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

• How to prepare your training program
• Example training program
• Performance Profiling - how to identify weaknesses in your skills

General strength development

• Circuit Training - develops strength and endurance
• Weight Training program using dumbbells
• Weight Training program using free weights and machines
• Weight Training program for sprinters - uses Olympic lifts

Developing elastic strength

• Plyometrics
• Plyometric Exercises - Arms
• Plyometric Exercises - Legs
• Plyometrics High Intensity Exercises - Legs
• Complex Training - using weights and plyometrics exercises

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General conditioning

• Developing your Core Stability - Abdominals and lower back
• Conditioning exercises for the legs
• Conditioning exercises for the lower legs
• Conditioning exercises for the upper body

Agility training

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

• 'T' Drill Test
• Agility Ladder Exercises
• 505 Agility Test
• Illinois Agility Run Test
• Zig-Zag Test

Speed development

• Speed Training
• Speed Reaction Drills
• Running Economy

Endurance training - cardiovascular development

• Developing your VO2max
• Interval and continuous training
• Hill training
• Training with a heart rate monitor - Training Zones

Nutrition

• Nutrition - determining your daily requirements
• What to eat when training and competing
• Nutritional tips
• Sports Drinks

Psychology

• Sports psychology
• Relaxation techniques
• Overview of mental imagery
• Mental imagery - developing the skill

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Associated Pages

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

• Energy demands of football
• Fluid Replacement
• How to prepare a football training program
• How to win the penalty mind game
• Interval Training for football players
• Kicking Accuracy
• Nutritional advice for football players
• Strength training can improve kicking power, sprint speed and jumping ability
• Speed Training Program
• Planning the Training - 6 stages of development
• Find a Coach
• Sport/Event specific articles

Associated Books

The following books provide more information related to this topic:

• Strength and Conditioning for Games Players, C. Brewer