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When the Indianapolis Colts used a first round draft choice two years ago to select Donald Brown from UCONN, it was widely assumed that the rookie would take over the incumbent Joseph Addai in short order. The fact that Addai was coming off his worst season since entering the league made his prospects look even bleaker. Faced with this challenge to his job, Addai decided to do something about it on the football field. What transpired was a very quiet but solid 2009 season where he rushed for over 800 yards but changed his game’s dynamic by catching a career high 51 passes. All together Addai hit paydirt 13 times last season which turned him into one of the great values of that campaign. Donald Brown got his touches but didn’t go enough to grab hold of the job from Addai as a rookie.
So entering 2010 Brown once again was poised to take hold of the job due to the fact Addai was entering the last season of his contract with no chance of returning. So it would make sense the thinking went for the Colts to see what they had in Brown and also to discover if he was able to take on a full load of carries all year. Once preseason began however Addai clearly outplayed Brown and thus once the 2010 season began, the former was once again the starter and once again was flourishing. Through the first two games of the season, Addai has collected 136 rushing yards while averaging 4.5 ypc along with 8 receptions for 50 yards. Meanwhile Brown has only received scant time on the field and its clear that Addai once again will be given the starters carries.
As far as Addai and his ability is concerned, he looks to be refreshed and more hungry since Brown cam aboard. Its quite possible that he got a little lax for a few years in his preparation due to the fact there were no challengers ready to take his job before Brown’s arrival which could explain the injuries and dip in production in 2008. Since than however he is showing the great cutting ability and skill in breaking tackles that he showed when he first entered the league. He also has turned himself into a top notch pass catcher and thus is a major PPR weapon. The TD’s were more than good last season and he figures to hit the end zone altogether at least 10 times once again. So all in all the prospects for Addai and continuing success is very bright and in PRP leagues he actually should be seen as a low end RB 1. Very nice comeback indeed.
http://www.bukisa.com/articles/359735_fantasy-football-player-analyzer-joseph-addai-rb-indianapolis-colts
The 2010 fantasy football season is just about upon us but we still have time to sneak in another preseason player analyzer so here goes:
After unprecedented success the last three season highlighted with a Super Bowl loss to the Pittsbugh Steelers, Arizona Cardinals QB Kurt Warner decided to hang up his cleats and hit the dance floor on Dancing With The Stars. Warner held the keys to the Cardinal high-flying passing attack and the job now falls to journeyman Derek Anderson. Anderson of course on his best day doesnt even approach Warner’s efficiency and excellence as a passer and so head coach Ken Whisenhunt has declared that the offense will lean heavily on the running game. Hence second-year pro Beanie Wells will have his chance to shine.
As a rookie in 2009, Wells showed the power running ability that made him a star at Ohio State by collecting 793 yards on 4.5 yards per carry for 7 TD’s. Wells was eased into the lineup from the start as he ceded carries to Tim Hightower but over the second half of the season was when he really started to blossom into a dependable every down back. So as we get ready to head into the 2010 season, the question must be asked: can Beanie Wells be a fantasy football RB 1 and what kind of numbers should we expect from him this season? Well lets figure that out.
As I said earlier, Beanie Wells is a power back all the way who does his best work charging between the tackles. The 4.5 yard average is very good and Wells can probably sustain this over the course of the year if he continues to run the way he is. So the running aspect if very positive here. Now some negatives.
For one, Wells is not a pass catcher. He caught all of 12 passes last season and thus is not attractive in a PPR format. Tim Hightower has been pass catching machine since he came into the league and I dont see why Whisenhunt would not continue to take advantage of his talents. So its entirely possible that Wells comes off the field on third downs which will suppress his yardage totals a bit. Another negative is the presence of Hightower himself as he came into camp in the best shape of his life and has shown good burst when he has had the opportunity to run the ball. Wells will definitely start out the season as the main back but Hightower can be put right into the lineup if he struggles at all.
Another big negative about Wells that could get Hightower to cut into his carries even more is the fumbling problem that he has carried into the NFL from college. Wells coughed up the ball quite a bit with Ohio State and he had 4 fumbles his rookie year. Three of those fumbles came in the first six games and he settled down after that but Wells has fumbled twice this preseason once again so dont count on this problem being solved by any means here. If Wells begins 2010 by fumbling the football habitually, you can be sure that Whisenhunt wont hesitate to make a change.
