Opinion; Intervals for football
tony mess
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Asked by tony mess - 5 answers - 3 years 51 weeks ago
Opinion; Intervals for football
Can I have some opinions on whats best when it comes to football interval training. Is it best to do a couple of long sprints (400m) at 75% speed or several short ( 30m ) full sprints.
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Hello,
There's not interval which works out the best for football because there are so many points which you have to consider. First of all, look at the person's position on the field since an attacker doesn't do the same things as a defender or a mid-fielder. In general, is very rare that a football players runs 400 m in a row without stopping. The main efforts in football is walking with many short distance sprints. I would say 30-60 m. Now this can change if the person is a midfielder. Because they might need some longer distance. So you really have to analyse the needs of every player. Just stay specific and try to mix it up. Don't just stay with one specific distance because during a game, the sprints could go from 5 m to 60m or more. One more thing, since the game goes for 90+ minutes, you also have to focus on sprint endurance since it is important to maintain full speed during the whole game. So it could also be interesting to place some interval/sprint work on an already pre-fatigued body.
Hope that helps,
Patrick
Thanks Patrick, some good pornts there.
as mstter of fact you need both of them because,400m running with 75% it refers to running endurance in way but 30m with full sprint that conceder speed endurance
I don't do intervals without a ball included which will make it more match related. Then i put it up like this: Field size: 2 penalty areas, with two goals. A goalkeeper in each goal. Then you'll make 4 teams of 3-5 players. Two teams to play at a time of 3 minutes and then the two other teams to play at a period of 3 minutes. Every team plays 5 or more matches - depending on condition on the players.
I think the advantage of this is that every player will do what they are good at - a winger will sprint, a defender will tackle - which all will make the heart work at the best.
Hi,
Interval training is not related to sprints alone. Interval training in various components such as Endurance, speed, strength agility etc.
For every component the load, volume and intensity need to be designed according to the age, sex,level,playing position, weather conditions etc.,
the most important is the training schedule for which period,.i.e, preparatory , competition, I or II transition period.
Before designing consider all above factors.
Good luck