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
Aerobic training - Match and race between cones
Aerobic power - Train aerobic resistance while having fun -
Athletic Training
Blind man's bluff
Speed - Train the speed of decision making is just as important as training the technique -
Athletic Training
Aerobic Dribbling and Oriented Control: The Star
Feints and tricks - Aerobic resistance, quick and oriented control of the ball -
Athletic Training
Physical Circuit Training for athletic resistance
Aerobic power - Athletic circuit with multiple steps to increase aerobic resistance -
Athletic Training
Functional preparation: Speed and shooting at goal
Quickness - Develop speed, 1vs1 situations and finishing -
Athletic Training
Speed and muscle power - Ajax FC
Speed - This exercise, used many times by Frank de Boer, aims to improve players' physical preparation -
Athletic Training
Anaerobic glicolitic training with a ball
Anaerobic threshold - High intensity physical and cognitive training -
Athletic Training
Interval Training: Physical training with ball transmission
Physical Training - Technical circuit to improve aerobic capacity and explosive power with interval training -
Athletic Training
Resistance workout: The spiral
Aerobic power - Aerobic workout to improve physical condition and players' aerobic resistance -
Athletic Training
Aerobic training: Direction and position changes in speed
Physical Training - Improve aerobic capacity and improve coordination in speed before and after a pass