Soccer Training Program, Football Coaching Drills.
One area that soccer players tend to neglect is strength developement.Years ago, soccer teams relied on general strength only, which they developed through practice and game play. There was never any emhasis on soccer-specific strength. Today's player are bigger, stronger and more talented than ever. Technological and scientific reasearch advancements have helped push training to new levels in the development of the total playes, including strength. More coaches and players understand the importance of developing strength to increase performance and diminish injury rates. In contrast to earlier times, the 2006 German national World Cuo team even committed to using a performance coach while preparing for the tournament, which helped them succeed through the final game.
General Strength Training
Developing strength that will transfer to competition is an important aspect in all of athletics. However, many athletes confuse strength training with bodybuilding or powerlifting types of training. Where bodybuilding and traditional resistance training fail is that they tend to isolate sections of the body and not train the movements patterns that soccer players must demonstrate in competition. Atheltic-type strength training, is a functional approach to total-body development. Using a solid core foundation that links the upper and lower body, the athlete gains balance, muscle-joint integrity, and power. Simply stated, the purpose of strength training is to elevate all aspects of performance.
Soccer Specific Strength Training
In the game of soccer, the demand for strength can change at a moment's notice throughout the 90 minutes of game time. The game is filled with awkward physical challenges while backpedaling, shuffling, diving on the ground and quickly getting up to make the play. For the soccer player, high-intensity resistance training that recruits fast twitch muscle fibers will pay dividends to the skills required in the game. Fast twitch fibers are recruited when you need quick, fast, and explosive movement. These fibers have a limited blood suply, causing them to fatigue quickly, but they are able to perform when short, brief, high-powered movement is necessary. Movements that are explosive (i.e. require power) activate fast-twitch fiber muscles. Exercise such as dumbbell power cleans and dumbbell jump squats fit into this category. Circuit training helps conditioning during the competition phase of training and builds work capacity when starting a new off-season training phase. Kicking, acceleration and change of direction movements should be developed through high-speed resistance training techniques.
Soccer must also be considered a contact sport. Players are constantly battling for the ball, position, and space. Developing lean body mass will help your withstand the physical collisions and cushion ground contact during the game. Improved body composition will keep you fit and improve muscle contraction, both concentrically (shortening the muscle) and eccentrically (lengthening the muscle).
One area that soccer players tend to neglect is strength developement.Years ago, soccer teams relied on general strength only, which they developed through practice and game play. There was never any emhasis on soccer-specific strength. Today's player are bigger, stronger and more talented than ever. Technological and scientific reasearch advancements have helped push training to new levels in the development of the total playes, including strength. More coaches and players understand the importance of developing strength to increase performance and diminish injury rates. In contrast to earlier times, the 2006 German national World Cuo team even committed to using a performance coach while preparing for the tournament, which helped them succeed through the final game.
Developing strength that will transfer to competition is an important aspect in all of athletics. However, many athletes confuse strength training with bodybuilding or powerlifting types of training. Where bodybuilding and traditional resistance training fail is that they tend to isolate sections of the body and not train the movements patterns that soccer players must demonstrate in competition. Atheltic-type strength training, is a functional approach to total-body development. Using a solid core foundation that links the upper and lower body, the athlete gains balance, muscle-joint integrity, and power. Simply stated, the purpose of strength training is to elevate all aspects of performance.
Soccer Specific Strength Training
In the game of soccer, the demand for strength can change at a moment's notice throughout the 90 minutes of game time. The game is filled with awkward physical challenges while backpedaling, shuffling, diving on the ground and quickly getting up to make the play. For the soccer player, high-intensity resistance training that recruits fast twitch muscle fibers will pay dividends to the skills required in the game. Fast twitch fibers are recruited when you need quick, fast, and explosive movement. These fibers have a limited blood suply, causing them to fatigue quickly, but they are able to perform when short, brief, high-powered movement is necessary. Movements that are explosive (i.e. require power) activate fast-twitch fiber muscles. Exercise such as dumbbell power cleans and dumbbell jump squats fit into this category. Circuit training helps conditioning during the competition phase of training and builds work capacity when starting a new off-season training phase. Kicking, acceleration and change of direction movements should be developed through high-speed resistance training techniques.
Soccer must also be considered a contact sport. Players are constantly battling for the ball, position, and space. Developing lean body mass will help your withstand the physical collisions and cushion ground contact during the game. Improved body composition will keep you fit and improve muscle contraction, both concentrically (shortening the muscle) and eccentrically (lengthening the muscle).
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