Alright, I wrecked my wrist in a playoff game this past weekend, and previously I had been working out my upper body and arms and seen improvement in ball control. But with a bad wrist I cant do any weight lifting, does anyone have any exercises that dont involve weights, that would increase my upper body strength/arm muscles that put little strain on the wrist? they dont have to be great, just keep me in shape for the two weeks before I start using weights again.
well do this pullups if your wrist can support its great on the biceps and lats push ups their good for chest but use pushup stands dats good for the wrist no pressure on it if u dont have push up stands use dumbbells and do sum dips good for triceps and abs just do crunches and bicecles
I dont know how working on your upper body improved your Soccer ball control. Thats a new one to me. But you may want to take this as a chance to work your core and lowerbody, these areas are usually neglected too often. Doing bicep curls may help you look good on the beach but it is not going to make you a better Soccer player.
Resistance training. Either using rubber straps that can be looped around your arm instead of gripped or else isometrics. Isometrics are probably the easiest choice since you can push against a wall, a door way, etc. Just avoid pushing with your injured wrist or that hand. Just google and you will hit a lot of sites on isometric exercies. For example: http://www.sport-fitness-advisor.com/isometric-exercises.html
Sorry I dont mean control, as in a first touch, or foot speed. I mean, possesion, and sheilding. Sorry, when I was writing the post I couldnt think of the correct word. ANd the isometrics look perfect for what I need, it also works the core, which better soccer said earlier, is often neglected. Your core is your source of power, so im going to put those isometric exercises to work.