Using Heart Rate Monitors During Soccer Training

The intensity at which an athlete performs training exercises is a crucial factor in athletic training and development. However, it is often difficult to accurately quantify how intensely an exercise has been performed. This can be an obstacle in planning effective training sessions as certain exercises must be performed at prescribed intensities in order for there to be the desired degree of athletic improvement. Performing an exercise at too low of an intensity will not allow the athlete to progress and, over the long term, will result in stagnation or a degradation of athletic ability. Performing an exercise at too high of an intensity can result in excessive fatigue, injury, or overtraining.

Sports Research To Make Your Team Play Better Today

Coaches should be aware of the latest research in the sports science and physiology arena in order to constantly keep their team performing at their maximum potential. Research findings in the area of sports nutrition and conditioning can have a dramatic and immediate effect on a team’s performance. Effectively using this information can provide that extra edge over close opponents, especially in the latter stages of the season when games take on extra importance and overall team fatigue is a real factor.

Effective Conditioning with Intervals

What is Interval Training?

Interval training is a type of physical conditioning in which a series of high intensity activities (running, cycling, swimming, etc.) are separated by a lower intensity activity. Interval training is an excellent way to increase your aerobic power, expand your anaerobic capacity, improve the ability to recovery quickly from an exercise, burn fat, and is viewed much more positively by athletes than the traditional slower-paced continuous running that many coaches still employ.