Posts Tagged ‘pre-season’
How to get stronger in pre-season
Why do I need to start strength training in pre-season?
Well, ideally you won’t be starting from scratch. Hopefully you have been doing your foundation work throughout the off-season.
This means that you are moving efficiently and can control your body through a full range of motion.
Read MoreHow to make Pre-Season Training Interesting, Relevant and More Fun
I Hate Pre-Season Training
This is often the thought of players who are forced to undergo various fitness tests and long slow runs as part of a pre-season fitness programme.
Doing repeated doggies, shuttle runs and various circuits, with barely a ball in sight is enough to put most players off.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
Read MorePre-season speed training
“Don’t run the speed out of you”
Speed kills, and every coach wants a faster team. The best way to get a faster team is to recruit faster players. Failing that, get your existing players to run faster.
Your team needs to be able to run fast at the end of each half, not to be able to jog aimlessly. around.Traditionally pre-season training has started with long slow runs and then worked towards trying to get faster.
Read More4 steps to get more agile in pre-season.
Its better to run round people than through them.
The ability to run “through spaces not faces” is very important in most field/court sports. You want to be agile enough to:
- Avoid being tackled
- Be able to get into position to stop your opponent
- Get to the ball.
Is your pre-season agility training helping you achieve this?
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