We just wrapped up our first week of off-season training at the Soccer F.I.T. Academy and I think we are off to a pretty good start. We set some goals this week and with over 200 athletes in 20 groups, you might think goal setting would be all over the board. But really it always seemed to come back to about 3 main goals:
- Be in the best “Soccer” shape of my life…
- Improve my speed on the field…
- Get stronger, especially in the upper body and core…
Although this was mainly an testing and orientation week, we wanted to get started pursuing some of these goals. Here is a portion of a 30 minute familiarization circuit that we did on the TRX and Woodway Speedborad Treadmill.
In a previous post, I mentioned some of the testing that we do. In testing the CAP Soccer Specific Interval Test or CAPSSIT, we are looking to mix in the movements associated with soccer in a progressively faster interval with intermittent rest periods of 30 seconds. Our record for females is 2070 yds or making it to the 12th level, here is a clip from last night were one of our girls finished just shy of record pace making it 2000 yds or the 11th level.
This test can also be performed with a ball…as seen below.
Overall it was a good first week, where I think we set a good standard for how we are going to work through the winter. Next week we will introduce the staff, put out an article on how we establish a foundation first, and show some of the other conditioning tests that we will be implementing. If you have not subscribed to this post yet and click here to do so…SUBSCRIBE
