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, quickness 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.
Here you can find some soccer conditioning drills.
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Athletic Training
How to develop strength within the youth sector
Strength - How to develop strength with the ball by combining technique and athletic preparation. -
Athletic Training
Integrated physical conditioning: duel 1 vs 1 with 4 bouncers
1 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
Ball possession - A physical conditioning exercise which develops a classic "piggy in the middle" game to train passing and movement without the ball -
Athletic Training
Aerobic ball possession 4+2 vs 2 in the square with supports
Aerobic endurance - Ball possession in a reduced space to train physical resistance -
Athletic Training
Circuit for physical training: increasing strength
Strength - Exercise to improve aerobic resistance and develop strength -
Athletic Training
Conditioned Game: Adjacent areas - Juventus FC
Aerobic power - Conditioned game to develop aerobic power at a moderate intensity -
Athletic Training
Training agility, speed and shooting
Shooting - Circuit training specific for agility, speed and high-intensity finishing -
Athletic Training
Conditional circuit - Aerobic power
Aerobic power - Conditional circuit to train aerobic power -
Athletic Training
Accustom players to the intensity of matches - Barcelona FC
Football conditioning - Guardiola-inspired exercise for physical preparation -
Athletic Training
Aerobic power - Work in the square
Aerobic power - Fixed course for an agility exercise for the legs