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Coaches, are you stuck with only one or two fast
players on your team?
Get Your Players Faster Now Is this your present coaching situation?
The following articles are found in the members only section of this site. Some of the following articles may require Adobe® Reader®. Download it free. Cracking the Code of using HR as a Recovery Measure Part 1- Heart rate monitors have received much attention recently as a tool used for conditioning players. Listen to an interview with Polar USA Director of Customer Education, Jess Biggs, as he provides insight into how to get started with heart rate based training. view here>> NEW! Video Access- Using hoops to develop player speed Hoops are great to use with players of all ages and ability when developing speed. Here is a six step progression that can be used in an individual or team environment. view here>> NEW! How to Host Your Own Soccer Speed School (Part 2)- In part one of this series I showed you how to design a blueprint to host a soccer speed school. In part two a sample template is provided along with marketing strategies and program suggestions. read here>> NEW!! Preseason Player Blues- Are we as coaches setting up our players for a poor performance? As preseason has already started for college and high school teams, two a day practices and conditioning tests have become the norm. Is this the best method to get players ready for a successful season? read here>> NEW!! How to Host Your Own Soccer Speed School (Part 1)- If you have access to working with an entire youth club, then hosting a soccer speed school will greatly benefit the coaches, players, and parents of the entire organization. Learn How To Take the Guesswork Out of Designing Player Fitness Programs- Do you struggle day to day with knowing exactly how much exercise volume and intensity to prescribe for your players? This special guest interview reveals how he uses the latest modern technology as a feedback tool for player fatigue that will take the guesswork out of your program design. New Soccer Performance Blog- Want to get an inside look at the daily life of a soccer performance coach? Discover what works and what does not work in a club setting and get innovative training/testing ideas. Simple Soccer Agility Test- If you are battling with time but would still like to test your players change of direction, than this simple test is just for you. All you need is a few cones, a stopwatch, and a soccer ball and the test takes no more than about 3 minutes per player. A Review of the 2006 US Youth Soccer National Convention- Sam Snow The theme for this years annual convention was sports science and youth soccer. Listen in as Sam Snow, Dir. of Coaches Education for USYSA, shares the highlights from this years annual convention. Learn why core training is critical to becoming a better soccer player- Gray Cook The role of core strength and stability is critical in preventing injury and improving performance in youth soccer. Listen as the creator of the Functional Movement Screen discusses the importance of addressing asymmetries, the contributing cause to Osgood Schlatters, the difference between asymmetry and leg dominance in skill development, plus much more! Discover how hip strength affects knee injuries in youth soccer- I recently caught up with Craig Garrison, Dir. of Physical Therapy, Pivital Therapy, who has published a study linking hip strength to knee injuries in soccer. Unlike other knee injury studies that look at hamstring and quadriceps strength, Craig goes into detail how the hip directly affects knee function. He also provides sample exercises for players of all ages to use in their weekly training program. The state of Youth Soccer in the USA I recently have had the opportunity to address well over two hundred parents of both boys and girls between the ages of 13-18. This experience has reconfirmed my thoughts on player development here in the USA. Stay tuned as I will be sharing some rather eye-opening view points! read here>> (posted 5/4/06)
Audio Interview- Dr. Don
Kirkendall, US Soccer
Dr. Kirkendall is part of
the Sports Medicine Committee for US Soccer and is an
active member of FIFA'S F-MARC group. He has
edited 7 books and has been the author or coauthor of
over 50 peer reviewed scientific
Soccer
Performance Research #6-
Listen to a live interview
with Mark Lyons, Lecturer in Sports Studies at
The New Coach's Video Lounge-
Be sure and
checkout this new video library for a little bit of
work relief during your hectic day. There's some
pretty crazy stuff here! Video Access-
Get Fast...Get Powerful...Prevent Injury using only 3 cones
Okay so you don't have
access to all of the fancy speed training toys and
maybe you are even time starved for extra training.
Here are some sample drills for improving your speed,
quickness, and power and all you need are 3 cones and
a ball! Video Access-
Performance Testing of a Men's USL Div. II Pro Soccer
See live
footage of the first day of the 2006 Preseason.
I worked with this team back in 2000 when they won the
National Championship. Here it is six years
later and it will be fun to compare the results. Audio Interview- Chris Carling Chris is a frequent contributor to the FA Insight Publication and is the former creator of socccerperformance.org. He is the head author of the new book 'Handbook of Soccer Match Analysis- A systematic approach to improving performance.' Listen to Chris discuss some of his most recent findings about how to develop specific training routines, strategies to reduce fatigue, plus tons more! Chris is a lecturer and consultant in match analysis. He is based at France's National Institute of Sport and Physical Education in Paris. listen here>> Video Access-
Soccer Specific Balance
This video file will
provide coaches new ideas on balance training for
youth players. I have also included a recent
soccer specific balance study for youth players as
well as specific
suggestions on how to implement balance training into your daily
routine. Book Review- Science & Football V is now in print and available to coaches around the world. Checkout my review of this must have resource for soccer performance coaches. Also, learn how members can get a special discount directly from the book publisher! view here>> Audio Interview- Professor Thomas Reilly He has been called the pioneer in science and soccer world wide and discusses some of the latest research happening right now in the FA. Discover the best way to get match fit, accelerate recovery between games, and what's the future research in sports science and youth players. He is the Professor of Sports Science and Director of the Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences at Liverpool John Moores University. listen here>> (posted 2/10/06) Performance Training Template Here is a template in .pdf format that you can use when designing daily workouts or rehab programs for your players. The following are a few of the components that are included:
I use this
exact format for all of my athletes that I presently
work with. Also included is a week long template
to get an overview of what the weekly training
goals/objectives will be. Video Access- Functional Flexibility This video clip was shown at this year's NSCAA Convention as a suggested series of functional flexibility exercises players should do at the beginning of their warm-up. This routine takes about 4-5 minutes to complete and targets every muscle group in every plane of motion specific to soccer. view here>> 2006 NSCAA
Convention Review If you
can't make this years fantastic event don't worry!
I will be posting a series of reviews of various
presentations I will be attending on topics such as
soccer fitness, injury prevention, SAQ, etc..
Why building a base (aerobic training) may be a method of the past Coaches and sports scientists have forever proclaimed the importance of aerobic training (train slow be slow approach). Here is a brand new study that shows after a series of six sprint workouts over fourteen days, these athletes both doubled their time to fatigue and significantly increased the oxygen capacity of their muscles. keep reading>> Video Access- Soccer Speed Drill #2 The following speed drill is designed for training in a partner situation. Be creative as their are numerous variations that can be performed. keep reading>> Are your players VICTIMS of ACL tears? Learn how the latest research regarding one of the fastest growing soccer injuries can keep your players on the field. keep reading>> Why wearing the wrong boots can make your players slower The foot is a soccer player's most important tool. Yet players often neglect proper foot care during training and game play. This special article goes into detail why proper footwear is critical to running fast. keep reading>> Create Your Own Soccer Performance Workouts with this FREE software ($29.00 retail value). Use the Soccer Conditioning Planner software to design your soccer specific workouts. download here>> Discover which physical components are most related to soccer success. A group of sports scientists compared a variety of physical parameters to one of the most successful Division I teams in the UK. You will not believe what they discovered! keep reading>>
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Speed
training for soccer really shouldn’t be a struggle.
Getting your players faster should be just as
practical and
fun as the technical and tactical development aspects
of your program. Of course, if you don’t have a
background in sports science, it might not seem so
easy. The good news is that
speed is a biomotor skill which means speed can be
learned!
