Basic College Soccer Training Drills For Preseason

By Andrea Davidson


If you're a soccer player that is in college, one important factor that determines whether you're fit for the start of the season is what you do before it starts. How you prepare can have a profound impact on whether your team is successful. By doing some basic college soccer training drills you're more likely to be ready once the referee blows the whistle to start the game.

By planning the whole program in advance the trainer can get to work as soon as players arrive. Ideally, they'll have started the program around five or weeks before the season begins. This gives plenty of time to build up fitness and get into shape for the upcoming games. At the start things will be quite slow, with light warming up and light running, so as not to exert the players too much at the start. Stretching is key too as it makes the muscles supple as less prone to injury.

As soccer players use their legs most of the time these muscle groups need to be thoroughly worked out by doing moving and static exercises. The moving exercises usually involve standing on the spot and moving the legs and arms in circular patterns. This stretches the legs and arms, loosening the muscles. Static exercise is usually less intense and involves a great deal of stretching.

Running forms an important part of the training regime because in soccer there is a lot of running around. Aerobic conditioning is vital and should be gradually increased as the season nears. Cross country running and sprinting should be undertaken as these will get you fit quickly. Later you should also start dribbling with the ball, practicing control and movement.

As the season draws near, most trainers will focus on the getting players ready for actual games. This means more working with the ball and more sprinting, as this is a key component of soccer. By this time players are usually separated into teams, with one team working on their fitness by closing down the other team with the ball. The opposing team, in the meantime are actually working on their close quarter ball control, trying to pass around their opponents.

It's important that each player practices shooting and free kicks. Often this takes place right at the end of a session and it gives the goalkeeper valuable practice at stopping the ball. When warming down after these sessions it's absolutely essential that it's done gently, so that muscles are not torn or overworked. A warm down isn't supposed to be intense.

During the early part of preseason the players need to take things slowly. Some might be unfit due to the lack of exercise in the off-season, and others might not want to be there at all. Because of the latter, training needs to have an element of fund added to it, otherwise players will not be motivated to try their hardest, However, do not push them too much in the early stages or they will be too tired once the season starts.

When the season is ready to start players will probably still not be fully match fit. The idea of college soccer training is to make sure players are ready to play competitive games. However, the only way to get fully fit for games is to actually play competitively against other teams. Preseason training is a great way of getting started.




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