course modules

cool down's

Recovery and Recuperation

There are countless aids in helping recovery or recuperation, some of more benefit psychologically as well as physiologically.

1. Massage (highly recommended).
2. Heat therapy, sauna, steam baths, etc.
3. Meditation and breathing techniques (highly recommended)
4. Water stretches (all of the stretches outlined for the recovery phase can be done in a pool, this is a highly beneficial method.

There must be a balance between work and rest, and to get this balance right, will result in a much more prepared and healthy player. The parameters of “fitness for soccer.”

1. WARM UP.
2. ISOLATION TRAINING.
3. SPEED DEVELOPMENT.
4. STRENGTH TRAINING
5. STAMINA TRAINING.
6. FLEXIBILITY TRAINING.
7. RHYTHM and TEMPO AWARENESS DEVELOPMENT.
8. CO-ORDINATION, MOBILITY and AGILITY TRAINING.
9. WARM/COOL DOWN and RECUPERATION TRAINING.

Every one of the parameters of training need to be worked on in a balanced way, it is very easy to see that even the best players in the world, still have areas within the outlined parameters that they can improve dramatically at.

All training should be 100% “soccer specific,” if it doesn’t happen in a game, don’t do it in training is a very simple but effective method.

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