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SOCCER
STRATEGIES
Welcome to our Soccer Strategies. As with all our other
Strategies,... we wish to present to our soccer enthusiasts
guidance on physical conditioning in order to improve their
performance.
Soccer players must have all the physical abilities of almost
every other sport. They need the stamina of a marathon runner, the
speed of a sprinter, the quickness of position change like a half
back, coordination like a tennis player and the focus of a
baseball player,... plus,....!!!
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They
must be able to make game judgments "on the run",... not
a lot of time to stop and ask the coach. Soccer players are as
close to the overall athlete as we can get, similar to the
pentathlon and decathlon athletes. Besides physical conditioning,
soccer players must possess excellent "foot eye"
coordination, which is more difficult than hand eye coordination.
The use of resistance training for soccer must be perfectly
balanced to provide more stamina in all muscles and at the same
time to build strength. There is more contact in soccer than some
would like to believe. Besides the strength in the legs to propel
the ball, upper body strength is needed to maintain position, fend
off opponents and support/balance for dribbling and shooting.
Individuals specializing in the goalie position require superior
upper body strength and leaping ability. Although their position
is more static than the rest of the positions, they still must
maintain high levels of endurance. Their reflexes must be sharp
and reaction time at a peak.
As in many other sports, there is no need for extreme muscular
size; in fact this would hamper performance. Moving a greater mass
the way that is required in soccer, for any length of time will
require more energy and the individual would tire more easily.
The upper body, both during the off-season and during the playing
season should be maintained with basic movements and trained in
one day.
The lower body requires more focus in soccer, both during the
season and off-season. A great variety of legwork should be
included to train all aspects of the leg. Unlike in other sports,
where we remain focused on relatively few leg exercises and avoid
the "smaller exercises' that can be performed with cables,
for soccer we highly recommend their use.
Cardio-vascular (aerobic) training is an absolute. One thing that
must be remembered is that treadmills, stepper and bikes, along
with running programs only work the lower body. There is need for
upper body stamina also and this becomes a part of the upper body
weight-training program.
SOCCER
STRATEGIES PROGRAMS
The program
includes the following:
- Complete
In-Season Programs
- Complete
Off-Season Programs
- Cardio-Vascular
Training
- Flexibility
Training
- Injuries
& Prevention
- Sports
Psychology
- Nutritional
Guidance
- And
More
Several Off-season
and In-season programs are included with variations in exercises,
sets and repetitions.
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