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Since muscular and cardiovascular endurance as necessary in order to sustain the practice of individual skills and team tactics, we will begin with and base our conditions on
drills specifically aimed at these objectives.
Remember, the acquisition of endurance is the result of hard, intensive training. There is no easy way. The skilled coach is able to make the training demanding and, at the same time, varied enough so that
players will remain interested and motivated. With some thought and imagination, what might be boring repetitive drills can be transformed into exciting activities.
We base our endurance work training program on the following factors:
- The age level of the players involved
- The physical condition the players are in at the start of training
- The individual differences the players bring to training (size, temperament, experience)
- The objective of the drill in terms of its specific relationships to game conditions
With these basic factors in mind, the coach must plan intensive running drills that progressively build to the amount of running a player, in his or her age group, will have to endure
in a game. There is no set formula for arriving at maximum distances players will have to run in a game. Rather, this judgment must come from the coaches' experience with each age group to determine objectives.
Our endurance and speed training principles are based on the following:
- Players should be trained to endure the maximum number of yards of intense running, as determined by the coach, based on age level, through intensive running drills.
- Sprint distances should range between 20 and 40 yards.
- Whenever possible, running patterns from actual play should be used. Change of direction, quick stops, hurdling over objects should all be part of varied, demanding running activities.
- Work toward improvement through progressive adaptation of training sprints. This can be done by increasing the number of sprints while maintaining recovery period time, by decreasing the recovery period, or by
a combination of the two.
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Conditioning Activities
