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Many soccer players get injured during their preseason because they are ill prepared for the high intensity nature of their practice sessions, conditioning, and even scrimmages that are meant to prepare the regular season.
When the season starts, the focus is shifted toward technical and tactical drills which is important but physical preparation tends to drop off and suffer due to this. This is where conditioning levels and speed tend to decrease while injury occurrences seem to rise.
To realize growth in areas like speed, power and injury resilience, you must continually train for those specific adaptations as often as possible.
There is a way to continually make strides in performance, while staying prepared and healthy through any part of a sports season. Level Up Athletics is here to help you feel your best at any time of the year.
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Training Broken Down into 3 Main Components
#1 Foundational Conditioning, Strength and Mechanics
You need to have a solid foundation of mechanics, body control and strength, so you can elevate your athletic potential.
This will put any player in a better position to play well at a higher level.
The focus here is to build generic strength, speed/power and base conditioning to build a foundation of athleticism.
#2 Force Production
The goal here is to how to apply force powerfully and accelerate well. For soccer players, you'll find that the ability to intercept a play, get to an open ball or beat a defender starts with quality first few steps.
To be great at acceleration, you need to be able to produce great amount of force per step and in the least amount of time. Quick and powerful steps is what the aim is.
Plyometric drills as well as resistive speed training, will help enhance the qualities of acceleration.
#3 Game Conditioning
Soccer players NEED to work on agility but better yet, understand game speed. Everyone from the goalkeeper to the forwards. Knowing your speedometer (how fast you can/should run) is a difference maker on the field.
Performing every movement at maximal speed doesn't always lead to success. At times it leads to less control and inability to change directions efficently. There are plenty of moments in game where linear speed will be needed. However, with the constant change of possessions, change of pace with playing styles, etc. there is a speed each individual player will discover that is needed based on circumstances.
The best way to get a true understanding of this is competing with your fellow athletes!
By the end the summer, you should feel confident in your body's coordination, health and performance level as you step onto the pitch with your team.
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