Athletic Training
The term athletic training in soccer (or physical training) indicates a training method used to improve an athlete’s or team’s performance from a coordinative and conditioning point of view.
In soccer, athletic conditioning training is used to train general coordination skills (motor learning, motor control, motor transformation) and special coordination skills (motor combination, differentiation of muscular strength, balance, orientation, rhythm, response, adaptation). Athletic conditioning training is used to strengthen endurance, strength, velocity and speed. There is a further objective: soccer athletic training can prevent injuries linked to training load mismanagement (muscle-tendon injuries in particular).
In order to schedule the drills it is possible to follow a general and/or a specific sport programme. For example, soccer athletic training is important both for a player’s general endurance and a specific role endurance training. The same goes for other coordinative and conditioning abilities. Indeed, performance characteristics vary from sport to sport: soccer players’ endurance is different from runners’, as well as their strength differs from basketball players’ and their speed is different from tennis players’.
For this reason, before planning soccer athletic training, it is necessary to know the player’s performance model, including the peculiarities of the role. In this way athletic training will be targeted, specific and suitable for the team and the player.
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Athletic Training
Training the Sprint: The Four Corners
7 May, 2022Speed - Exercise to train shot and athletic explosiveness on short distances -
Athletic Training
Regaining the ball - Development of aerobic power using the ball
30 April, 2022Ball possession - How to train aerobic capabilities of players during the game by using the ball -
Athletic Training
Integrated physical conditioning: duel 1 vs 1 with 4 bouncers
18 April, 20221 versus 1 - An intensive exercise for physical conditioning integrating technique and speed. -
Athletic Training
Piggy in the middle 4 vs 2: change positions on Coach's signal
17 April, 2022Ball possession - A physical conditioning exercise which develops a classic "piggy in the middle" game to train passing and movement without the ball -
Athletic Training
Interval Training Circuit for Aerobic and Anaerobic Resistance
6 April, 2022Aerobic power - Exercise to improve strength, resistance and speed. -
Athletic Training
Physical course - The Square
11 January, 2020Speed - Exercise to train speed and cognitive activation -
Athletic Training
Speed and agility - Juventus FC
15 March, 2019Speed - Speed and agility in the change of direction -
Athletic Training
Aerobic ball possession 4+2 vs 2 in the square with supports
24 October, 2016Aerobic capacity - Ball possession in a reduced space to train physical resistance -
Athletic Training
2+2 vs 2
14 October, 2016Anaerobic power - Exercise for lactacid physical preparation to improve various technical and tactical skills -
Athletic Training
Aerobic Exercise: Cones - Juventus FC
3 October, 2016Aerobic power - Improve aerobic resistance, passing precision and ball possession with a funny and stimulating game