Football Speed Training
Football is played in two main forms, firstly as a 90 minute game with a 15 minute half time rest period, or a more explosive 5 aside game. Being a sport that is constantly on the go, your fitness level and strength plays an important part in your game, however a high skill level on the ball and good knowledge of the game are also essential.
Football is a sport that requires a multitude of athletic abilities, aim to make improvements in the following to improve your game:
Explosive acceleration and fast sprinting speed.
Muscular endurance and strength in the lower body.
Muscular balance and high levels of neuromuscular co-ordination.
Body awareness and agility, the ability to know where
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Discipline to take orders and decisions, as well as putting the team first.
Good flexibility to avoid injury, football players are prone to poor hamstring flexibility.
Correct balance between your quadriceps and hamstrings, as well as strength imbalances between your left and right leg.
Your fitness training should take the following form
Speed work
Look at the plyometric circuit to developing explosive power, aim to do this circuit no more than once a week, and certainly not on days before a match, as this type of circuit takes a few days to recover from.
Shuttle sprints, most sprints last for between 6 and 15 meters in a match, so look at
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Muscular Endurance
Use this circuit once a week to develop muscular endurance, best performed alongside a skill session or on a day after a match.
DISTANCE SPEED DRILL / NOTES
2 X LAPS LIGHT RUN PACE WARM UP & STRETCH
3 X LAPS JOG / RUN / FAST PACE YOURSELF
3 X 1/2 LAPS AS ABOVE DO DRILL WITH FOOTBALL
1 X LAP RUN PACE HK - SS -
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4 X 1/2 LAPS FAST RUN LEG CIRCUIT AFTER EACH 1/2 LAP
4 X 1/2 LAPS FAST RUN AS ABOVE PLUS UPPER BODY CIRCUIT
4 X 1/2 LAPS FAST RUN AS ABOVE PLUS ABS CIRCUIT
4 X LAPS SPRINT / JOG SPRINT ONE SIDE THEN JOG BACKWARDS *
4 X 1/2 LAPS FAST AS POSSIBLE DO DRILL WITH FOOTBALL
5 X LAPS FAST RUN LEG CIRCUIT AFTER EACH LAP
2 X LAPS LIGHT RUN PACE COOL DOWN & STRETCH
HK = HIGH KNEE RUNNING SS = SIDE STEPPING HTB = HEEL TO BUM
AIM TO SPRINT THE WIDTH OF THE PITCH, THEN JOG BACKWARDS ALONG THE LENGTH BEFORE SPRINTING AGAIN. ONCE YOU GET FITTER, YOU CAN THEN
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Perform 8-15 of each exercise as fast as possible, remember first time around to perform just the leg circuit, then the leg and upper body and finally all three. Make sure that you do the lap run after each circuit.
LEG CIRCUIT
Two footed squat thrusts - aim for a 12 inch jump. Walking lunge forward - changing lead leg. Alternate leg squat thrusts - count reps on 1 leg only.
UPPER BODY CIRCUIT
Wide arm press-up. Take elbows out to your sides. Normal press ups, aim to keep a straight line through your back. Close Hand - Aim to keep your thumbs touching each other.
ABDOMINAL CIRCUIT
Normal sit ups, keep
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Along with this session you can do straightforward cardiovascular training in the form of running, rowing and stepper’s. Aim to build up to doing sessions that last a minimum of 45 minutes either 2-3 times a week. You can also do your weight training after your C.V. workouts, in order to give your body a chance to rest and recover for key matches.
Strength Training
Read the notes on strength training on the site, concentrate on adjusting your workouts to allow for your body to recover, avoid training sore muscles. Train at low intensity’s if
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LOWER BODY
Seated leg extension machine Quads. Keeping your back firmly into machine, place your feet under the foot pad, about shoulder width apart, just above your ankle level.
As you develop your leg strength, aim to work for 3 sets of 10 - 12 reps, followed by 1 - 2 sets of 50% weight, using 1 leg for 4 - 8 reps.
Calf machine. Most modern gyms will have a calf machine, if not that use either a Smith Machine or Barbell across your shoulders.
Stand straight with the balls of your feet on the platform, with the shoulder weight
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Lift and lower slowly for 2 - 3 sets of 10 - 12 reps working for a full range.
Cable adductor and abductor pulls, Inner / Outer Thighs. Aim for 2 sets 0f 10 - 12 reps with a suitable weight. Work one leg, then simply turn around to face the other way, in order to work the abductors.
Repeat on the other leg. Count the number of reps that you can do, in order to gauge the difference if any in strength in each leg.
Leg Press Quadriceps. There are a number of foot positions you can use to work the different
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Work for 3 sets of 10-12 reps, for first set work with your feet close, then normal and finally wide, with toes pointing outwards.
Hamstring Curl Machine. Use a suitable weight and perform smooth reps. Avoid pushing yourself on this exercise, as most people’s hamstrings will tend to be tight, and can easily be damaged.
Aim for 2 - 3 sets of 10 - 12 reps, using a light weight for your first set.
Gluts / Hip Flexor Cable Pull Connect a foot strap around a leg, just above the ankle joint, and attach this to a low cable pulley.
