Today the Academy team had a light day of training, because it is a day sandwiched between 2 matches (yesterday and tomorrow). We got a chance to walk around the "ciudad viejo" which stands for "old city." When it rains, it seems as though everyone in Uruguay stays inside their homes, but on a day like [...]
Today we worked our first match, providing performance analysis to the U19 Academy team in their game versus the Nacional Universidad U19 team. Not only was the weather much nicer - sunny with a slight breeze - the match was also played on one of the best fields in all of Uruguay - Nacional's training [...]
Today the Academy teams had their first training session of the week. The rain has finally stopped, but the training grounds are still overflowing with rainwater, so the coaches had to rent a small indoor soccer facility that is normally used as a Futsal court. Because this club - like basically all of the clubs [...]
Today we had a meeting with staff from the first team, to begin planning the pre-season which will start in exactly 20 days. It was a very productive meeting, and for me personally it was great to finally see first-hand how a professional coach and a professional organisation functions. I am very excited for the [...]
It has not stopped raining here for what seems like the past 48 hours! Unfortunately, because of the persistent rain and poor field conditions, Academy training needs to be suspended here until Wednesday afternoon. Today I did get to have a staff meeting with the Academy coaches, and it was great to see how experienced, [...]
Today was an off-day, because the Academy matches were cancelled due to thunderstorms which continued basically all day long. I did get to meet up with my friend and colleague who will also be working with Canadian SC, sports scientist Farzad Yousefian of Sports Performance Analytics Inc. We watched the UEFA Euro quarter-final match between [...]
Hi everyone, I've begun my stay in Montevideo, Uruguay, where I am working as Fitness Coach with Canadian SC Uruguay, a professional soccer club in the Uruguayan 'Segunda' (second division). While here, I will be blogging daily about my experiences, and some of things which stand out to me the most. As soon as I [...]
Written by Soccer Fitness Strength and Conditioning Coach Jacob Ceccanese, edited by Richard Bucciarelli. The deadlift is an essential compound exercise within a strength and conditioning program. In general, the deadlift offers many positive contributions to an athlete’s training and functional abilities. Because it is a closed chain exercise, the deadlift is often used for [...]
Written by Soccer Fitness Internship Student Dante Blair, edited by Richard Bucciarelli. Hamstring injuries are very common in the world of sports, and especially in the sport of soccer. Injuries to the hamstring muscles can have a drastic effect on an athlete’s career and quality of life. Audits were done on English Professional teams over [...]
Written by Soccer Fitness Internship Student Jessica Deeth. Edited by Richard Bucciarelli. The word "carbohydrate" is synonymous with sports nutrition. The immediate impact of carbohydrate intake, or conversely its absence, on daily training and competition performance has been widely researched. Recent trends in society have suggested that low carbohydrate diets are beneficial for weight loss [...]