SoccerFIT Academy - Functionally Integrated Training
Functionally Integrated Training for Soccer
Last week I put up a post that documents our ACL Return to Sport program and over the last few days I have received emails asking to see some of these activities in action. I videoed a few of the drills from our session last night with 2 girls who are in the final stages [...]
This week, as most of our kids are out of school and coming in during the morning hours, we decided to let them create a workout that benefited their unique talents and needs. It was eye opening…
I posted on the dry erase board a 5 day schedule (Monday thru Friday or Day 1 thru Day [...]
This week at the SoccerFIT Academy, our college kids came back to kick off their off-season workouts with us. And, in what has become very typical, we spent quite a bit of time reminiscing, evaluating and discussing new ideas and workout philosophies that they have been exposed to while they were away at school. We [...]
As you know, our PowerFIT/Speed/FIT program is a seasonal progression that challenges the athlete to improve each week as we build off a foundation of basic movement into explosive speed/agility and fitness:
From a conditioning standpoint we are using the Cybex Arc Trainers in the first two phases (months) and then our focus shifts to the [...]
Thanksgiving week was a quick week for us with normal training on Monday and Tuesday and a merged PowerFIT/SpeedFIT circuit on Wednesday morning. The Wednesday morning session was very well attended and I was impressed with some of our older athletes as they went through a powerful and very challenging circuit. We had a number [...]
We have over 300 kids in this program so far this winter and many of them are asking this question. I thought I would paraphrase the program very quickly to highlight the key points we will be addressing this November, December, January and February. For simplicity sake, we will break each month into 4 categories: [...]
PowerFIT/SpeedFIT – Testing / Setting the Foundation
Power and speed are the keys to explosive performance in sport. Everyone wants to be faster (speed), jump higher (power) and change directions quicker (agility) on the field or court. Our PowerFIT/SpeedFIT classes look to develop these areas while also increasing the player’s ability to perform at the [...]
On August 1st 2011 we performed a pre-season Game Speed Evaluation on 70 female soccer players that play in the Elite Clubs National League (ECNL). Over that past 2 months these teams have taken part in our Game Speed Program to help develop some of the weaker areas identified in the pre-season test. In addition [...]
Over the past few weeks we have been running our Summer 2011 Game Speed Camps at the SoccerFIT Academy. This 4 day camp aligns itself with our philosophy of “bridging the gap” between physical preparedness and the speed of skill execution on the field. Below you see the model for this developmental process as we [...]
This spring we have quite a few athletes that are brand new to the SoccerFIT program. Unlike years past, this insurgence of young players between the ages of 11-13, did not come to us in an attempt to take their game to the next level; this group, it seems, was just trying to get into [...]
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