The speed, strength and endurance of elite soccer players are often addressed by traditional training methods. However, one anthropometric factor that can help improve all of these qualities may be overlooked. We know that players are getting faster, with speed being the differentiating...

While the study below eludes to a high carbohydrate diet being a big factor in the ability to cover more distance in match, it is not the only factor that is important to the success of winning a match. Distance covered, out of context, gives you very little insight to the match as a whole....

Muscle glycogen is probably the most important substrate for energy production, and fatigue towards the end of a game may be related to depletion of glycogen in some muscle fibers (1). This brings to light the depletion of energy substrates over time.  In a ninety minute soccer match, this...

This is a post similar to the one from a week ago…basically a commercial but with some video of FC Girondins de Bordeaux training.

This is basically a commercial for a sports drink with some tidbits about the need to rehydrate well but there are some interesting clips of Paris Saint-Germain...