| What to Focus on in Soccer Training | | | | is also important in soccer. This will help you dodge |
| Strength, speed, and agility are all important abilities | | | | other players, protect the goal, and make contact |
| when it comes to the game of soccer. It is obvious | | | | with the ball. Soccer training does not often focus on |
| why speed is important in soccer: soccer is a | | | | strength, but it is an area that will allow you to really |
| fast-paced game. The more ability you have to keep | | | | help your team. Developing your strength will also |
| up with the ball and outrun other players, the more | | | | allow you to perform soccer skills better, over a |
| likely you are to achieve big plays for your team. | | | | longer period of time, than your opponents. Focusing |
| Soccer demands lots of fast spurts of speed within a | | | | on these three areas will allow you to be a threat on |
| general marathon-like running session, so develop | | | | any soccer field. |
| your speed over both short and long distances. Agility | | | | |