Top 3 football speed training myths

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Top 3 Football Speed Training Myths The myths that surround ways to get faster for football...they seem to never finish. Perhaps it's your cousins lame football speed training theories or what some weirdo told you in the gym...but the whole damn thing just seems out of whack... Why is it so complicated to answer the simple question, "How can I get Faster for Football? When did it become okay to maneuver off the tough work that entails training for football speed and replace it with pseudo-hard cone gadgets and drills? Football speed is about strength. How powerful you are and the way volatile you become due to that strength is the thing that leads to becoming quicker for football. Football speed isn't track rate. Getting faster for football is not the same as becoming faster for track. I've heard numerous track coaches say, "we work with them all off their sprinting form goes to hell 2 weeks to the football season" The reason is that we operate in a perfect straight line, in excellent form, in ideal circumstances how many times per match? Seriously, think about that. Perhaps when a RB breaks a long one or when a WR gets a step on a rear...but other than that, the game is played in stop and move spurts, hard cuts, jumps and plants, also, of course, tons of hitting. However, the fun doesn't stop there. There's an entire industry set up to different coaches and players out of their money by promising quick fixes, gimmicks, and perpetuating old myths regarding football speed training so that you remain weak, slow and bankrupt. Time to get down and dirty and blow some of these football speed training myths from the water: 1. Agility Drills Boost Football Agility drills do enhance your agility...in agility exercises. NOT on the soccer field. Running through beams


looks cool...it looks like a hell of a whole lot of work is being done and it's usually set up to be complicated, thus improving its effectiveness. Additionally, it is usually marketed by large companies who cover models to operate through cones sporting their over-priced spandex so that it looks super high technology and makes people to fork over the loot. But, just because somebody looks good doing something does not mean it is really worthwhile. After the very beginning phases they're only good for parallel parking clinic. It's true that you can take a 14year old player who has never done anything sporting and see improvement with him zig-zag through cones. However, after a few months the return on investment in the means of getting faster for soccer is going to be nil. If you want to increase foot speed so you're actually faster on the football field, try some sterile and Jerks or even the basic Jump Rope. Not sexy but powerful. 2. Lifting Heavy Slows You Down. This is the possibly the oldest of football speed training myths. The HIT-ers, Cross Fitters, along with various other "strength is bad" fanatics contend that since the bar moves gradually when lifting maximum weights, the CNS will understand that this and turn you into a big, slow, Gilbert Brown want. We all know that if you apply max force to the bar, even if this sucker is moving slow, the aim to move it quickly will enhance both your strength and speed. You should always be implementing maximum force to the bar. Your training should be centred around this idea. This is how you get quicker for football. Now, if you seat 200lbs, and you attempt to find 205, it's not going to fly ...it may even go slow.


But...the aim to transfer it quickly is what counts. It trains your nervous system (mind) to be quickly despite heavy weights. It’s the exact same for any sort of lifting, football related or only attempting to get bigger/stronger. So, you always wish to push/pull/squat the bar as hard as possible. To increase speed, it's critical to increase the size or length of the pressure applied (or both), or reduce the mass of the human body. But for practical purposes, not all of these possibilities can be achieved in human movement. The athlete is unable to lower the mass of his body or an item of regular athletic devices, or increase the duration of t (time) of a given motion. However, it is possible to improve the time of a motion of limited amplitude simply by decreasing its speed, which is crap. Consequently, only one recourse remains, namely to increase strength. Maximum strength is the main factor determining speed of movement!3. You Need Gimmick Devices to Get Faster for Football will keep this one brief because otherwise I'll go to a rage. You do not need a parachute unless you are leaping from a plane. If you would like to wear "Strength Shoes" with the huge heel in the front, change them: place the heels in the back and pretend to be a stripper because that's about the only use for a shoe with a 9" block onto the under it. All these gimmick products are great for selling, bad for pace. They have little to no value. Particularly when compared to great old-fashioned hard lifting. But, tell a 15-year older sophomore it to enhance soccer speed he need to perform gutbusting Box Squats rather than go traipsing about with a parachute on and you'll see one disappointed football player. For more details visit us at www.futbol.guru


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