The Complete Guide to Soccer Fitness and Injury Prevention

The Complete Guide to Soccer Fitness and Injury Prevention

Author: Donald T. Kirkendall

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

Published: 2011-07-15

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 0807882755

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What are the best fuel foods for soccer players? What training regimen will best prepare young soccer players and improve their resistance to injuries? This comprehensive guide to health and fitness for soccer players offers expert advice for soccer teams at all levels. With decades of combined experience treating and training elite soccer players, exercise physiologist Donald Kirkendall and orthopedic specialist William E. Garrett Jr. present complex issues in an easy-to-understand format. The book addresses the physical and mental demands of the game, including the differences between boys' and girls' games and the differences in the levels of play in youth, college, and professional leagues; nutrition fundamentals, including food, drink, and vitamin supplements; physiology and training methods, with an emphasis on the basic elements of flexibility, speed, strength, and conditioning; and injury treatment and prevention. For players looking to step up their game, for parents who want to keep their kids healthy, and for coaches seeking the advice of the pros, this guide is an indispensable reference to keep handy on the sidelines.


Complete Conditioning for Soccer

Complete Conditioning for Soccer

Author: Ryan Alexander

Publisher: Human Kinetics

Published: 2020-06-25

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1492594342

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The future of soccer conditioning has arrived. With content ranging from how to properly develop speed, strength, power, and agility in players at all levels to unique position-specific training guidelines and detailed return-to-play protocols, Complete Conditioning for Soccer is a real game changer. Training protocols and progressions, complete with schematics of on-field conditioning drills, guide conditioning for players from youth to professional levels. Field players of every position will increase strength to dribble through traffic. Forwards will pack more power into shots on goal. Central midfielders will improve quickness and agility to find open passing lanes and evade opponents. Goalkeepers will develop the explosiveness to cover the width of the goal to make that save. Emphasizing player movement and conditioning needs for the long term, you will learn the positional and seasonal demands that directly impact player development and performance and discover the significant differences between playing styles, positions, levels of play, and genders. To keep players game-ready, you’ll find detailed information on avoiding some of the most common soccer injuries as well as step-by-step, position-specific training protocols for players returning from injury. Written by Ryan Alexander, the director of sports science for Atlanta United Football Club (MLS), Complete Conditioning for Soccer takes the process of physical preparation for soccer to a whole new level.


The Strong Female Athlete

The Strong Female Athlete

Author: Erica Suter MS

Publisher:

Published: 2021-12-06

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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The Strong Female Athlete is an evidence-based and experience-based text with a fresh, novel approach for youth female athletes to improve speed, reduce injury, and increase strength. In this exuberant body of work, Erica Suter gives a deep understanding of female athlete growth and maturation, anatomy and physiology, nutritional needs, menstrual cycle considerations, and performance training progressions. She presents the science, but in a way that is readable and fun for coaches, parents, and young girls. This is way easier to read than a scientific study! The final chapters discuss mental training and how female athletes can improve confidence, and overcome challenges from sports and life.


Specific Soccer Fitness Training For Players Positions | More Than 60 Sessions

Specific Soccer Fitness Training For Players Positions | More Than 60 Sessions

Author: Raed Thaher

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017-04-28

Total Pages: 70

ISBN-13: 1365923819

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Soccer or football as it's called in most of the world is a game that requires a wide range offitness to play at an elite level. You need not only good cardiovascular fitness; you need corestrength, speed, agility and stamina. All of this in one player who can play a full 90 minutesor more, at as close to peak level as possible. How do you reach this goal? Simple, hard workand dedication to being the best you can be.You must combine these factors with the need of your players positions to deal with the game and oponent all the match period.


Soccer Fitness and Skill Training

Soccer Fitness and Skill Training

Author: Darren Pitfield

Publisher: Professional Soccer Coaching

Published: 2010-02

Total Pages: 29

ISBN-13: 0578041219

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Personal Soccer Training booklet for players wanting to self improve their fitness and skill levels. 52 week program contains 70 unique personal training activities. Designed by professional academy soccer coaching staff and contains drills for youth, high school, college and professional level players. Also includes detailed nutrition plans for players for training and games.


Fitness Training for Soccer

Fitness Training for Soccer

Author: Ken Sherry

Publisher: Reedswain Inc.

Published: 2003-09

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 9781591640356

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Fitness training is an essential component of soccer development. The stronger, faster, more agile and balanced players are, the more effective they will be in both training and game situations. The good news is you can improve fitness levels through proper training, and this book is the place to start. Full of small sided games and drills specifically designed to maximise fitness training for soccer.


Soccer: Functional Fitness Training

Soccer: Functional Fitness Training

Author: Harry Dost

Publisher: Meyer & Meyer Sport

Published: 2016-11-28

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 1782550909

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The world’s best soccer players are incredibly fit, fast, lean, and strong. Achieving this level of athleticism requires a rigorous soccer fitness training program applying the most effective drills, exercises, and core training methods. In Soccer: Functional Fitness Training, the authors present numerous drills for this training. Based on the latest the findings in sports science and on the authors’ long-term coaching experience, they present an extensive practical guide to help you improve your team’s performance through core training, soccer specific exercises, and drills. The exercises can be used for amateurs and professional players, youth and adults alike. Your players can learn how to score the most exciting and acrobatic goals, how to tackle without fouling, and how to avoid injuries. The drills in the book create typical match situations to help your team prepare for the game and stay motivated. Many of the fitness exercises require no extra equipment and rely only on bodyweight, thus targeting many different muscles at once. The book is easy to use on the pitch and the ideal tool to turn youth players into the next Cristiano Ronaldo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, or Bastian Schweinsteiger.


Complete Conditioning for Soccer

Complete Conditioning for Soccer

Author: Greg Gatz

Publisher: Human Kinetics

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 0736077138

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Presents a comprehensive training approach that builds players' physical abilities as well as the soccer-specific skills required for dribbling, tackling.


Strength Training for Soccer

Strength Training for Soccer

Author: Daniel Guzman

Publisher: Human Kinetics

Published: 2022-06-27

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1492598348

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"This book is an authoritative, practical guide to designing resistance training programs for soccer. It provides principles of resistance training, exercise descriptions, program design guidelines, and sample programs"--