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0 Pre-Match Nutrition for the young player

By Adrian Hampshire Question - I'm interested in nutrition for soccer players. What are the recommendations to eat before a game and the timing to eat before and after? Also, what are the eating recommendations when playing a tournament, let's say three games in three days? Thanks. Good nutrition can have a major impact on

0 Nutrition Do's and Don'ts for Tournament

By Adrian Hampshire Question - I coach a U14 and U16 team.  Can you give me ideas on what types of foods and when the players should be eating during a tournament when playing a game a day for 3 to 5 days? 10 key tips to help the young footballers get their nutrition right

0 Easy Nutrition for Recovery

By Adrian Hampshire Question - I coach a U14 and U16 team and want ideas on what kind of foods the players should be eating after training sessions, games and during tournaments to help them recover better? Effective and efficient recovery from both training and matches is a key part of a young footballer’s development.

0 1v1+4 to develop Power to Recover

By Alex Trukan This practice is focused on developing speed at which the body recovers between high intensity actions. The quicker ATP (energy stores) is refuelled, the quicker the body will be ready for another maximal burst and breath will be kept under control. From technical point of view, the practice develops various ways to

0 Recovery Runs to develop Explosive Power

By Alex Trukan This practice is focused on developing explosiveness and maximal short to medium distance speed. This is based on utilising as big as possible chunk of ATP (energy stores) which can then produce maximal power. The larger the chunk is, the more energy can be produced as a result. The conditioning element is

0 3v3+1 Game

By Alex Trukan From conditioning point of view, this practice is focused on developing an ability to produce more high intensity bursts and recover between them quickly even towards the end of the match. In other words, maintaining quick recovery between high intensity actions. From technical point of view, this possession game improves quick combination

0 6v3 Possession Game - Visit the Corners

By Alex Trukan This conditioning element of this practice is aimed at maintaining quick recovery between high intensity actions. This will help players to produce more high intensity bursts and recover between them quicker even towards the end of the match. The practice also improves players’ understanding how and when to run into spaces as

5 Continuous 4v4 with Capacity to Recover

By Alex Trukan This game is focused on developing players’ capacity to recover quick bursts. The quicker energy stores will be refuelled, the more intense actions can be produced early. These outcomes are achieved within highly engaging 4v4 games scenario which improve players’ decision making, wide range of technical abilities as well as working as

0 Four Times 2v2+5

By Alex Trukan This practice is focused on maintaining quick recovery between high intensity actions. This will ensure that even towards the end of the match, players will be able to produce more high intensity bursts and will recover between them quickly. From technical point of view, this possession game improves passing, possession and support

0 3v1 Switch Play with Capacity to Recover

By Alex Trukan This practice is focused on improving players’ capacity to recover between high intensity actions. The quicker energy stores will be refueled, the quicker and more powerful actions can be produced. This conditioning element is achieved within technical practice focusing on possession, combination play and long passes. It helps players to execute quick

0 3 v 2 Continued Attacking and Defending

By Sean Reed - Objective This session is a continuation of the 3 v 2 activities in previous weeks but now includes an additional defender making a recovery run that will encourage the attacking teams to finish as soon as possible. Session 1 Diagram 1 Set Up Working within one half of the pitch 5yds inside

0 ‘Break-out’ Game

By Alex Trukan The following practice is aimed at improving body’s ability to recover quicker between high intensity efforts (i.e. sprint, tackle etc.). This will help players to maintain quantity of actions without feeling increasingly tired (aerobic power) towards the end of the game. This game also focuses on maintaining possession and choosing the right

0 #071 The Importance Recovery Sessions

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1 Recovering After a Tournament Weekend

The end of the year includes the most important tournaments of the year. We played one over Memorial Day weekend and our State Cup competition begins on the following Friday. I usually plan to train for an hour one each of the days in between the tournament and State Cup.

The first session is purely for recovery. I want the players to get together get warmed up and go through a couple of easy, non contact exercises and fun games to get players loose and rejuvenated after having played four games over the long weekend. The tournament was an

0 Making the Recovery Save

By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.

Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on recovery.

Start with a keeper on the ground with his head at one of the posts (in the diagram below the keeper has a ball in his hands but in this activity he wouldn’t). There is a flag in the middle of the goal and a server near the 12 yard spot with balls.

The keeper gets up quickly and shuffles to the middle flag, touches it and as soon as he touches it, the

0 Two Fisted Punch Saves

By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.

Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on two fisted punches and then quick recoveries.

Start with a keeper in goal, a server 40 yards out and a second server 25 yards out. Both servers have balls.

The far server starts by lofting a high ball in to come down around the 12 yard spot (if they can’t consistently

1 Recovering Back to Goal to Make a Save

By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.

Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Todays featured activity works on recovering back to goal to make a save.

Most of the time keepers work on shot blocking with the assumption they are starting in a proper position. The reality is keepers occasionally do get caught out of position and this activity works on that situation.

Start with a keeper in goal, a server at the 12 yard spot and a few balls at the far corners of the 6 yard box.

The keeper sprints out to one of the balls and

0 Goalkeeper Recovery

Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter.  Today’s featured activity works on keeper recovery.

A server starts around the top of the 18 with a ball.  The keeper starts on the ground off on an angle from the goal (in this graphic the keeper has a ball but in the activity he would not)

The server calls “go” and shoots on goal.  The keeper has to get

0 Recovery Runs, Counter Attacking, Acceleration and Speed Endurance

By Justin Cresser

There are times when attacking teams are deep in their opponent’s half, but are keeping possession with the players at the back. However, if the ball is lost at the back from a poor pass or a player trying to beat an opponent off the dribble, this can be very problematic as the team that lost the ball is likely to be spread out in an attempt to provide width, and therefore out of position.

When this happens, defenders have to recover as fast as possible over a great distance and therefore require good speed endurance; whereas attackers need to make rapid decisions in terms of passes and movement off the ball and therefore acceleration and speed of reaction would be beneficial qualities to have.

Today’s activity mimics the situation described above and will involve 3 attackers counter attacking against 3 defenders and a goalie. You will need half of a regular-sized playing field for you playing area. Place two cones at the halfway at the points where the centre circle intersects the line. Place a third cone on the half way line 5 yards in from right side line. Have a player stand behind each of these cones. These will be your three attackers.

Set-up another 3 cones where your recovering defenders will start. Place a cone i) 5 yards behind the cone on the halfway line near the right touchline; ii) on the bottom edge of the centre circle so that it is in line with the centre of the goal; and iii) 5 yards in from the left touch line and 5 yards in front the half-line (Figure 1). Note: the defender on the centre circle must start facing away from goal.

Play starts with the coach playing a firm ball towards the corner flag in the top, right-hand corner of the field (for the right winger to run unto). As soon as this happens,

1 Footwork, Shot Blocking and Recovery

Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on footwork, shotblocking and quick recovery.

This activity requires a keeper, a full sized goal, a cone, a server and a few balls. The keeper starts at one of the posts and the cone is set in the middle of the goal, four yards out. The server has some balls at the 12 yard spot.

1 Recovery Runs For Defensive Support

When teaching the recovery run to provide support defensively it’s important to teach the players to: Assess Cover Communicate This can be worked on using the following activity. Start with an attacking player 15 yards from the defending player.  There is a second defender beside the attacker.  The ball starts with a server on the