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Soccer training: Before putting on your soccer shoes, read these articles for the latest in soccer training and coaching soccer. With a bit of know-how, soccer players can increase their performance, and thus their overall soccer skills and soccer techniques… To browse our library of free sports training articles, browse using the categories on the left or use the search box.
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Football Training Drills for Improving Energy Systems During Pre-season
Football Tips and Exercises to Make You Ready for the New Season
Strength Training Program Part 1: Competition Preparation
The best Weight Training Exercises to prepare for competition
Increase Vertical Leap and Improve Jumping Ability with Plyometrics
Plyometric Exercises to Make You Jump Higher and Further
Ladder Drill: Two Feet in Each Rung
A progression from the One Foot in Each Rung drill, challenges the speed of co-ordination of the athlete. Have the athlete perform the drill correctly by asking them to start off slowly to get a feel of the movement.
Head injuries in Football
No long-term risk from concussion in football
Soccer players' balance is inferior
Comparison of standing balance in dancers and football players
Prevent Ankle Injuries
A simple way to predict ankle risk
Hamstring injuries: A Study
Hamstring injury solution?
Football 'Throw-ins': Attaining maximum distance
Attaining maximum distance in football ‘throw-ins’
Sport Books: Football, Rugby, and more
Six of the best sports books of 2005
Football Player Injuries - Are they becoming more frequent?
Football injuries - are they really on the rise?
Football coaching - half time psychology
Make sure your football coaching mentally prepares you for the second half!
Can Athletes Dance Their Way to Agility?
Dance Training for Agility, Speed and Power
tournament football
Tournament Football : What Sven can learn from research in the lead-up to the 2006 World Cup
Mathematics of Sport
Mathematics Of Sport Book Review
acetabular labrum tears
Acetabular labrum tears - a right pain in the groin
hamstring strains
Hamstring strains
football children
Why football is good for children
Strength training for hamstrings
Developing the full range of strength in this exercise will give an athlete a very good level of hamstring strength
sports vision training
Sports vision - How enhancing your vision can give you that extra edge in competition
soccer fitness training
Soccer fitness training: Endurance training boosts performance in the field
sport specific weight training
Sport specific weight training
Fitness for football
Fitness For Football: Endurance training boosts performance in the field
Exercise equipment
Exercise Equipment: Is treadmill training a help or hindrance for the serious athlete?
Fluid replacement
Fluid Replacement: Regular topping-up is far more than a matter of just quenching thirst.
Pressure training sessions
Pressure Training Sessions: How to keep your skills even when all about you are losing theirs.
Nutrition for soccer players
Nutrition for soccer players: How soccer players can overcome the second-half slump.
The eyes: soccer
The Eyes: Soccer: What makes a topnotch football player different from a mediocre performer? One key difference is in the way their eyes move, according to researchers at the University of Liverpool and the University of Manchester.
Eating before competition
Eating Before Competition: Can you give your performance an edge by fuelling up before exercise? Well, sometimes yes, sometimes no, and sometimes it can even have a negative effect. Here are the guidelines.
Speed parachutes
Speed Parachutes: Displaying their bold maize and blue colors, the chutes billow out behind runners during workouts, attached by cords to the athletes' chests.
Soccer Refs
Top flight soccer refs cover 11k-plus per match, says new study
Shin splints 1
Shin splints: These exercises will help to strengthen your lower legs, and prevent or repair shin splint problems
Physiology & performance
What time is it inside your body? The answer may determine the effectiveness of your training - and your performance
Longevity
Longevity: Exercise helps you to live longer, but how important is intensity?
Training dietary regimes
Training Dietary Regimes: You can lead a footballer to a proper diet, but can you make him eat it?
Conditioning
Conditioning: Next to cross-country skiing, running is the best type of fitness training for all sports.
shin splints treatment
Shin Splints Treatment: How to strengthen the lower parts of your legs, and prevent (or repair) shin splints problems
Leg strength | knee injury risks
Leg strength and knee injury risks for endurance athletes: If you're a footballer, your knees are most at risk towards the end of a match.
Heredity, genes and sports performance
Heredity, Genes And Sports Performance: Dad, mum and you - how much do your genes really influence your performances?
Cross Training Workouts
Cross Training Workouts
Stretching, flexibility, hamstrings and injury
The truth about stretching and why the Kenyan athletes always do it after their workouts are over.
Pre season training for soccer and rugby
Conference Report: How football and rugby teams should train before the season begins.
Physical activity
Just how good is exercise for you? Damn good. In addition to improving your fitness and giving you more energy to carry out your everyday activities, regular exercise can limit your chances of suffering from a number of deadly - and not-so-deadly - diseases.
"run-play" training
"run-play" Training: These workouts can boost fitness, speed, endurance and correct weaknesses - and are fun to do.
Sports injury avoidance
Sports Injury Avoidance: Like most athletes, you undoubtedly want to lower your chances of incurring an injury while participating in your favourite sport. Injuries decrease the amount of time you can spend in leisure activities, lower your fitness, downgrade competitive performances, and can lead to long-term health problems such as arthritis and/or joint stiffness.
Does foot structure affect injury rate?
There's been considerable confusion concerning the effects of foot structure on injury rates. Some researchers - and large numbers of people in the population at large - believe that individuals with low-arched feet have weak foot structures and are more predisposed to injuries in the lower extremities.
Circuit training
Circuit Training: These exercises are an excellent way to build strength and stamina simultaneously.
Reading the game
Reading The Game: While lesser mortals grind out victories with their patient shots, eliminating risks and playing the percentages, the truly gifted seem to conjure with time. They bring an unhurried genius to their game that allows them to play shots with an audacity that sometimes surprises even them.
soccer exercise | aerobic system
Soccer exercise energy demands
Football coaching: Ball kicking
Football coaching: a new measure of kicking accuracy
soccer injuries | hip injuries
Soccer injuries: Why ex-pro soccer players have hip problems
soccer injuries | hip injuries
Soccer injuries: Why ex-pro soccer players have hip problems
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