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Functionally Integrated Training for Soccer
The following is an excerpt from our Spring 2011 Training Manual that will be available to all members in weeks to come…
Remember, we are trying to develop better soccer players, not simply get them lifting more weight or running faster 40 times. Each of the drills in this section needs to be tied into soccer [...]
In our intermediate groups, or training groups that are slightly digressed from the advanced training program, our goals are slightly different. For example, instead of focusing on explosive power we will be focusing on confident positioning for power and rhythmic powerful movements in our off-field training program.
Here is a brief outline of the training goals [...]
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 [...]
This season we will be highlighting our U12-U14 Advanced Groups in this blog series. Here is an overview of our program for this group:
SEASONAL GOAL:
The goal of the spring 2011 soccer season in the advanced U12-U14 age group is to…
…Elevate the speed, reactive quickness and fitness in specific situational environments.
These aspects are strongly affected by [...]
Today’s post is written by John Lytton, a sports performance coach and former pro-soccer player with a facility in Charlotte, North Carolina. John founded Performance Unlimited in 2006, and has made it his passion to create an environment where athletes are constantly being challenged to progress as a player and a person. It [...]
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 [...]
A recent study on 20 college players from the Haverford College’s Athletic Department was performed by the University of Pennsylvania’s Human Performance Laboratory (Authors Clark, K., Stearne, D., Walts, C., and Miller, A. – Published in the December 2010 – Vol. 24 No. 12 Issue of the [...]
Today we are going to look at the results of our fall program in terms of agility. One of the most respected tests for agility in all sports is the 5-10-5 shuttle (or pro-agility run), where the athlete will start with a lateral sprint 5 yards to the right, then turn and run 10 yards [...]
When we moved into our new facility in the fall of 2009 we gained use of outdoor, full sized turf fields, but lost the ability to test 20 and 40 yd dashes indoors. Due to the climate here (too hot, too cold, too windy, too wet, etc.) we needed to find a way to consistently [...]
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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