Off-Season Conditioning for Girls Soccer Players

29 Nov Off-Season Conditioning for Girls Soccer Players

Posted at 14:57h in Blog, Conditioning, Online Soccer Training, Uncategorized by erica 0 Comments

Conditioning for girls soccer players needs to be a higher intensity than the game.

Here’s what soccer players already cover:

– Aerobic fitness
– Jogging motor pattern

They tick these boxes during warm-up, during technical drills, and low to moderate intensity small-sided games.

Here’s what soccer players need: high intensity conditioning where they are reaching >90-95% of their heart rate max. You know, the lung burning, being pushed to the limit kind.

During the season, players should be getting this type of conditioning, given the coach is smart with his tactical planning. Extra conditioning should not be needed during the season, so long as the coach is doing his/her job and implementing in practices.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Erica Mulholland is a former college 3x All-American soccer player and now Hall of Famer from Johns Hopkins University. She holds a Master of Science in Exercise Science and has been helping female athletes of all sports with speed, agility, strength, power, and conditioning for over 13 years. She has worked with soccer, lacrosse, track, volleyball, softball, and basketball girls, and has inspired her athletes to strength train not just for sport, but for life.

Her athletes have gone on to play college sports at University of North Carolina, University of Maryland, Pittsburgh, University of Southern California, University of Detroit, Mercy, Northwestern, Eastern Carolina University, Georgetown, West Point, University of South Florida, University of Charleston, MIT, Johns Hopkins, Carnegie Mellon, Rutgers, Towson University, and have gone on to play for professional various clubs in Europe.

Of course, she is proud of her athletes who made it to the college and pro levels, but she is most proud of her girls who stick with being strong and healthy for a lifetime. The training she does is about getting into good habits young, so girls can take these tools with them even after sports end.

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