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Any conditioning going on at practices?
The offensive choreography looks like an excellent conditioning exercise to me, while still teaching them tactical work. I think just the fact that Brian is always maintaining a high work rate that they really don’t need much conditioning without the ball.
Like Ryan mentioned, I think there is alot of conditioning built into the activities that make training efficient and also reinforce their “identity”.
Rondos – It seems like in the 3v1 and 4v1 videos that he was having the defenders go for a set amount of time (1 minute maybe?). After that, another player would come in and act as defender with the former defender going out or becoming an attacker. I think this work-to-rest ratio well thought and goes back to reinforcing how they want players/the team to pressure: short bursts of high intensity work followed by winning possession where it recovery.
Choreography – I think there is a good deal of fitness built into all of them. Since one group goes for a set amount of reps, they have to all go back to the starting point after each rep through a jog or sprint.
Overall, I think everything is done at high intensity for a short amount of time, which fits an interval training approach for soccer better than the traditional long distance running.
Ryan, speaking of “traditional long distance running,” I was going to post this in the speed topic but you set me up here… I wince every time I see the players coming off the pitch on TV where they show some equivalent amount of distance, usually nearly 8 to 10Km, that the player has covered. I do believe the players actually cover that distance but the way soccer players do this is totally different than the runners – to state the obvious. It is also different for various positions. I am afraid the implication is that training, like one would do for a 10K, is beneficial to soccer players. While it may be for general cardio, it is a very bad way to train if you value speed. And I do, highly. Long distance running will erode your top speed and there is no need to do it. Interval training, especially with super-effort sprinting mixed in (and some running form coaching) is something that I would highly recommend, if you do any supplemental training. With that said, I am curious to see if anyone does any supplemental training and of which type.
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