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Football Fitness Training

Football Specific Fitness Training... What's the big deal?

Football FitnessFootball specific fitness training is a vital element in today's modern football game. Whether it's professional players needing to be of a higher level of football fitness in order to keep their place on the team for 90 minutes. Or simply ensuring your 5-aside team can fend off rivals week after week, to reign triumphant in your local league.

A tired football player regardless of their unique skill ability will quickly become a liability to any team and as such the player will find themselves either substituted or not even in the first 11.

Football players looking to get the best from their game should look closely at all areas to get the greatest improvements , focusing just on skills on the pitch is a big mistake - quality time needs to be deployed to increasing all round strength and fitness to improve the lifespan of the player and the players consistency and ability throughout the game.

  • Football is a sport that requires a wide variety of athletic abilities, aim to make improvements in the following areas of fitness to improve your game:
  • Explosive acceleration and fast sprinting speed.
  • Muscular endurance and strength in the lower body.
  • Muscular balance and high levels of neuro-muscular co-ordination.
  • Body awareness and agility, the ability to know where your body is in any situation, and be able to maneuver it rapidly and effectively to your advantage.
  • Mental discipline to take orders and decisions, as well as putting the team first.
  • Good flexibility to avoid injury, football players are prone to poor hamstring flexibility.
  • Correct balance between your quadriceps and hamstrings, as well as strength imbalances between your left and right leg.

These are just a few of the areas of football fitness, that we will help you improve and develop, in order for you to get the most out of every game of football you play. Regardless of age or current skill level, a football specific training program designed to suit your lifestyle will definitely help get so much more pleasure and enjoyment and better results from your favourite game.