Athletic Training soccer drills
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
Monitor players' fitness level with Hooper Index
10 January, 2023Education - Both perceived fatigue and perceived recovery are important. To monitor these parameters coaches can use the Hooper Index -
Athletic Training
Resistance workout: The spiral
5 July, 2022Aerobic power - Aerobic workout to improve physical condition and players' aerobic resistance -
Athletic Training
Ball possession 4 vs 2
2 July, 2022Anaerobic power - Exercise to improve lactic acid clearing rate and various technical skills -
Athletic Training
Specific integrated strength
29 May, 2022Strength - Technical circuit for strength, stability and equilibrium -
Athletic Training
Physical Technical Circuit - Double L
13 May, 2022Speed - Exercise to improve speed, cognitive skills and shooting at goal -
Athletic Training
Sprint training: Four Corners
7 May, 2022Speed - Useful exercise to train speed, quickness, speed resistance and explosive strength 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.