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Training For Speed
By John Salmon
Speed training for match
You want more speed in your (soccer) game to run your opponents and they disagree on how to do that. Finally, to develop speed to play and is very different from developing speed say, a track and field race. Why is this so? That's because you have to develop different types of speed instead of just speed sprint.
The types of speed you need to develop are: --
- Speed of Thought - You have to think fast on your feet (pun unintentional), and adapt to the pace of the game. You are currently using and thinking at the same time. How to simulate a movement, how to create space, whose position in futures, which pass the ball, to shoot or dribble or enforcement strategies your coach etc. ..... The flow of thoughts are endless and are coming fast and furious until the final whistle is blown.
Think speed can be developed with a good coach and competition often playing soccer.
- Accelerated speed - speed acceleration is crucial. You need all of a sudden pick up speed very quickly when your opponents are closing in you. This burst of speed to catch your opponents ignore or caught flat if your feet includes an acceleration sudden change of direction.
You can develop faster speed development of strength in
your entire lower body. All your leg muscles, including your glutes (butt muscles) are recruited when you accelerate. Weight training with squats, slots, legs stiff dead lift and calf raises are crucial to develop your power in the lower body. When your lower body muscles are strong, you can also jump higher when you go for a heading.
High Intensity Interval training also helps you to develop speed acceleration and build your endurance and power.
- The speed - When you dribble, turn and pretend fast, you must have a large body stability and strength. You can tour de force fast and if you have strong and stable core muscles.
To develop the muscles strong base, not problems of problems to reverse, bridges, board, later problems of… These exercises are to be slow and deliberate compacting base whenever you exhale.
When you are physically developed these muscles and, coupled with good training and endurance, you'll be a hell of a speed demonstration on the field. Information on soccer moves can be found at The Coach.
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