SoccerFIT Academy - Functionally Integrated Training
Functionally Integrated Training for Soccer
As we are continuously in search of a way to assess game based soccer fitness in a training environment, we have played around with many different styles of conditioning drills. In the past we have created activities such as our repeated sprint interval, our Soccer FITness Interval, 90-second interval and now the 4-mile interval is [...]
Today’s post is by SoccerFIT partner Tristan Tillette. Tillette serves as Director of Performance at Elite Sports in Birmingham, AL and On-Line Training Director of AthleteFIT.com
This is the final post of the OUR GAME series – discussing the physical, technical, and psychological development of our youth as it pertains to the [...]
With many teams getting back outside to prepare for the upcoming fall season, it’s time again to talk about safety. Over the weekend, I wanted to look at what effect the heat has on heart rate and recovery heart rate. I pushed one of our Cybex Arc Trainers out into a covered garage area where [...]
When a local fitness facility down the street from my house started running F.I.T. Classes (that’s right… Functionally Integrated Training classes – same acronym as us). I had to ask the question… What were they integrating to the training to make it functional? Are these classes specifically designed to meet the needs of anyone’s (lifestyle, [...]
As we seek to learn more about how young players adapt to our speed, agility and conditioning programs, we have begun to incorporate the Polar Team 2 Training System and a new tracking system for our Woodway Curve Treadmills. These two systems allow us to collect meaningful data without making our athletes feel like subjects [...]
This summer we are offering 2 unique programs at the Soccer FIT Academy to provide the best support system available for players looking to take their game to the next level:
Game Speed Training
Soccer FITness and Strength
Soccer FITness and Strength:
In this post we are discussing the Soccer FITness and Strength Program. Over the [...]
Yesterday we hit on the off-field training outline for the spring season. Today we will create an outline for what we are going to do on the field…
ON-FIELD TRAINING: F.I.T. (Functionally Integrated Training)
When we take our programs out on the field we need to stick to the original goal of the program – “To [...]
For the last few months the SoccerFIT Academy has been working on putting our training manuals and programs up in an online educational format. We started with our educational blog site and now we will begin to offer downloads of our programs in the form of eBooks. These resources are educational in nature, providing more [...]
This weeks staff post is from Missy Geha, SoccerFIT Academy trainer. Her post today reflects her thoughts on a recent article from goal.com.
Most young soccer players react in the same way as the professionals do in tight games. One would think after playing for so many years that keeping composure and staying focused would come [...]
Over the last 10 years we have developed many different styles of agility programming. We have standard quick feet or cone agility programs, we have reactive agility programs, we have dribbling and moves based agility programs and we have passing and receiving agility programs. But many of these drills are player focused and not team [...]
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