Aim to keep
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Work for 2 sets of 10 - 12 reps, on each leg - facing forward (gluts) and rearward (hip flexors).
Complete Lower Body. A combination of either front or rear lunges can be performed using a Smith Machine, however always make sure that you perform with a lightweight, enabling your leg muscles to get use to the movement prior to increasing the weight.
Aim for 2 sets of 10 - 15 reps each leg, using a light weight, however aim for a full range of movement.
Adductor Machine. Aim to keep your legs and back in contact with the machine at
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It may be useful to warm up your muscles with a lightweight prior to your training weight.
Aim for 2 sets 0f 10 - 12 reps with a suitable weight.
UPPER BODY WORKOUT
This session is designed to work all muscle groups of your upper body, as an endurance / toning circuit and also to increase the heart rate sufficiently to provide you with a sweat.
Aim to work at a fast comfortable pace within your own limits, taking minimal rest between the different exercises, this circuit is only suitable for persons use
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LEVEL SET 1 SET 2 SET 3 SET 4
REPS REST REPS REST REPS REST REPS REST
INTERMEDIATE 12-15 30 SEC 10-15 30 SEC - - - -
ADVANCED 15-20 20 SEC 15-20 20 SEC 12-15 20 SEC - -
ATHLETIC 20-25 10 SEC 20-25 10 SEC 15 -20 15 SEC 15-20 15 SEC
WARM UP AND STRETCH PRIOR TO DOING THIS CIRCUIT
Wide Arm Press-Up. Take your hands out at double shoulder width, with your palms facing forward. Dependent on your fitness level, choose your style to work in, i.e. 3/4 position for intermediates and full position for advanced.
1 Arm Row. Support your body by placing your left hand and knee on a bench, whilst placing
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Aim to keep your back parallel to the floor, whilst lifting the weighted elbow from a straight position to an angle of 90 degrees or more, aiming to take the elbow high without rotation.
Biceps Curl, again if possible perform in a seated position to limit excessive body swing.
For intermediates and advanced aim to perform the movement in the 3 following actions, normal / hammer / and reverse, full descriptions of all the exercises can be found in the members area.
Tricep Dips, place your hands either side of your buttocks, with fingers facing forward. Bend at your elbows, taking them backwards. Perform on a
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Breast Stroke. Control the movement, ideally standing with feet shoulder width apart. Keep your head up looking straight ahead, with elbows at shoulder height. LIGHTWEIGHT
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Bench Press Aim to perform the exercises in either a close arm normal or wide stance exercise. Again you can adapt the exercise by using an incline / decline / or flat bench, whilst working with either dumbbells or a barbell.
Focus on a complete range of movement, lowering the weight down to your chest, however
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Tricep Kick Backs. Sit on a secure bench with your feet firmly on the floor, leaning over as far as possible, ideally to a position that enables your body to be parallel to the floor. LIGHTWEIGHT
Smoothly extend the arm back from a bent position, in order to straighten the arm, focusing on keeping your upper arm horizontal whilst keeping your elbow tucked into your side.
Reverse Fly’s. Support your back on either an inclined bench or the thigh of one leg. Keeping a bend in your arms lift the weight up no higher than shoulder height in a smooth motion, before lowering under control.
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Lateral Raise. Holding suitable dumbbells in each hand, smoothly lift the weights up from your side, to a horizontal position out to your sides, aiming to keep a slight bend in your arms, hands inline with your shoulders.
For best results, certainly for beginners, aim to work on a declined bench so that you have some support for your lower back.
Close Arm Press-Ups. Beginners should perform in a box style press-up, as this is a hard exercise. Aim to make a triangle with your fingers and thumbs, taking your elbows out to the side. Your hands should be under your chest.
Normal Fly’s. Work on either a flat or incline bench, taking the weights from a central position,
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Keep a slight bend in the arms at the elbow, lowering the weights no lower than your shoulders.
Shoulder Press. Aim to work in a seated position on an inclined bench for support for your back. Lift the weights from your shoulders, up above your head, keeping the palms of your hands facing forward. Make sure the weights are secure.
Remember that by doing high reps 15+, you will build up muscular endurance, without increasing in size too much. Correct nutrition will help you build stronger leaner muscle tissue necessary for today’s game.
Aim to fit 2 sessions in a week of strength training, as mentioned earlier, these can be combined
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Use the weight training login sheet to monitor your progress, with the amount of weight that you can lift as well as the reps.
Co - ordination / Skills
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Ladder Drills
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Single leg run; aim to run on the ball of your foot, without catching the rope or chalk lines.
= Left foot = Right foot
Double leg run; aim to run at speed through the rope ladder, pumping with your arms.
= Left foot = Right foot
Double side step, run through the ladder in a sideways direction, with either double or single leg.
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Ickey Shuffle, As with the double run, but this time every third step comes outside the rope.
= Left foot = Right foot
Cross over’s, Side step through the rope, taking your leading leg both in front and then behind the trailing leg. = Left foot = Right foot
By performing these drills in both directions, you will soon realize that you are better on one side than the other. Aim to work on your weaker side for greater improvements in your game.
Discipline
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