Drills @ home?

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weight training

When should my kids hit the weight room for soccer? At what age? Tell me now.....NOW!

When IS weight training / lifting ok? At what age?

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huh?

When IS weight training / lifting ok? At what age?

Are you joking?

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Soccer Physical Training.

Interval training vs road Work? Any thoughts?

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When IS weight training / lifting ok? At what age?

It is never too early as long as you are lifting the appropriate weight.

We are from Eastside and have been on this program since U11. Feel free to use it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEE-R-PYC_Y

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In the drills-at-home category, or soccer homework vein, I am honestly interested in what "successful" parents! trainers, or coaches encourage their players to do at home, save for regular club practices, games, or street ball play. Ridiculous replies appreciated along with the serious.

first of all....we are all failing when calling them "drills"

what kid wants to do "drills"?

absolutely zero!

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first of all....we are all failing when calling them "drills"

what kid wants to do "drills"?

absolutely zero!

Great another parent who is a soccer parent. New rule for this thread should be that no coaching advice allowed unless you have at least personally played up to the 5th grade recreation level.

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Great another parent who is a soccer parent. New rule for this thread should be that no coaching advice allowed unless you have at least personally played up to the 5th grade recreation level.

Meant to say another parent who is a soccer expert.

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hork

It is never too early as long as you are lifting the appropriate weight.

We are from Eastside and have been on this program since U11. Feel free to use it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEE-R-PYC_Y

Your mom is perty jethro!

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hills

Will it be alrite if i take my son to the field to run those hills?

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weight / resistence training

Hey,
All joking aside, your kid can get seriously hurt and damage his/her long-term physical development if they approach weight / resistence training the wrong way. Do NOT mess around here. A Youtube / "Hulking out for dummies" approach is a horrible idea, and borderline child abuse. For my son, I went to a professional trainer to set up and run his program.

Also, it is important that you have someone very well versed in resistence training with your kid at ALL times during his sessions. This person needs to ensure the child does not push too hard, and as importantly, learns and adheres to proper form. In fact, for my son (13yr), our goal is to get him knowledgeable in proper technique across a variety of exercises, keeping the weight / resistence low and the reps high.

In terms of diet, resistence training does increase the body's need for protein. But stay away from supplements beyond simple whey protein and multi-vitamins. Amino acid / post-workout supplements are a "maybe" starting in high school, and creatine is IMO, a little excessive (and often used in place of instilling a hard work ethic, which if the whole point of youth sports / athletics, no?).

Anyway, do NOT mess around. Cheers.

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Watch some games

Go to Timbers games or watch some soccer on TV.

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Go to Timbers games or watch some soccer on TV.

Better yet, play FIFA 2014!!

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Chase chickens!

Buy, raise, chase, kill and eat Chickens.....your neighbors in Vancouver will love ya!

I second this 100%. Excellent agility and anticipation training, plus a more healthy diet, two birds, one stone. We actually do raise chickens and the kids will spend hours chasing them around the yard and it definitely pays off, this is not a joke. The smaller show birds like modern game birds are actually more difficult to catch than the big stupid meat birds though.

I am not saying this is the main, or sole reason that my kids are quicker than Messi and faster than Bale... but it is a reason.

Hit this link, you will not be disappointed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8ZkY7tnpRs

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http://www.technicafootball.com/

In the drills-at-home category, or soccer homework vein, I am honestly interested in what "successful" parents! trainers, or coaches encourage their players to do at home, save for regular club practices, games, or street ball play. Ridiculous replies appreciated along with the serious.

Here is a great site that a friend of mine in Denmark has developed for playing/practicing/training soccer at home. He is one of the top youth coaches in Denmark.

http://www.technicafootball.com/[/url]

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Which winter futsal program is good in Portland?