[JNINE]

I recently went to a soccer camp and for the first time in my life I was able to put the ball to the side and beat the defenders with speed. When my evaluation came back, the coach said I should work on my speed. I have never been the fastest player in the world, but not the slowest either. I thought this was the summer when I would finally not have to worry about my speed. Coaches are always saying "You're dribbling skills are fine," then there's that "BUT, your speed needs to improve. How fast do you have to be to be considered fast? Please, give some workouts or routines to do to get fast. I am sick of being graded "average" on speed. I'm willing to do the work.

[slipnslide]

Originally Posted by JNINE

I recently went to a soccer camp and for the first time in my life I was able to put the ball to the side and beat the defenders with speed. When my evaluation came back, the coach said I should work on my speed. I have never been the fastest player in the world, but not the slowest either. I thought this was the summer when I would finally not have to worry about my speed. Coaches are always saying "You're dribbling skills are fine," then there's that "BUT, your speed needs to improve. How fast do you have to be to be considered fast? Please, give some workouts or routines to do to get fast. I am sick of being graded "average" on speed. I'm willing to do the work.

Do sprints at a track. Just don't burnout and quit doing them.

[Bertico84]

I read somewhere around here that doing squats and running on an incline also help improve speed.

[IncaEnclave]

run up hills or the stadiums...that'll increase your speed...the more weight and incline that is on your legs the faster they'll be when no weight is on them and they run on level ground....plus keep workin on your abs so you can stay light and strong

[sockacrazy]

I had the same prob and i started doing plyometrics and sprinting up steep hills then walking down when u get better start jogging down the hill and increasing reps. Also i am thinking about buying

http://www.soccer.com/IWCatProductPa...Key_id=2623430

Hope it helps

-justin

[Tony Dellbird]

Yeah do sprints then set yourself a recovery time say 15seconds? Then sprint again and do it up hills etc all sorts and then up your reps it works.

[PSsoccer123]

Originally Posted by sockacrazy

I had the same prob and i started doing plyometrics and sprinting up steep hills then walking down when u get better start jogging down the hill and increasing reps. Also i am thinking about buying

http://www.soccer.com/IWCatProductPa...Key_id=2623430

Hope it helps

-justin

I was thinking about getting that same thing, but I would like it if it was a little more than just 6 pounds for each leg. That doesn't seem like much, or maybe it's more but I just misunderstood it.

[JNINE]

Thanks for the help guys. Keep responding..........and great ideas.

[smith07]

I don't know that i would put the weights on my legs...not the healthiest idea and since you are developing fast twich muscle fibers, you will probably need to wait more than 15 seconds between sprints. running up hills is a good idea but you should also run down them; this improves your stride length. i would be careful with the weights; plyometrics and those parachutes are much more effective than and pose less risk in hindering flexibility

[CC05]

Squats will work, you can do those with or without weights. Hill sprints, interval training (ie: 100-200-400-200-100 -- works endurance as well), goto a stadium and run up the steps 2 at a time, jump up with both feet one at a time, jump up with 1 foot 1 step at a time, walk down the steps backwards (difficult but ya get the hang of it eventually). I haven't started much of my track training yet but for indoor (200m track) we do the same intervals as said above at around 80-100% effort. You could also just do shuttle runs in your backyard or agility ladder work.

And hey one tip, make sure you're running "on your toes". Maybe you already do, but I was surprised to see just how many people DON'T run on their toes at a tournament I was at (I don't know why I notice those things...).