| It's known as 'The Beautiful Game', and is the most | | | | workout, as well as building your leg muscles. |
| popular game around the world. Enjoyed everywhere | | | | - Stamina training. Another key to any good player is |
| from playing fields to streets to high schools, soccer | | | | the level of stamina they possess, and this is where |
| is a game everyone can enjoy. However, as fun as it | | | | dedicated soccer fitness training can help. After all, a |
| is, to play it properly you need to be fit as well as | | | | game of soccer lasts a minimum 90 minutes, not |
| skillful, and this is where a dedicated soccer fitness | | | | including extra time if required, so ensuring you can |
| training regimen or program comes into effect. | | | | last the pace is crucial. Jogging around the soccer |
| Yet even this needs to be done properly, in order to | | | | pitch itself a few times will help build up your stamina |
| get the maximum benefit from your soccer training. | | | | as well as your overall fitness. |
| After all, it's no good being the fittest player on the | | | | - Aerobic and cardio training. Although the phrase |
| park if you have to come off with a pulled muscle | | | | aerobic may bring to mind girls in leotards exercising |
| because you did not warm up properly beforehand. | | | | to music in a hall, you would be surprised at how this |
| Therefore, making sure you have a set routine for | | | | can be adapted for soccer fitness training. You |
| your soccer fitness training is crucial to get the best | | | | obviously don't need the leotards, but you can still |
| results every time. | | | | use music to accompany a strong aerobic workout |
| - Warm up. Just like any exercise, you need to make | | | | (it's a proven fact that loud music stimulates |
| sure your body is completely warmed up before you | | | | endorphins, which in turn give you extra energy). Do |
| start your soccer fitness training. This not only | | | | quick and intense circuit training exercises for the |
| loosens up your limbs for the training ahead, but will | | | | best effect. |
| stop you from injuring yourself. Warm ups can include | | | | - Five-a-side soccer. Perhaps not surprisingly, one of |
| light jogging, stretching, gentle bouncing on the spot, | | | | the best ways to benefit from soccer fitness training |
| and even a quick mini-game of kicking the ball back | | | | is to play the game itself, and this is even more so if |
| and forth. | | | | you play indoor 5-a-side soccer. With a small play |
| - Speed training. Any good soccer coach will tell you | | | | area and fast, intense games, this will give your |
| that speed is just as important a quality as overall | | | | whole body a superb workout, and increase your |
| skill. If you can run at defenders and pass them at | | | | fitness and stamina levels immensely. |
| will to get a cross into your strikers, that's an added | | | | Whatever level of player you are, by taking your |
| weapon to your team's arsenal. Set up two cones 50 | | | | soccer fitness training drills seriously you will become |
| yards apart, and practice your sprinting between | | | | not only a better player, but a healthier one as well. |
| them and back again. This is excellent for a cardio | | | | |