All in all, I do like Beanie Wells to have a nice season in 2010 but nothing otherworldly. He wont catch passes but he figures to be the main ball carrier which could result in nice rushing numbers and rushing TD’s. Wells’ value rises in TD heavy leagues and he stands a good chance of putting up Cedric Benson 2009 numbers which is not so bad.
2010 prediction: 1,210 rushing yards for 9 TD’s and 22 receptions
http://www.bukisa.com/articles/350460_fantasy-football-player-analyzer-beanie-wells-rb
Maybe the title sounds crazy, but it’s a real-life true story. I should add that I don’t mean that my first football kit made me into Pele’s younger brother or landed me a contract with Arsenal. But it did make a major difference for me.
I remember when, decades ago, I started playing football. I must have been ten years old or so, and the first day I went out onto the field it was a cold and slightly foggy day. I was most definitely not vamped about it and while I knew that the net across the field was where the ball was supposed to go, I didn’t really know how to get it there other than waiting for the other players to get into the shower so I could give the ball a few almighty kicks.
I mostly remember spending a lot of time standing still, wondering if I should do something and if so, what. When I say standing still, that means almost still, because if you’re shivering as much as I was, still is a very relative term.
I had no experience other than kicking a ball around the village square once in a blue moon. In fact, I had no particular affinity with football itself. It was just the fact that every other kid in school played football with a fervour and could not stop talking about it that caused my mum to sign me up for the local team, and there I was. A new football player. Huzzah.
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Well, that first Saturday morning on the field didn’t thrill me much. Neither did the second. Or the third. But after that, my mum brought home my first ever football kit, including the studded shoes. And magic happened instantly.
I Revolutionised the Game. Seriously.
The next Saturday, I walked into the dressing room feeling incredibly glib, knowing what I had in my bag without the other kids being in the know. I put on my kit and felt like Johan Cruyff himself was tying my shoelaces.
I was Ready.
When I walked out into the morning air, that day, I knew I was going to win this game. Sure, the team would be helping out a bit, but it was me by the grace of my football kit who would rock this game. I was on the ball, and I invented that phrase right then and there.
I ran flashily past any and all opponents, I skidded across the grass tearing up great lumps of sod, and I astonished all players with my deft ability to snatch away the ball from my team’s sharpest shooter just a second after he’d completely befuddled the goalie and was ready to score, and a second before I lobbed the ball neatly into the corner. Of the field, not of the goal.
I was hopeless. Completely, utterly, terribly hopeless. I’m not sure but I may even have scored a hat trick. Actually, now that I’m thinking about it, that happened on my first ever match, not when I first wore my football kit. Still, I made a pretty advanced kind of fool of myself.
I just wasn’t a very good player. I think I played for half a year or so until I decided to stop. Or maybe I was kicked off the team, I don’t remember. What matters is that feeling I got when I first wore my football kit.
I’m smiling as I write this, because I just love that memory. I opened the box and there it was: my first football kit: All shiny and bright red, and with shoes that had a feel to them quite unlike any other shoe I had ever worn. It was magic. Absolute magic. The feeling that football kits can give to players.
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If it was two years before, it would have cost you atleast 2000 rupees to buy an mp3 player. That too there is only one type of mp3 player that connects to computer through USB and has the shape of hemi-cylinder. Now things have changed dramatically. There are many different models of mp3 players ranging in price from inexpensive to high priced ones. The cheapest mp3 players comes at 990 rupees in a store (SENSEI model) and at less than 500 rupees if bought on ebay. The expensive ones are the ones with more GBs (4GB, 8GB, 32GB, 64GB etc.) and the top brand products like Apple iPod Nano, Apple iPod Shuffle.
