Soccer Training Program, Football Coaching Drills.
Like all athletes, soccer players must maintain control and balance while reacting to the actions of the game. Players are in a constant battle with their opponents to gain (offensive) or reduce (defensive) playing space on the pitch. These battles, along with ground reaction forces (gravity, momentum, etc), require that athletes perform under control with consistency. Using a mixture of both static drills to set the foundation and dynamic drills, you will begin to increase your ability to manage high-speed movements involving power, speed and agility. Incorporating balance training with a few drills can be a small part of your total conditioning program that will provide big dividends in competition.
Like all athletes, soccer players must maintain control and balance while reacting to the actions of the game. Players are in a constant battle with their opponents to gain (offensive) or reduce (defensive) playing space on the pitch. These battles, along with ground reaction forces (gravity, momentum, etc), require that athletes perform under control with consistency. Using a mixture of both static drills to set the foundation and dynamic drills, you will begin to increase your ability to manage high-speed movements involving power, speed and agility. Incorporating balance training with a few drills can be a small part of your total conditioning program that will provide big dividends in competition.
General Balance Training
As mentioned earlier, to develop foundational control, soccer players should use mainly static, or nonmoving, balance training. This training stimulates the muscles to stabilize in a coordinated manner involving the whole body maintain the center of mass and keep you from getting out of balance. The main emphasis here is to statically control movements for which you can later increase tempo or speed while maintaining balance. An example of this stepping down of stair or box and holding the landing on one foot. this exercise can be developed to the point of actually hopping off one foot to the other with high velocity and still keeping control upon landing.
Soccer-Specific Balance Training
As you improve your foundational body control (holding positions without losing control) in conjunction with developing core strength (posture, hip and leg strength), your balance emphasis should move to high-speed functional drills that mimic the pace of the game. Remember, soccer is played in a reactive environment that is unpredictable. Controlling your center of mass in active situation requires good core strength and proprioceptor that by definition provide a sense of the body's position in space by responding to stimuli from losing control. Situations such as feinting an opponent with the ball, winning a 50/50 ball in the air, and striking the ball with precision all demand that you be able to move while under control
loading...
