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