SoccerFIT Academy - Functionally Integrated Training
Functionally Integrated Training for Soccer
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 [...]
Okay, this week will finally start to show some of the video from the on-field training sessions. I do want to throw out a disclaimer right from the start though… This is a very new progression for us this fall. We are asking the players to focus on many different aspects at the same time: [...]
As promised here is the video of the drill we ran last week as a break from the normal conditioning. We used the Speedboard Treadmill from Woodway and the Fusion Sport Smartspeed System. When it is too cold to get outside and practices are getting canceled left and right, our players begin coming in 3-4 [...]
For our High School players the homework conditioning continues to progress this week more towards the Aerobic side of the conditioning spectrum. A few weeks ago you started the 90 seconds on 30 seconds off for 30 minutes conditioning program. Last week it progressed to 3 minutes on 1 minute off for 32 minutes (still [...]
Introduction: How we develop our research…
This is a format for how we streamline our research on specific populations, sports and equipment. A format like this helps us focus our attention on specific needs, identifying specific interventions and creating background material to reinforce our studies with solid educational content.
Surveys to Specific Population to Help Identify [...]
Part 4: Introduce Technical Ball Work: Improved Soccer Specific Foot-Eye Coordination:
As we begin to broaden the foundation of our developmental plan, we begin reaching out to the left of the model in a more sport specific approach. Much of the Technical Ball Work will take place on the soccer field itself, but you will start [...]
Part 2: Coordinate Movement / Enhance Rhythm / Improve Confidence:
From an athleticism perspective, this is where we begin to lay down a very solid foundation. Especially in the early ages (6-10), we want to spend as much of our total session time dedicating our efforts to rhythmic, graceful and efficient movement. The time you spend [...]
Part 1: Reduce the Risk of Injury / Enhance Warm Ups / Improve Function:
If the number one goal of our curriculum is to reduce the risk of injury, then we first need to set down a solid foundation in these key areas:
Flexibility (or the movement about the joint, muscle or connective tissue)
Mobility (the movement [...]
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