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Article #349: How To Train For Speed - Soccer Football Game

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Speed Training For Soccer Football Game You can develop acceleration speed by
So you want more speed in your soccer developing strength in your entire lower
(football) game to out run your opponents body. All your leg muscles including your
and are at odds at how to go about it. glutes (butt muscles) are recruited when
Well, to develop speed to play soccer you accelerate. Weight training with
well is very much different from squats, lunges, stiff legged dead lift
developing speed say, for a track and and calf raises are crucial to develop
field race. Why is this so? That is power in your lower body. When your lower
because you have to develop various types body muscles are strong, you can also
of speed instead of just sprinting speed. jump higher when you are going for a
The types of speed you need to develop heading.
are:- High Interval Intensity training and
• Thinking speed - You must think fast incline speed running up slopes will also
on your feet (pun not intended) and adapt help you to develop powerful acceleration
to the furious pace of the game. You are speed as well as building up your
running and thinking at the same time. endurance and power.
How to feign a movement, how to create • Turning Speed - When you dribble,
space, which position to run into, who to turn and feign fast, you need to have
pass the ball to, to shoot or to great body stability and strength. You
dribble...etc. The flow of thoughts are can only turn fast and powerfully if you
endless until the final whistle is blown. have strong and stable core muscles.
Thinking speed can be developed with a To develop powerful core muscles, do
good football coach and by playing crunches, reverse crunches, bridge,
competitive football game often. plank, side crunches etc. These exercises
• Acceleration speed - Acceleration are to be done slowly and deliberately
speed is crucial to play good soccer. You compressing your core muscles hard every
need to suddenly pick up speed very time you breathe out.
quickly when your opponents are closing When you have physically developed these
in on you. This sudden burst of speed muscles well, coupled with good skill
will catch your opponents unaware or training and stamina, you will be one
caught them flat footed if your hell of a speed demon on the football
acceleration includes a sudden change of field.
direction.






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