
Following up on my previous post Dutch Football Coach?Raymond Verheijen recently provided some succinct pre-season training guidelines for soccer players.?If you’re interested in soccer conditioning, he’s an interesting follow on twitter. You can also follow me at @mikeyoung.
Some pre-season guidelines for amateur coaches training 2-3 times per week to develop a top fit team without overtraining injuries:
? Raymond Verheijen (@raymondverheije) July 23, 2013
Week 1: Mon tactical, Tue football conditioning 11v11/8v8 (for example 3x10min), Thu tactical, Sat no game but again conditioning 11v11/8v8.
? Raymond Verheijen (@raymondverheije) July 23, 2013
Week 2: Mon tactical, Tue football conditioning 11v11/8v8 (for example 3×11′ instead of 3×10′), Thu tactical, Sat friendly game.
? Raymond Verheijen (@raymondverheije) July 23, 2013
Week 3: Mon tactical, Tue football conditioning 7v7/5v5 (for example 4x5min), Thu tactical, Sat friendly game.
? Raymond Verheijen (@raymondverheije) July 23, 2013
Week 4 (1/2): Mon tactical, Tue friendly game (group 1) & football conditioning 7v7/5v5, 4×5.5min instead of 4x5min (group 2)…..
? Raymond Verheijen (@raymondverheije) July 23, 2013
Week 4 (2/2): Thu tactical, Sat friendly game (group 2) & football conditioning 7v7/5v5, 4×5.5min instead of 4x5min (group 1).
? Raymond Verheijen (@raymondverheije) July 23, 2013
Week 5: Mon tactical, Tue football conditioning 4v4/3v3 (for example 2 series x 6 games x 1′ games/2′ rest), Thu tactical, Sat friendly game
? Raymond Verheijen (@raymondverheije) July 23, 2013
Week 6: Mon tact, Tue football conditioning 4v4/3v3 (for example 2 series x 6 games x 1′ games/1.5′ rest), Thu tactical, Sat 1st league game
? Raymond Verheijen (@raymondverheije) July 23, 2013
Obviously, this planning is based on the general principles. Next, the coach has to adjust this reference to his players & external factors.
? Raymond Verheijen (@raymondverheije) July 23, 2013
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Sir,
I happened to visit one your 6week periodisation 4sessions per week. I’m using that comment Column to request to send me a minimum cycle of 4 weeks of training schedule for U/15 football players.(Our TRG schedule is Weekly 4-sessions training plus one game day.)
If you reply to my request I will obliged. Thanking you sir.