I have been working as a fitness coach with elite level soccer players for 15 years. In that time, the one physical ability that seems to always have been of the highest importance to players, parents, and coaches alike, is running speed. Unfortunately, running speed - and how to train/improve it correctly - is probably [...]
Hi everyone, Welcome 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 soccer nutrition, including optimal amount and timing of meals throughout the day. In addition to the video this week, [...]
Last week, in Part 1 of this article, I discussed the principle of specificity as it relates to fitness training for soccer players, and also presented a brief chart with examples of how to train the main athletic qualities in soccer, in a soccer-specific way. This week, in part 2, I will be following up [...]
Hi everyone, Welcome 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 lower leg elevation as a way to enhance recovery and improve performance post-training and games. I Hope you enjoy [...]
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 [...]
It's September, and I am now 1 full year into "back-to-school" mode. The class I am presently enrolled in is Advanced Sport Psychology. I first studied this subject during my undergraduate degree in Kinesiology over 10 years ago. I was fascinated by the topic then, and I continue to be fascinated by it today. As [...]
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 [...]