Football Strength & Conditioning

Strength & Conditioning |
Injury Prevention | Speed & Agility | Periodization ⚽️

[Football Strength & Conditioning @FootballSCcoach]

20/21 Season ⚽️

This season will have long periods of congested fixtures, with 1 or 2 games a week frequently

The priority will be reducing injury rates & performance maintenance

It's essential to have larger squads, player rotations, injury prevention & recovery strategies

[Football Strength & Conditioning @FootballSCcoach]

Aerobic conditioning is important for speed, it will not make athletes slower

The aerobic energy system is a major contributor to recovery between high intensity efforts

So, aerobic conditioning can aid athlete's in maintaining sprint speed throughout a 90 minute game

[Vitali Kalcinski @vitalikalcinski]

Pretty much any athlete can benefit from faster acceleration and higher speed regardless of the sport. Training acceleration and sprinting in general, therefore, should be at the top of the training goals.

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[Football Strength & Conditioning @FootballSCcoach]

The best recovery techniques for an athlete 🙌

[Vitali Kalcinski @vitalikalcinski]

No amount of supplements and fancy sports equipment will help you recover from high training/match loads better than a good nutrition and plenty of sleep.

[Football Strength & Conditioning @FootballSCcoach]

Aerial Duels ⚽️

In the case of jump performance, maximal strength training is viewed as the underpinning & foundational component

This develops the ability to apply higher forces which improves the capacity of rate of force development, resulting in a superior jump !

[Daniel Abrahams @DanAbrahams77]

"If you are not interested in the person in front of you, and not interested in what their drivers are, their values, their motives for engagement then you’re not going to get a lot further with them".

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[Football Strength & Conditioning @FootballSCcoach]

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[Sportsmith @SportsmithHQ]

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[Football Strength & Conditioning @FootballSCcoach]

The role as a S&C coach is to determine which training element will assume a greater proportion of overall training load

While distributing elements that will play a supporting role within a training program

[Football Strength & Conditioning @FootballSCcoach]

During acceleration the quadriceps are more involved in propulsion due to the greater degree of knee flexion on ground contact

This allows programming compatability with conventional strength training exercises with a larger ROM e.g squat, deadlift & Olympic lifting variations

[Football Strength & Conditioning @FootballSCcoach]

The best key indicator regarding the success of an overall training program is the athletes competitive performance & availability

[Keepitonthedeck @Keepitonthedeck]

Marcelo Bielsa's Leeds United on Friday vs Villa. Look at the fitness levels with 23 seconds to go.

Distance covered by Leeds team in the game = 115.2km
Total Team Sprints: 223

Leeds ran 9.2km more than Villa and completed 73 more sprints!

[Football Strength & Conditioning @FootballSCcoach]

The neutral adaptations of compound exercises such as deadlift will be more prolonged & pronounced when in comparison to less complex exercises such as a leg curl

Especially for younger training ages or athlete's returning to play from a long period out of the sport

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[Football Strength & Conditioning @FootballSCcoach]

Hip extension exercises are not created equal, multiple exercises should be programed ensuring max hip strength throughout the entire ROM

- 45° Back extension

- Horizontal back extension

- RDL's

- Reverse hyperextension

- Seated good mornings

- Standing good mornings

[Vitali Kalcinski @vitalikalcinski]

First step acceleration - what do you see? What are we looking for? See thread below...
What do you think? Let me know in the comments.

[Conor Harris @Conor_Harris_]

Using single leg training as a primary movement is underrated

Split Squats
Hatfield Split Squats
Staggered Stance Trap Bar Deadlifts

Are all fantastic ways drive high intensity and incorporate more unilateral training.

[Football Strength & Conditioning @FootballSCcoach]

Athletes need to ensure positive levels of adaptation when training, this can be ensured through changes in training variables to avoid accommodation

However, the new training stimulus imposed needs to be specific & have a simular carry over to the physical adaptation required

[Football Strength & Conditioning @FootballSCcoach]

Adaptations only occour through the stress that are imposed within a training program

To gain positive adaptations, training load should be above the current volume or intensity that the athlete is accustomed to. However, when training progresses so will adaptive training load

[Football Strength & Conditioning @FootballSCcoach]

The warm up should always progress from general mobility to football specific movement

- Perform general movements at low intensity

- Increase intensity & speed of movements

- Perform movements under varied conditions

- Perform individual & positional specific movements