Soccer Strength: How Big Is Your Bull?
Have you ever noticed or admired the legs of a soccer player?
Their function is to produce force and cause motion. There are 2 types of muscle fibers, slow twitch and fast twitch. Slow twitch fibers contract for long periods of time but with little force while fast twitch fibers contract quickly and powerfully but [...]
Soccer: The Need For Speed
Today’s question is this,
Is soccer a sprint sport or an endurance sport?
Any answers?
Did anyone say both?
Soccer is a complex combination of both and depends on the position, tactics, style, age or level of development.
Soccer speed is the ability to take off from any position with sharpness.
Soccer speed is also the ability to reach your top [...]
Soccer Popularity, Leave A Message After The Beep
Any sport that is competitive will eventually resemble high school. Soccer has exploded as a sport and to say that top-flight soccer is competitive would be an understatement.
You might scratch your head and say high school?
That’s right, high school.
I remember high school, do you?
High school is filled with insecurity, social climbing, backstabbing, bullying, bullshit achievements [...]
Soccer Pre-Season: The Baptism Of Fire
It’s 6.00 am and you’re roused from sleep with blisters and sore legs.
Have you experienced this? Do you know what I’m talking about?
Let me give you some more clues.
The heat hangs in the morning air and the day is ready to begin with the rising sun. You grab your runners and wake up your roommate [...]