How would you design a home gym/workout area for soccer specific fitness training? What things would you have in there in relation to the type of exercises you would do. I googled this and some of the bodybuilding sites had good ideas about designing it to match your goals. But obviously, their ideas revolve around bodybuilding or mixed martial arts—not soccer.
It depends. Going with the minimal approach, I would get a power rack and an adjustable angle bench for barbell excercises. Some power racks have pullup handles built in. You could use a power rack in so many ways to excercise safely by yourself. You could hang blast straps/rings from it and also use it with resistance bands. So the basic essentials are; Barbell bar Plates (preferrably bumper plates) Power rack Adjustable bench For core and balance training I would also get a: BOSU ball Swiss ball Medicine ball You also need a matted area for doing core work and stretching. If you still have budget and space left, you could get a set of dumbells. Then you could add things ad-naseum but what I listed covers all the basics.
In case you're not familiar, this is an example of a power rack. It's the most versatile piece of equipment. Some examples of exercises you can do with a power rack (all done with a barbell): -squats -lunges -deadlifts -military press If you add a bench now you can do exercises like: -bench press -incline/decline bench press -hip thrusts You can hang shit off of it like; -blast straps/TRX straps/rings for dip variations -straps for doing hanging knee raises -resistance bands for balance/corrective exercises -dip bars can be mounted on the side Also, most power racks come with a built in pullup bar.
Also a great way of having an individual practice is the drillstars app. My kids are using this for some weeks and have a structured way of training. https://drillstars.com
You don't need much. Just do push ups, situps, squats, lunges, and other stuff like jump rope, wall sits, etc. You should be doing most exercises with a ball, so go out to a park and do cone work and juggling, etc.