Apple has its lowest cost variety too. That is the Apple iPod Shuffle of 1GB capacity costing only 2300 rupees. Doubling the price will get you 4GB player from iPod. On the other hand iPod Nanos can cost as much as 25000 rupees for the 64GB capacity. Apple has a range of capacities in Nano to suit costs. The minimum it comes for Rs. 9000 at 8GB. IPod Nanos also have video apart from mp3 playing ability. Apple players are high in price (also in India) as the quality and the capacity of the players they offer is wide ranging.
The other brands in this area too offer quality audio players. But the capacities are limited to 8GB. For example, Transcent 2GB player costs 1999 rupees while 4GB costs 2499 rupees. Their low price does not imply low quality. But compared to iPod their software is limited. They play wma or mp3 only. In Mp4 (mp3+video) players too the cheaper brands like YES (2900), Transcend (3400) etc. play only avi and flv formats. And that too limited in these formats. However they play youtube video formats. For the consumer looking for cost effective yet good solution, these brands are good. But for those who want more convenience without the need to convert the formats and looking for extensive use the Apple players are suitable. Other than that there are also good quality players from Sony and Philips (Go Gear).
And remember these players are priced differently at different stores in India. The difference could be small. But you cannot expect to find the player of your choice at one store. The stores featuring only mp3 or mp4 players will have all brands but they may miss the cheaper ones. You need to decide on your price range and then decide the store to buy the player from.
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Each Football Player Makes a Lot Contribution to His Club
Soccer is often a popular game enjoyed by a lot of people and harnessed the hearts of countless loyal basketball fans. In spite of football as well as soccer, is popular worldwide. The FOOTBALL (National Basketball League) will certainly hold a lot of football games on a yearly basis. It will certainly generate a lot of famous basketball teams as well as players throughout these games inside NFL. For that reason, it is going to take many basketball clubs along with players to get selected while large. But a large number of football avid gamers shot for you to fame not as a consequence of national fame, but because of their performance of their respective golf equipment. Therefore, spend his or her entire lives with the club and turn into proud of computer.
An exceptional performance players stated in the sport will benefit straight away to his club after which it themselves. The team tournaments are generally played on a yearly basis. Each time lasts lifespan of seven months. 1 week after 1 week, players struggle for country wide glory. And for the great performance inside game, players needs to do more exercise with the Port involving preseason authentic football jerseys. The price of an player goes up as well as down determined by seasonal productivity. Big income is linked to these country wide leagues renowned and waived even the principle attraction pertaining to players.
The members in the football club are certainly not only trained with the players while using same nationality. They will often come via different international locations. But that they believe your club as their unique family, and is also expected for you to contribute. And just once you start to check out these perfect stars from the club for you to shine for the national crew, the total team brimming with stars along with black divots collapse. There are several famous basketball teams including Italy, England, England, and many others. These groupings have not only a superstar gamer positions in every one of their coaching, but your national championship is incredibly popular, these nations have demonstrated their illustrious type event.
Although a new weak performance with the club could cost a farmer his put in place club squads, but avid gamers still take into account the club while his household in basketball. Fans also usually support your actors who tend not to respect your club a good deal. Players generally wear inside training. This can ultimately charge him his put in place the country wide team, including the selection of national teams is surely an adult using the results involving players inside league. These kind of international situations are small, and people usually forget, especially people who their nation is just not. Criticism is often a time after which it stops.
Since home clubs in the players are derived from different countries during the entire season, players will perform their far better to contribute thus to their home and their unique profit. We work hard to hold his put in place the starting up lineup to the club, which is just not always easy, given competition in your super-strong crew though. And fans worldwide to don jerseys low cost NFL to observe the basketball game coming from all football clubs thus to their idols, and support his or her team which has a sincere cardiovascular.
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So far in the 2010 fantasy football season, a good number of top running back options have been a disappointment to owners due to injury, ineffectiveness, time shares and more. Guys like Jonathan Stewart, Jamaal Charles, Shonn Greene, Reggie Bush, Ryan Matthews, DeAngelo Williams to name a few have all let down their respective fantasy football owners to some degree or another. The original thinking was that running back had great depth due to the amount of committee backfields but the developments through three weeks of the season have destroyed that notion. Thus many fantasy football owners have begun looking for help and one name recently popped up to offer some excitement. That man is Cleveland Browns RB Peyton Hillis who registered the biggest eye popping out of nowhere fantasy performance of the season with his 144 yard rushing (with 1 TD), 7 catch for 36 yards annihilation of a very solid Baltimore Ravens defense. As a result, many a fantasy owner channeled their inner Usain Bolt and ran to the wire in order to pick up or make a claim on Hillis. So now the questions are coming in fast and furious and I am here to help. Was Hillis’ game just a flash in the pan or does he hold value for the rest of the year??? Lets take a look.
