for these reasons i’ve designed a simple 6 weeks running program for soccer, something that you can use with your athletes on the break or have it in your toolbox and apply it if needed in the rtp protocols or as extra conditioning. in this running program i will show you how to measure and use mas. just punch the numbers in and you are ready to rumble. in the case of athletic 400m track, you will run 4x400m (1600m) …

“but those light weights and tons of reps don’t get you ready to be out on the field. “but those light weights and tons of reps don’t get you ready to be out on the field. “you hear about people in car accidents who are trapped under a car, and they get the superhuman strength to move the car off them.

“he is one of the best athletes i have ever worked with. when you …

monday is the day of the week on which we implement our testing/monitoring protocols. first, it gives the athletes a sense of progress— a confirmation that the time and energy that they are putting in is paying off. the intensity of these jumps is fairly low, and we put a big emphasis on ankle stiffness in the program, which is crucial for improving sprinting and jumping abilities. to determine the distance between the wickets, i rely on chris korfist’s suggestions …

chances are your players won’t know each other, they won’t have touched a ball for the better part of two months over the christmas break, and in many cases you’ll have only one training session before your first game. netball is a high impact sport on young players’ bodies, so players need to activate and prepare the muscles they’ll be using. at this time of year, and with players coming off a long break, it’s important that you start building …

even preteen players can follow a scaled-down workout plan to get ready for the season opener. your workout plan needs to be individualized to your soccer level and started about two months before the first game. this group, which includes young players age 8 to 13 with little or no training experience or soccer beginners, obviously needs a far simpler preseason workout plan than older soccer players, writes university of north carolina conditioning coach greg gatz in “complete conditioning for …