwhile, comes from the Latin agĭlis and refers to someone who can use their body with skill or aptitude .
For example: "With agility, the young man managed to escape from his captor" , "When he encountered the stream, the horse showed off his agility and, with a jump , took the rider to the other side" , "The Chicago Bulls pivot "He lost agility over the years, but his vision of the game improved."
What is agility
Agility is associated with control of the body, speed and lightness of movements . A person who can jump very high or a long distance has agility, as does the animal that can sneak through a small space.
The concept of agility also appears in singing , to refer to the ability to execute passages of great complexity with the voice , such as minute ornaments, jumps over intervals greater than an octave or sequences of many notes that cover wide ranges. great speed. Cecilia Bartoli , a renowned Italian singer, is the best example of vocal agility today.
Many animals stand out for their agility.
natural capacity of animals
Although the most virtuous athletes are capable of displays of agility that the rest of human beings sometimes do not even consider possible, our species requires the combination of a special talent and very arduous training to achieve this level of physical skill; For the rest of the animals this is not always the case.
Canids and felids, for example, families of mammals in which we find wolves and tigers, among many other species , have a degree of agility far beyond our possibilities, and they make use of it naturally, without need to attend any academy, or carry out monotonous and routine training.
This does not mean that wild animals do not train their bodies, that they do not maintain their agility through exercise, but that the power to navigate their environment with jumps and at high speed is not uncommon. Human beings have reached a point where they do not usually need their body to survive: most jobs require us to sit in front of a computer for hours, using our eyes and hands, so it matters little. if we know how to climb a tree or cross a stream withstanding a strong current.
Agility as speed to solve
The idea of agility is also used with respect to the speed in resolving some issue . Suppose that companies in a certain country must carry out numerous procedures to carry out an export. Given the difficulties that arise in the process, businessmen demand that the government change the regulations so that exports can be carried out more quickly. That is, without so much bureaucracy and with fewer steps to carry out.
Carrying out work with agility means achieving the previously established objectives in such a way that no major obstacles arise, the flow of activity is constant and the results are satisfactory . To reach a level of organization like this, it is necessary to have a group of workers that has been trained with the appropriate skills, but also with a clear and defined vision of the company's identity.
In a similar sense, one can speak of the agility achieved in the counting of votes in an electoral process thanks to the use of electronic voting. In this case, the new agility derives from the time that, in previous elections, it took to manually count the votes that were placed in envelopes inside the ballot boxes.