For starters, Hillis was drafted in the seventh round by the Denver Broncos and played sparingly his first two years in the league. During his time there, Hillis showed very good hands out of the backfield and a knack for scoring TD’s in the red zone (5 rushing TD’s as a rookie in 2008). Blessed with Mike Alstott size and strength, Hillis profiled as a lesser version of the famed Tampa Bay fullback with much better receiving skills. He went largely unused in Denver and so when he was dealt to the Broncos, it failed to register on the fantasy football radar.
Entering 2010, Hillis was behind Jerome Harrison on the depth chart and got his chance when Harrison got injured in Week 2. Based on his awesome game last week, Hillis showed off the previously unknown parts of his game. For starters, Hillis has great hands and is a definite asset in PPR leagues. The Browns have below average passers in Jake Delhomme and Seneca Wallace who oftentimes like to dump the ball off to the backs and so Hillis should continue to be a pass catching dynamo. As far as his running is concerned, Hillis has very deceptive speed which he showed off Sunday. The comparison to Alstott is right on in that he is a straight ahead plow runner who you wont see break it outside very often. So most of his yards will be from the north south variety.
All in all I think Hillis stands a good chance to be a nice find for fantasy football owners the remainder of the season. Jerome Harrison was awful the first to weeks before he got hurt so coach Eric Mangini has every reason to keep him in the lineup. I already noted how he has a nose for the end zone and he should continue to receive almost all of the opportunities in the red zone. Now I am not saying Hillis will be a top ten running back this season but no doubt he showed last Sunday that he has the goods to be a big help the rest of the way. If he didn’t have the receiving skills, I would not be as excited as I am about Hillis but since he possesses that skill, he thus makes himself potentially a very good all-around back. If he happened to not be picked up in your league, now is the time to do it so act quickly.
http://www.bukisa.com/articles/364150_fantasy-football-player-analyzer-peyton-hillis-rb-cleveland-browns
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By Sergio Garcia, Director of Australian Football Players.
The animal within. Player Education© hopes to assist young players build and succeed in all aspects of their game. This e-book is intended as a guide only. Many styles of coaching and training are utilized in this book. Some are taken from professional player’s preferences, others from lessons taught by the Football Federation of Australia, some from professional fitness experts and some from personal experience. Few players (and coaches) outside of the professional game fully appreciate the impact that proper conditioning can have on performance. There is quite rightly a heavy emphasis on technique and skill development at every level of the game, but skill can only be applied within the limits of player’s physical capacity. We’ve all seen those players who lack good technique yet still prove to be deadly effective. Often their speed and power is enough to outshine opponents and team mates who posse’s significantly greater talent. There is no substitute for correct technique. But the greater a player’s soccer-specific fitness, the higher the level they can apply what skill they do have.In small-size sections, this e-book covers the most important elements of fitness in the game of soccer. Starting with endurance training, it progresses through strength, power and speed training as well as testing soccer fitness and proper nutrition.Enjoy the e-book and if you have any questions please use the . Part 1 – Soccer Endurance Training Elite soccer player’s posse’s excellent endurance. Typical values for VO2max (the technical term for an individual’s aerobic power) range between 55 and 70ml/kg/min. To give these figures some context, young, inactive individuals will typical have a VO2max of 40-50ml/kg/min. How important is soccer endurance training?Studies have shown that the greater a player’s aerobic capacity, the more ground they cover during a typical game. Additionally, improved endurance also increases the number of sprints completed in a game. In one study, by improving the VO2max of youth soccer players by 11% over an 8 week period, a 20% increase in total distance covered during competitive match play was seen, along with a 23% increase in involvement with the ball and a 100% increase in the number of sprints performed by each player!Soccer endurance training falls into one of 2 categories: AEROBIC endurance conditioning & ANAEROBIC endurance conditioning Aerobic Endurance TrainingAerobic endurance training improves the body’s ability to deliver and use oxygen. It will allow players to sustain an overall higher rate of work during the ninety minutes. They will also recover more quickly after repeated sprints and high intensity periods of play. Sample Aerobic Endurance Drill
