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A key to success as a soccer player is soccer fitness. Providing your body with the proper stimulus will indeed take your game to the next level.
Consistency and hard work are important for training and preparation in soccer. Don't take the whole summer off losing alot of the fitness you gained during the season. But, instead perriodize your fitness training. Don't train at your maximum year around, 6 days a week. You'll burn out and possibly get injured. Strike a balance between training hard and resting hard.
The two primary components of fitness in any rhelm are Aerobic and Anaerobic training. You should strive to build stamina, so you can last an entire game and a high level. Plus you need to develop the ability to repeatedly sprint the entire game. Why do some teams excel into the 90th minute? Why do some teams seem to score alot of goals late and have an uncanny ability to come back late? High levels of soccer fitness might be all you need to know.
Why do I need rest? Please read
When exactly does the body grow? Is it during ladders, sprints? Or does it occer during rest. An interesting thing happens when you challenge the body to do more than it is used to. It stimulates growth. The growth happens during rest. That is why a critical aspect of any fitness program should include rest.
Why do some teams get sluggish by the end of the year? I think because of lots and possibly too much training. Kids and adults respond similarly from training. That is the growth happens during rest not exercise. But without the stimulus growth wont happen. So the next time you plan your exercise routine make rest figures into the equation.
What does it mean?
Traditionally Max HR is measure by taking 220-age. But is this really a correct and reliable strategy?
TIP: Measuring max HR using 220-age can be invalid and inaccurate.
How much do young players run during a game?
The study examined here delved into the activity profile of young players (mean age 11.8). Distance covered was collected with 2 cameras and trasmitted back to a computer for conversion. The players were evaluate through twelve 11v11 matches. Each half 30 minutes each.
Here is the important data:
- Total match distance covered: 6,175 +/- 318 M
- During the second half players covered 5.5% less distance
- Players stood still 11% of the time
- Mean time interval between successive maximal sprint bouts: 118.5 +/- 20.5 seconds
- Players spent 9% of the match at high intensity
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PubMedSoccer Conditioning Drills
Soccer conditioning drills to improve your game.
Conditioning for Soccer Tips and Workout Ideas
Six soccer conditioning tips and principles to make sure you are doing your fitness program right.
Training fitness incorrectly for soccer can affect speed and power. This will teach you modern fitness principles for soccer fitness.
You’ve seen it no doubt. Possibly you’ve recommended it as well. How many of us following our predecessors have said to ourselves “I want to get in shape for soccer so I am going to run 30 minutes a day 5 days a week.” Maybe you didn’t say exactly that but you get the point.
Aerobic Training for Soccer
To get the greatest transfer effect your training must be specific to soccer. Specificity happens by mimicking movements and energy systems. In this article we will delve in whether training with the ball using a dribbling track can improve certain measures of aerobic fitness. We will also investigate the use of small sided games in improving fitness.
Three Methods of Fitness Training in Soccer
In a recent review of fitness training protocols a group from Copenhagen examined three different methods of fitness training. They looked at the type and the results from high intensity aerobic training and speed endurance training.
Aerobic Training Enhances Soccer Performance
In 2001 a group of scientist studied the effects of using 4 minute runs for enhancing VO2. They studied junior elite soccer players 18 years old. The results where stunning.
Yo Yo Intermittent Recovery Test. This has been proven reliable in testing fitness levels for soccer fitness.
The Yo Yo Intermittent Recovery test evaluates an athlete’s ability to repeatedly perform intense exercise. This makes the Yo Yo test perfect for testing soccer fitness levels. Unfortunately the test is not free. It must be purchased. The set I got was in, heaven forbit, tape format.