Blog 18: 2-Hour Meeting Answer #3

Content:

1. What is most important in winning an under 19 year old soccer league championship?

2. Every player on the team must go through fitness & conditioning in their training sessions throughout the week.

3. Examples/Details

• If someone wants to play soccer at an elite level, they must  have core strength, speed, agility and stamina in order to play for 90 min. as close to peak level ass possible
• Power training is an example. It helps improve the quick movement of your leg and is meant to help from your hip to your ankle and strenghtening the lower body. Exercises include jumps and squats which use body weight as resistance
• Another example is a 12 minute run, meant to improve endurance. Run continously around a track for 12 minutes and the number of laps is your score.

4. Important sources:

• Jeff. "Soccer Fitness and Conditioning." sports-fitness-solutions.com & Dr. Donald Kirkendall. "3 Endurance Tests for Soccer Players." active.com

5. I plan to keep on looking for different ways to do fitness and conditioning exercises, see how they can help and I will apply them to myself when I train with my own team.