{"id":19801,"date":"2020-09-18T08:05:33","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T06:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/?p=19801"},"modified":"2024-09-12T13:11:31","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T11:11:31","slug":"how-to-enhance-your-soccer-fitness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/fitness-sport-management-blog\/how-to-enhance-your-soccer-fitness\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Enhance Your Soccer Fitness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Few team sports around are as physically demanding as soccer is. The average professional soccer player now covers over 10km in a 90-minute match. At the moment, it\u2019s not just about increasing lung capacity. \u00a0The pressures of the game have increased so much that being bigger, more powerful and explosive is more important than ever. So if you aspire to any half-decent level of football, you&#8217;ll need to work on your stamina.<\/p>\n<p>Soccer is an intense as well as a demanding sport. To be a great soccer player, it is necessary for you to be in top physical condition. While practising with a team and participating in a competitive play can up your level of fitness, it\u2019s also important to undertake some extra conditioning on the side. By increasing your stamina, enhancing your agility in addition to fine-tuning your footwork, you\u2019ll be able to do better during games and even stay fit during the off-season.<\/p>\n<p>Although natural talent certainly plays a pivotal role in a player\u2019s performance on the soccer field, sufficient personal training is also of the utmost importance. While it is no secret that regular gym and field drills are an absolute necessity for players, home workouts can be equally beneficial.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Up Your Cardio<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Get yourself on a <a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/blog\/6-awesome-workouts-cardio-machines\/\">treadmill<\/a> or, alternatively, find any open space which you can run in. Interval training is not a traditional stamina-builder however it is what you\u2019ll find most Premier League players doing in order to help them to improve their VO2 Max, which is the maximum rate at which someone\u2019s body is able to consume oxygen during exercise. Hitting maximum sprinting at high tempo prior to jogging, and then going all out once more, allows them to build the stamina and flourish deep into added time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Soccer Coaching - Juggling\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BOmlbmoDdAY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Find Your Balance<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The game of soccer is really a game of balance. Being able to elude defenders, jump over tackles in addition to just controlling your own body can be a difficult challenge. By creating a strong centre of gravity and building <a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/blog\/how-to-do-pilates-abdominal-exercises\/\">abdominal<\/a> muscles, you can increase your sense of balance and control over movements. Creating a strong mid-section will also benefit your shot. With strong abdominal muscles your shot will be much harder and travel with a greater velocity.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Don\u2019t Forget About The Plyometrics<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>As agility is so vital to soccer players, plyometric drills should form a part of each exercise routine. These drills usually consist of a lot of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hopping,<\/li>\n<li>Jumping, as well as bounding exercises.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are aimed at improving both explosive strength as well as coordination.\u00a0 Even though plyometric boxes can be purchase from any respectable sporting goods store, anyone with a knack for DIY could easily make them at home. The exercises, which involve jumping onto and over the boxes, can boost a soccer player\u2019s performance significantly. Studies have indeed indicated that regular involvement in plyometrics can decrease ground reaction times substantially, which enables players to react to plays at a much faster rate.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Why You Need To Work On Change Of Direction<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s all very well and good if you\u2019re fast however if that stops at straight line speed then you\u2019ll be confined to the wings. Every soccer player should have the capacity to change direction at any second and do so quickly, without the danger of injury and making sure that the ball is well under control.<\/p>\n<p>Traditional cone drills are a simple way in order to improve a player\u2019s agility, including slalom runs as well as shuttle runs. Don\u2019t forget the ball, either, because the real gamechanger is being able to run as well as turn at full tilt, but still keep the ball under control.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Contact Trifocus Fitness Academy<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Do you want to learn the ins and outs of soccer coaching? If you do, then you need to study our Soccer Coaching Course. For more information, please follow this <a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/courses\/soccer-coaching-course\/\">link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/personal-training-course-packages\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19671 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Blog-footer-for-both-blogs-e1600149890342.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Blog-footer-for-both-blogs-e1600149890342.jpg 890w, https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Blog-footer-for-both-blogs-e1600149890342-600x96.jpg 600w, https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Blog-footer-for-both-blogs-e1600149890342-300x48.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Blog-footer-for-both-blogs-e1600149890342-768x123.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trifocus Fitness Academy Soccer Coaching Course\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0dh9u6kUOpg?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Few team sports around are as physically demanding as soccer is. The average professional soccer player now covers over 10km in a 90-minute match. At the moment, it\u2019s not just about increasing lung capacity. \u00a0The pressures of the game have increased so much that being bigger, more powerful and explosive is more important than ever&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":19799,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2121],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19801"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19801"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37399,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19801\/revisions\/37399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}