Preseason Soccer Training

Getting reading with a solid preseason soccer training system is probably the most important part of your season's conditioning program. It is usually best to split your preseason program into two parts. In a perfect world you should have 8-10 weeks for your preseason conditioning program.

The first part (early) should be focused on getting you ready for the more intense late pre-season phase. You are still building a fitness base here, nothing too intense or over the top.

Soccer Pre-Season Training - Part 1

Begin the early pre-season with continuous cardio sections, jogging, fartlek training, etc. Avoid going crazy with a sick interval session that wipes you out and leaves your sore for days. After you've spent a couple of weeks then you can step up and add some interval runs. These short interval sessions will feel much more intense than the continuous running sessions you have been doing.

Don't worry about speed and agility training at this early time of the season. In addition, you will want to be sure to do plenty of stretching after your workouts to increase your flexibility.

Soccer Pre-Season Training - Part 2

Once you have your base fitness taken care of, it's time to step things up with more intense soccer specific training. These sessions are highly demanding, but are shorter than the continuous training sessions.

You'll really pile up the interval sessions here to build up strong aerobic endurance. Also, begin to add in anaerobic drills so you can work up your body's ability to tolerate lactic acid build up. These sessions aren't fun, but pay off in a big way once the season starts.

In this phase you will also want to begin adding in speed, quickness & agility drills.

Total Soccer Fitness and Total Soccer Fitness for Juniors are focused on developing comprehensive soccer fitness programs that train you and your players to develop the physical attributes you need for soccer: speed, conditioning, endurance, agility & flexibility.