For the high schools that cancelled there soccer season but are offering Cross Country still is this the best way for soccer players to stay in shape til winter training begins
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Maybe, but be careful of the prevalence of shin splints...especially in kids that don't run track in soccer off-seasons.Originally posted by Unregistered View Post -
I feel your time is better spent conditioning and building strength in the gym while continuing to work on your game on your own. Too many players don’t strength training to begin with. Also Cross country conditions you to run at a steady controlled pace. Soccer is a game of shorter durations of explosive speed. Very different. That’s just my humble opinion.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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My kid's a runner at heart, so this is exactly what I was thinking for him.Comment
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Just no. Soccer is primarily anerobic. You need an aerobic base, but you don’t need to run cross country to build that. Get in the gym and lift some weights. Work on interval training, shuttle runs, plyometrics, strength and agility. Get explosive. Accelerate, decelerate, change direction. High intensity, low intensity, high intensity again. That is soccer.
Get a tennis ball, a skills ball and a size 5 soccer ball. Juggle starting with the tennis ball and work your way up to the size 5. Put some cones down and work 1v1 skills with both feet. Work on passing and 1st touch with a wall and a ball. Work on shooting from the dribble, finishing from different angles, different distances. Put a trash barrel 20-30 yards out and try and cross a ball into it. Does any of that sound like running 5k’s at a steady pace every day?Comment
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So many better options for our soccer players than X country.Comment
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It would be great if they could have a conditioning plan but don't really seeing a teenager doing that physical training on there own without a fulltime conditioning coach. Something after school at the school like x country is more realistic and definitely better then nothing at all.Comment
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Best way to train for soccer right now is to be playing soccer right now.Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
Why aren’t you playing?Comment
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Kids a 05 so no fall club and school soccer moved to the miaa fall 2 season in feb so no soccer right now for the poor kidOriginally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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then there is this opinionOriginally posted by Unregistered View Post
https://strengthcoachblog.com/2012/0...ve-the-answer/Comment
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Such a missed opportunity to improve and train on his own.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Please stop. These kids have been training on their own since March and it sucks.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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No, I coach HS and club. This is what I push with all the teams I coach at the HS ages. At the younger ages, I emphasize primarily technical and SAQ type training. Don’t worry about “fitness” or strength and conditioning until 11v11 and puberty.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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This didn't come out of nowhere. Did you try to get on a club that plays in the fall to avoid this exact situation?Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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