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Maximize the development of your Core.
Your extremities are only as strong as your core. In soccer having a strong core is vital to reduce injury and enhance performance. Every movement begins at the core. Core strength training, core stability and core power developed correctly and systematically in a proper core training program will lead to greater success in soccer. When building your next core training program remember proper progression decreases the likelihood of injury and increases performance. No need to hurry through a core training program. Core training should be a lifetime endeavor.
There is no doubt that modern core training has evolved way above and beyond the old school way of crunches and sit ups. The goal of a proper core training program is to strengthen, stabilize and provide power to the core in the proper way so that your training will carry over to the practice field and game. Just by doing sits ups and crunches you will not get there.
Proper abdominal training will address deep musculature like the multifidus and transverse abdominus. The proper core training proper will train external obliques as well as other important muscles. If you find that your core training program for your soccer athletes in primarily crunches you need to read further. Start will the training the core article below. Remember Core strength training, Core stability training and Core power training. All of these will be addressed over time.
You must first consider what an athlete needs in the mid-section. Your core/torso is your power center through which power is transferred from the ground or other fixed point of leverage, up and down the body. Without a strong core, strong arms and legs cannot apply their power on the playing field. If you want athletic power, train your body from the inside out: core first, then torso, then arms and legs.
Mistakes of Core Training: What to avoid and make sure you always do
Are you stuck in the stone ages of core training? If you only do crunches or sit-ups with your soccer athletes, you are. The whole core is made up ....
Medicine ball drills are very valuable in building a solid core training program. It is meant to be used as part of the puzzle not the whole puzzle itself.
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At the very heart of becoming a great athlete is not only having a strong and powerful core, but one that will reduce injury. Most every strength and conditioning program should have at least two goals: 1) improve performance 2) reduce injury.
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