Developing power is important for any soccer player. Soccer requires speed, power, strength, technical skills and great conditioning. The following exercises should be a part of a soccer player's program to help him or her become faster, stronger and more explosive. Split Squats Soccer is about running, sprinting, changing directions, kicking and levering off one side of your body to kick. You need strength on each leg, because they are frequently doing different things. With

QUICKER STEPS & FASTER ARMS = GREATER SPEED? The limiting factor in acceleration and top speed is usually not how fast an athlete can drive their knee or cycle their arms, but rather how much FORCE they can apply to the ground in the appropriate direction and within the appropriate time. For example, when we coach an athlete to improve their acceleration phase they are surprised to learn that in acceleration, the ground is your friend. You need to apply as much force as possi

As football players move up from youth leagues to high school to college and, ultimately, the NFL, there is often a sharp learning curve to adapt to the next level. They struggle with the speed of the game and the need to “slow the game down” to make better on-field decisions. Even for elite players, with all of their physical talent, training the brain to react instinctively to game situations takes hours of preparation and repetition. Daniel Kahneman, a Nobel Prize winning