The following are descriptions of random exercises and side comments by the clinician as presented. A player should catch a medicine ball and stop on one leg while moving laterally. The clinician prefers to do the exercises at the END of a practice session, but they can be done before or in the middle, as well. The average sprint distance of a soccer player is 15 meters. Do not train to run efficiently for long distance-train to run fast.
First step is often too long.
Hoops are 10 yards apart, sprint to first, then sprint to second, but halfway turn and run backwards, turning again just before the hoop. Four lines of players, each group of four sprinting to 4 hoops, then to 2 hoops. Player dribbles to gate, passes to another player and sprints forwards as second player passes ball ahead. The first player retrieves and crosses for another player to shoot on goal. The player should be timed over the first ten yards after the pass.