The one leg squat is a great exercise. Picture the soccer player. Does he or she play on two legs at a time? Not unless they are standing still. So part of the proper development of a soccer player needs to be on one leg. A great way to do this is as pictured in the video below. The person performing the one leg squat in the video is using weights. She lifts the weights up and in front of herself as a counter balance.

Before you move on to weights with the one leg squat start with exercises like the split squat and lunge with no weights. These exercises can be done with the team out of the field. To counter balance the one leg squat start with something easy like a 5 pound weight. To make the one leg squat really hard as you progress forward, start

to use a weight vest. To watch the one leg squat video click on the youtube.com video below. Click here to read the article on the one leg squat.

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