To mark the full launch of the Soccer Fitness Gols app on the App Store and Google Play, we are asking our community to share your fitness gols and, most importantly, why you've set them. Please post a brief video describing your goal and tag us on Facebook and Twitter (#whatsyourgol). In your video, please also [...]
This summer I took a trip to Montreal, to watch both a Women’s World Cup match, as well as a Major League Soccer match between the Montreal Impact and Orlando City FC. During this time I also got to visit and catch up with an old friend, Palo Pacione, who is the Fitness Coach of [...]
Hi everyone, I’m excited to welcome you to the next edition of the Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog. In this Blog, I will be providing weekly video content relating to all things soccer and fitness. In this edition, I discuss the importance of keeping the airway warm while training and playing as temperatures get colder [...]
Hi everyone, I'm excited to welcome you to the next edition of the Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog. In this Blog, I will be providing weekly video content relating to all things soccer and fitness. In this edition, I discuss the importance of strengthening of the glute medius, which is a hip external rotator, and [...]
Hi Everyone, I'm excited to welcome you to the very first edition of the Soccer Fitness Gols Video Blog. In this Blog, we will be providing weekly video content relating to all things soccer and fitness. In this first edition, I am discussing the importance of single leg strength exercises for soccer players, and providing [...]
It's the middle of August, and for university soccer teams across the country - and also across the continent - that means the start of pre-season training. Typically, pre-season schedules involve two, and sometimes even 3 training sessions per day, for 2-3 weeks, with other inter-squad and exhibition games mixed in, and very few if [...]
Yesterday afternoon I worked as a Guest Coach at the 2nd 2015 TFC II Soccer Camp, run by International FC Academy (IFC) in Vaughan. Each 1-day edition of the Camps feature a guest player either from TFC's senior team, or the TFC II USL-Pro team. Yesterday the guest player was 20 year old attacking midfielder [...]
In my most recent class, we were asked to write a small report explaining the concepts of reliability and validity as they relate to research methods, and subsequently to provide a sports science-related example of these two concepts. For me, this seemed like the perfect opportunity to profile my favourite soccer-specific fitness test, the Yo-Yo [...]
As the final assignment in my Advanced Exercise Physiology class, I had to write an 8-10 page paper about common training and nutritional "mistakes" in the sport or exercise of my choice. Of course, for me there was only ever one sport of choice! Below is the entire paper, including references. I'd love to know [...]
I am re-blogging a link to an excellent article, written by Max Shank and posted to www.t-nation.com, called "Running Deosn't Suck." Of course, I agree with this statement, and I think that the article makes some very good and valid scientific arguments as to why running does not suck. I'd love to know your thoughts [...]