Many soccer players these days spend hours in the gym. Are they trying to build muscles like a body builder or are they trying to condition and strengthen their muscles? The reason your muscles get bigger and stronger is because the human body adapts...

Have you ever noticed or admired the legs of a soccer player? Their function is to produce force and cause motion. There are 2 types of muscle fibers, slow twitch and fast twitch. Slow twitch fibers contract for long periods of time but with little...

Today’s question is this, Is soccer a sprint sport or an endurance sport? Any answers? Did anyone say both? Soccer is a complex combination of both and depends on the position, tactics, style, age or level of development. Soccer speed is the ability...

Any sport that is competitive will eventually resemble high school. Soccer has exploded as a sport and to say that top-flight soccer is competitive would be an understatement. You might scratch your head and say high school? That’s right, high...

It’s 6.00 am and you’re roused from sleep with blisters and sore legs. Have you experienced this? Do you know what I’m talking about? Let me give you some more clues. The heat hangs in the morning air and the day is ready to begin with the rising sun....