Starting wih the front knee down, this laterla sprint drill forces the soccer player to make a hard lateral push with the back leg. Lateral speed is always a focus of everything we do to create players with "real world" speed improvements.
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Reaction - action - reaction - action ...taking box jumps beyond the "power jump" and building more reactive, "real world" speed. Athletes that can react quickly, and jump powerfully, are going to be the same athletes that sprint quickly anf get to the ball 1st.
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Linear resisitance from the Vertimax system to help build those forward sprinting muscles. We like to work these as a progression with isometic bands and then some full on sprinting.
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Loading the leg through the "hopping" through the ladder and then explosively sprinting off of the "hop foot" is a great conditioning method for building 3-step sprinting speed.
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Mix it up, keep it fresh and make sure the kids never get "good at the drill" instead of getting "good at soccer". It's important to stimulate the learning aspect of the soccer development to ensure the kids are truly becoming better athletes for better soccer.
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Hurdles plus the Vertimax are a combination you really cannot beat of you want to dramatically increase your lateral speed and acceleration. 3-Steps to the ball... you're either there first or chasing the guy who is!more
June SocrLabs Hours - Changes
To better manage the additional coaching staff added for the summer camp, we’re modifying the June summer hours as follows:
Monday
Summer camp: 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
General Session: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Tuesday
Summer camp: 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
General Session: ...more
