Saturday, January 31, 2009

Rainy day soccer practice

Thursday and Friday after school soccer practice was moved inside the school. Our soccer pitch is a cheap dirt ground, so when it rains it turns into a great pool of mud.
First the team did regular warm ups, then some easy muscle training such as push-ups and stomach crunches. After that some more stretching because the floor in the hallways is very cold.
Next, we did a staircase run. Full power sprinting to the fourth floor taking double steps. It was quite hard and did 10 laps only. Just that there was no break and in full tempo gave a good burn in our thighs and knees.
A 2 minute breather and stretching before preparing for ladder drills. My current ladder drill lasts for about fifteen minutes and focuses on staying on the tip of the toes.
After about one hour we could use a room on the fourth floor. The team did passing practice between two markers with the team divide in half at both ends. We did various passes, alternating right and left foot and two touch single touch passing. Then some more muscle training for speed and flexibility.

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