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
Physical circuit training - The Square
Speed - Exercise to train speed, quickness and cognitive activation -
Athletic Training
Sprint training: Four Corners
Speed - Useful exercise to train speed, quickness, speed resistance and explosive strength on short distances -
Athletic Training
Ball possession: From 4 vst 1 to 4 vs 4
Ball possession - Small sided game of ball possession to train lactacid physical workout and various technical and tactical skills -
Athletic Training
Technical conditioning warm-up
Aerobic power - A warm-up course with technical and motor components -
Athletic Training
Specific integrated strength
Strength - Technical circuit for strength, stability and equilibrium