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Periodization and program design go hand in hand.  As you work to design your soccer teams program it is important to understand what periodization is and how to apply it.  Program design for soccer should be planned out with some allowances for flexibility. 

 

If you want to avoid over trained and burnt out athletes that don't progress like they should I recommend that you read this section on periodization for soccer.  Program design and periodization go hand in hand in sport training. An element of periodization for soccer means that you will work on the correct sports elements at the right time.   Your program design should cycle in and out of different training elements.  For example, you will not do the same power training exercise year around.  You will need to cycle in and out of different power training exercises a different times of the year to ensure continued growth.

 

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Planning the competition period in soccer

Soccer, as we all know, is very complex sport. When I say complex, I mean that success in soccer is dependent on lot of factors, individual and collective (team). Individual factors are usually technical, tactical, psychological and physical preparedness, with numerous sub-factors among each of them.

 

Player Development Schemes

Soccer skill and player development is not a fly by the seat of your pants activity. Developing soccer skills.....

 

The Best way to Develop Sports Skills  

Learn the best methods to develop soccer related skills.  This article will shed light on the proper way to program your soccer players development.

 

Move It or Lose It 

Speed is the most sought after quality in athletics, yet it is also the most misunderstood. In sport, as the level of competition increases, so does the role of speed in determining success.

 

How to Design your performance program  

Strength and Conditioning professional Brijesh Patel explains what periodization is. This is an important article to understand fundamental program design techniques in sport.

 

20 Tips for better performance  Learn about water intake, how and when to stretch, qualities that can't be improve under fatigue and more.

 

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