Football

Football specific training

The following Sports Coach pages provide information specific to the sport of Football:

Developing a training programme

You will find the following pages useful in developing your Football fitness training program.

Planning the training

General strength development

Developing elastic strength

General conditioning

Agility training

Some of these pages contain performance evaluation tests but they also make good training sessions.

Speed development

Endurance training - cardiovascular development

Nutrition

Psychology

Sports Shoes

Sportsshoes

Loads of deals on Football Boots, trainers, clothing and equipment.

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Supplements, vitamins and minerals

Body Building & Weight Loss Supplements

High quality bodybuilding and weight loss supplements, vitamins and minerals, as well as other health and nutritional products.

Select this link for more information on "Bodybuilding and Weight Loss Supplements".

Soccer Tutor

Soccer Tutor

Here is how you can quickly and easily get instant access to 250 award winning soccer drills plus an extra 70 animated football drills, videos, coaching software, and a lot more.

Select this link for more information on "Soccer Tutor".

Championship Football

Championship Soccer Speed

One key principle of Championship Soccer Speed training is you cannot train the body to move faster by training slow. Muscles adapt and long, slow running trains the body to run slow.

Championship Soccer Speed training methods use over-speed training with perfect technique to re-program the brain, nervous system, and the body to move faster than ever before.

Select this link for more information on the "Championship Soccer Speed" DVD set.

Football Performance - how to raise your game

Football Performance

Football Performance: how to raise your game brings together under one cover the findings of recent sports science research into footballers and their performance.

Over eighty pages of hard data and analysis on nutrition, preconditioning, injury prevention and treatment, and other aspects of fitness that you can use to raise your game or that of your team.

Select this link for more information on "Football Performance".



Parachute

Speed Training Parachute

Speed training resistance parachute provides additional resistance for sprint training.

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Agility Ladder

Speed Agility Ladder

Excellent for improving speed and agility. Forces the feet to adapt to extremely fast patterns of footwork.

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Speed resistor

Power Speed Resistor

Provides resistance from partner for sprint training drills.

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Agility Hurdles

Step Training Hurdles

Excellent for agility, plyometric and sprint drill training. Available in 6 inch, 9 inch and 12 inch heights.

Select this link to order your "Step Training Hurdles".

Medicine Balls

Medicine Balls

Medicine balls are a great multi-purpose training tool that can be used alone or with a partner to improve core strength, functional movements, reaction time, and coordination.

Select this link to order your "Medicine Balls".

Associated Pages

The following Sports Coach pages should be read in conjunction with this page:

Associated Books

The following books provide more information related to this topic:

  • Strength and Conditioning for Games Players, C. Brewer, ISBN 1 902523 85 7
  • Advanced Studies in Physical Education and Sport, P Beashel et al., ISBN 0 17 4482345
  • Physical Education and the Study of Sport, B. Davis et al., ISBN 0 7234 31752
  • Essentials of Exercise Physiology, W.D. McArdle et al., ISBN 0 683 30507 7
  • Physical Education and Sport Studies, D. Roscoe et al., ISBN 1 901424 20 0
  • The World of Sport Examined, P. Beashel et al., ISBN 0 17 438719 9
  • Advanced PE for Edexcel, F. Galligan et al., ISBN 0 435 50643 9
  • Examining Physical Education, K. Bizley, ISBN 0 435 50660 9
  • Sport and PE, K Wesson et al., ISBN 0 340 683821
  • PE for you, J. Honeybourne, ISBN 0 7487 3277 2

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