Don't Overlook the power of Bodyweight Training
As soccer coaches and teams time, facilities, budget, equipment and sometimes know how are all contributing factors to not doing a structured strength training program. Its difficult to get the team together at a gym to lift weights 3-4 times in the offseason. During the season the kids have school and homework obligations that take them away from extra strength training work.
There is an answer to this problem. Use bodyweight to train the soccer athletes at the field. Especially if your athletes are untrained start with low reps and focus on technique first.
Exercise Choices
Here are a few choices to choose from. Obviously this is not an all inclusive list of exericses but will get you started with your program:
- Push ups
- Lunges
- Pull ups
- Horizontal pull ups
- Bridges
- Squat jumps
- Side lying leg lifts
Ddownload the simple bodyweight training guide for a few suggested images for training.
