Hello Guys,
I was wondering if you could give some advice. I was looking at the ‘‘Thoughts on Charlie Francis and soccer’’ thread which is alot for me to take in but I can see guys in here are knowledgable in different areas.
I was speaking to someone who helped me recovery from a injury and they said (they didn’t suggest this as training prog btw) that footballers (or soccer players if your from the US/Canada ;)) should be doing interval training for example 50meters with 12 secs recovery I think he said because footballers don’t spend all game running up and down the pitch (okay maybe in English midfielders are different) and too much aerobic training is damaging players he made reference to why physios are always giving players soft tissue massages etc
So that I’m not lasy I’ve just started a little something to get into good habits , reap what I sow so if I sow FA then I’ll be being a idiot again.
[i]20 minute warm up jogging around the pitch 4 times.
15-20 yards x 5
Fast arms/back kicks
Active stretching
Then 50m X 10 with walk back recovery (I know this isn’t 12 seconds but I wrote down what he said and forgot I would of been sleeping still now if I did that).
warm down finish.[/i]
This stops me from being lazy. What I’m really trying to do is be fit ready for pre season training and not make the same mistakes I’ve done before e.g thinking I can walk into a team not doing any prior technical and fitness training (I was injured for a couple of years also) performing badly and messing up my confidence even though I know I can do well.
It’s amateur/Non-League level football I’m talking about here but I want to do some good training.
Also I want to be able to get though the fitness then play match football afterwards. Previously I’ve been able to get through the fitness with no prior training then feel f**ked when playing the match.
Main objectives:
*Improve fitness
*Be ready for late June/early July (things will probably kick off around early July tbh)
I appeciate any help, programmes etc people can offer me. I will use the information given to me. I’m looking to go far as possible in football that even means pro at the highest level and I’ve made changes to not make the same mistakes.
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Take a look through the soccer thread and you’ll see suggested sessions, including what hwe refer to as tempo, which is low intensity 100 and 200m repeats- but in a higher vol than you have here and very short speed work to improve “speed reserve”- that means the difference between the speed you have and the speed you normally need in game play. Improving speed reserve makes everything you do in the game easier- therefor increasing your ability to keep going late in the game.