News for Winter 2012: Winter Power Running Series Starting January Now entering its 7th year of operation, our Power Running Series provides truly soccer-specific speed, power, agility, endurance and strength training to both individuals and teams. Utilizing our revolutionary On-Field Training Protocols, developed through years of research and travel to some of Europe’s [...]
Soccer Fitness Inc. is pleased and excited to announce the addition of 2 new Strength and Conditioning Coaches, John Montesano and Jordan Lupo, to our team of Trainers for the Fall 2011 season. John and Jordan bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the Soccer Fitness team, and serve to reinforce our mandate of [...]
Soccer Fitness' new article "Assessment of Leg Power, Elasticity, and Reactive Strength" has been published in the latest issue of Inside Soccer Magazine (#93, October/November 2011). This article features the theoretical science and methodology of jump testing using the revolutionary new Optojump Next electronic timing system, which is a feature of the new [...]
Fall Power Running Series Starting in October Now entering its 6th year of operation, our Power Running Series provides truly soccer-specific speed, power, agility, endurance and strength training to both individuals and teams. Utilizing our revolutionary On-Field Training Protocols, developed through years of research and travel to some of Europe’s leading youth [...]
Soccer Fitness is pleased to announce a new partnership with Red Nation On-Line Magazine, Canada's leading on-line soccer publication. Starting in August, 2011, we will be providing both written and video content for the magazine. Our column, called "The Training Edge with Richard Bucciarelli", will feature bi-monthly articles on various soccer and fitness related topics. [...]
Soccer Fitness’ article “7th World Congress on Science and Football” has been published in the latest issue of Inside Soccer Magazine (Issue #92, August/September 2011). The article features a review of our presentation at the Congress, held in Nagoya, Japan, and an event which brings together the world’s leading soccer coaches, trainers, physiologists, academics, and sports scientists, every four years. “It is a great honor for our presentation to be featured in the magazine”, commented Richard Bucciarelli, President of Soccer Fitness Inc. “I also have to thank Paolo Pacione, Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Ontario Soccer Association, and Robert Rupf, Exercise Physiologist with the Canadian Sports Centre, without whom this project, and our trip to Japan, would not have been possible.” […]
Beginning in October, 2011, Soccer Fitness will be revising our Soccer-Specific Fitness Assessment protocols. Now consisting of a full 2-hour protocol, our new Assessments will feature the exact testing protocols used by the Ontario Soccer Association, and the Canadian Soccer Association, with both the Ontario Provincial and Canadian National Soccer Teams. Among the new additions to our assessment protocols are the Optojump Next vertical jump assessment, and the Functional Movement Screen, both considered Gold Standard physical assessment tools for elite / high performance athletes. Read on to learn more about the new additions to the Soccer Fitness Soccer-Specific Fitness Assessment Protocols. […]
At 1:20am on July 6, 2011, Richard Bucciarelli, President of Soccer Fitness, and Paolo Pacione, Fitness Coach for the Ontario Soccer Association, and Canadian Soccer Association, were interviewed by Anthony Totera on The Fan 590 Sportsnet Radio. The 40 minute interview covered a wide range of topics related to soccer and fitness, including Richard and [...]
Soccer Fitness’ new article “Resisted Sprinting Methods - Which One is Best?” has been published in the latest Issue of Inside SOCCER Magazine (#91, June/July 2011). This article showcases one of the unique training tools offered in our Soccer Fitness Training Centre - Running Cords - and compares them to some other conventional [...]
RICHARD BUCCIARELLI, PRESIDENT OF SOCCER FITNESS INC., AND PAOLO PACIONE, HEAD STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH FOR THE ONTARIO SOCCER ASSOCIATION, HAVE RETURNED FROM THE 7TH WORLD CONGRESS ON SCIENCE AND FOOTBALL IN NAGOYA, JAPAN, MAY 26-31, 2011. THE CONGRESS IS AIMED AT ACADEMICS, SPORT SCIENTISTS, TEACHERS, STUDENTS, ADMINISTRATORS AND COACHES WITH AN INTEREST IN THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY AND/OR THE PRACTICAL PERFORMANCE OF SOCCER FROM THE GRASS ROOTS TO THE PROFESSIONAL LEVELS. RICHARD AND PAOLO PRESENTED A STUDY, TITLED ‘LOGITUDINAL ANALYSIS OF SPEED CHARACTERISTICS IN ELITE LEVEL FEMALE SOCCER PLAYERS: A PILOT STUDY’, CONGRESS. CONCLUSIONS OF THE STUDY INCLUDED: Canadian National Team players reached higher levels of consistently during the YO-YO Intermittent recovery Level 1 test throughout the years analyzed Canadian National Team players appear faster at earlier ages during short sprints, however, these trends do not improve over the years, whereas for Ontario Provincial team players, times for sprints tend to improve The ability to perform repeated high intensity sprint bouts appears to be enhanced between the different levels of play at earlier ages (U14-U15), but tends to equalize by the U16 age group Read on for more some summaries of the invited symposia from the Congress, and be sure to check out our Member’s Area, for full versions of abstracts and detailed summaries of the presentations at the Congress […]