This drill is based on fartlek training, which is more specific to soccer and less monotonous than running laps of a soccer pitch: Warm up with a steady jog for 10 minutes Run hard for 3 minutes, jog slowly for 1 minute Repeat 6-8 times Cool down at a steady pace for 10 minutes ANaerobic Endurance TrainingAnaerobic endurance training will help players to recover more quickly from successive bursts of high intensity exercise. It is not uncommon for a player to have to sprint 20-30yards in order to defend an attack only, to turn and sprint in the opposite direction when counter-attacking. Soccer can be classed as high-intensity, intermittent exercise. Successive sprints or high intensity work bouts, with little rest in between, quickly leads to an accumulation of lactic acid. When the muscles and blood become acidic, their function is severely hampered. The player must slow down to recover and the last thing they want in this scenario is to receive the ball!With anaerobic endurance training, the ability to tolerate lactic acid is increased. In other words, it takes longer for lactic acid to accumulate in the blood and muscles and when it does, it can be cleared more rapidly allowing recovery to be that much quicker.Sample ANaerobic Endurance DrillSet out 5 cones 10 meters/yard apart. Starting on cone 1, jog to cone 4 then immediately sprint to cone 5. Turn and jog to cone 3 and then sprint to cone 1. Turn and jog to cone 2 and sprint to cone 5. Finally, turn immediately and sprint to cone 1. Rest for 60 seconds and repeat 3-5 times. This is one set. Complete 2-3 sets. Soccer Endurance Training for Junior PlayersPlayers that have not yet reached, or who are in the early stages of puberty should only complete aerobic endurance training. Intense, anaerobic drills are too demanding on young players, who have a limited capacity to produce and tolerate lactic acid.In very young players (i.e. 6 – 10) endurance “drills” should be avoided altogether. Instead the conditioning effect should come from endurance-based games that can easily be incorporated into a coaching session. Soccer Endurance Training For Youth PlayersAs young soccer players mature, they are naturally able to cope with more demanding training. Aerobic versus anaerobic conditioning should still be emphasized, however some more demanding interval training drills can be added into a players program.Interval training simply refers to breaking a low intensity drill up into several shorter intervals. Because a rest period is allowed between each interval, the overall intensity can increase. When you think about it, this is a lot like the nature of a soccer game.Soccer Endurance Training For Mature PlayersWhen players mature physically (usually between ages 16 – 21), their soccer endurance plan should be tailored to meet the precise demands of the game. Players should be completing much more interval training than steady-paced continuous training. They should also incorporate lots of anaerobic endurance drills to help them tolerate the build up of lactic acid.At this level, endurance training should also be periodized. That simply means that over the course of a season there will be specific periods where aerobic endurance conditioning is emphasized, specific periods when anaerobic endurance conditioning is emphasized and periods of structured rest and recovery. Part 2 – Strength Training For Soccer Soccer players require strength in both the lower and upper body. Nearly every movement in the game from kicking, to tackling, to twisting and turning, sprinting and heading, requires a good foundation of strength and power.However, strength training for sport is very different from simply lifting weights and trying to lift more and more each session. The bodybuilding mentality still predominates in soccer strength training routines but it’s important to remember that for most players, simply adding muscle size and bulk, or even pure strength, is not what they require to play soccer successfully.There are essentially FOUR distinct types of strength training for soccer. Each one has its place and don’t worry… they are not all completed at the same time! In fact, in older players, the most effective strength training plan is designed so that one form of strength training builds on another over the course of a season. Let’s look at each in a little more detail…Basic Strength Training for SoccerBasic strength training is designed to build a solid and balanced foundation. It prepares the joints, muscles, ligaments and tendons for more intense work later on in the training plan. It is designed to strengthen underused stabilizer muscles and to balance the right and left side of the body. Soccer, like any sport, tends to place uneven demands on various muscles leaving some overdeveloped and some neglected. Overly strong quadriceps is a classic example, placing the hamstrings under an uneven amount of stress.Maximal Strength Training for SoccerOnce a solid base has been built, and muscle balance is restored, more intense training can