SoccerFIT Academy - Functionally Integrated Training
Functionally Integrated Training for Soccer
Over the last decade we have trained over 6000 athletes. And in that time we have seen players take their speed, strength and power to levels that we never thought possible. But occasionally, this just wasn’t enough to win them a starting role. We quickly realized that enhancing a player’s 40yd dash time was not [...]
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 [...]
Our Research Review Article for today comes from the January 2011 issue of the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research (Rubley, et. al., 2011). This study assessed an intervention of low-level plyometric training on vertical jump and kicking performance in two groups of thirteen-year-old female soccer players.
“High intensity plyometric training is often used by strength [...]
I was recently forwarded a soccer conditioning research article from a member of a soccer forum that I sometimes post on, and I wanted to give a brief review of the study…
SUITABILITY OF SOCCER TRAINING DRILLS FOR ENDURANCE TRAINING’
THOMAS LITTLE 1 AND ALUN G. WILLIAMS 2
Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 2006, 20(2), 316–319
This study [...]
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 [...]
Part 5: Introduce Specific Speed / Integrated Speed and Basic Technical Skill:
The Specific Speed module of our Soccer Mastery System is the second bridging component (the first bridging component was Technical Ball Work). In this section we will focus on building off the base established in the rhythmic movement and technical ball work to enhance [...]
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