be completed in order to develop a player’s maximum strength.Maximal strength and muscle size or bulk is NOT the same thing. Bodybuilders train for muscle size – known as hypertrophy training. A bodybuilder may look very strong, and they are, but their strength is not proportionate to their huge size. In order to train for maximal strength, very heavy weights are used for a small number of repetitions. This limits the amount of muscle bulk that is developed but adapts the neuromuscular system so the greatest amount of force can be applied.The main goal here is to develop as much strength as possible so that it can be converted into a high level of explosive power and muscular endurance.Explosive Power Training for SoccerPower is the ability of the neuromuscular system to produce the greatest amount of force in the least amount of time. A soccer player can be very strong but unable to apply that strength rapidly, so their explosive power is limited.One way to develop power is through a form of training called ply metrics. A muscle that is stretched before it contracts will contract more forcefully and rapidly (like an elastic band). This is essentially what plyometric exercises do – they stretch muscles rapidly and then immediately demand a powerful contraction. It’s easier to imagine with a practical example:Imagine the jumping movement to win a header…The very first phase of this movement has to be a downward thrust. If you try jumping off the ground without first bending your knees, you can’t even leave the ground. As you “dip” down just before a standing jump you are stretching muscle groups like the quadriceps and hip extensors. These are the muscles that will contract very forcefully a split second later to produce the jump.The shorter and more rapid this downward movement or pre-stretching action is, the more forcefully those muscle groups can contract… and the higher you will jump!There are many types of ply metric exercises. Lower body ply metric exercises have also been called jump training and one of the simplest drills is very similar to the game hopscotch. Here’s a good soccer-specific drill below:Muscular Endurance Training for SoccerTraining for muscular endurance incorporates lighter weights and more repetitions. One of the best formats is circuit training where several exercise stations are performed consecutively. Many of the exercises can be performed with little or no equipment such as push-ups, step ups, burpees, squat thrusts, walking lunges, bench dips, crunches and so on.Ideally, exercises should stress the same muscles in a similar way as a competitive soccer game would. For example, using high box step ups rather than lying leg presses for the leg muscles, is more specific to soccer.Here’s another example… squat jumps are a classic circuit training exercise that build strength in the lower body. Having a partner throw a ball in the air to head is one way to make the drill more soccer specific. Another adaptation is to have a partner play a ball along the deck for you to pass back on every landing.Now let’s move on to strength conditioning for the various age groups… Soccer Strength Training for Junior PlayersThere is no reason why pre-pubescent players (as young as age 
cannot take part in resistance training activities.In fact, the American College of Sports Medicine (ASCM) suggests that if children are ready for organized sport, they are ready for some form of strength training. There are some scare stories regarding strength training in children, such as stunted growth and deformed limbs. However, when completed correctly, under proper supervision, a junior resistance training plan can actually help to prevent injuries that can occur in contact games like soccer.Here are some important strength training guidelines for young soccer players: Players who are not physically mature should NEVER lift heavy weights. They should NOT attempt to see how much weight they can lift. Young players should be supervised at all times with at least one competent instructor for every 10 players. Players must be given chance to master correct technique with no resistance before resistance is gradually added. Exercises that use bodyweight and light medicine balls are more suitable than free weights and machines. Most resistance machines are not designed for the length of children’s limbs and should be avoided. Soccer Strength Training For Youth PlayersAs players reach puberty they naturally grow in strength (particularly males). However, bones are still growing and the end plates are still susceptible to damage.Even players who seem to have matured early should NOT lift heavy weights (i.e. a weight that cannot be lifted at least 10 times). The progression from bodyweight exercises to free weights and machines should be gradual and based on a player’s own development. Because players grow rapidly during puberty, it’s important that a soccer strength training program helps to balance muscle groups. Bones usually grow faster than muscles develop, which can often lead to overuse injuries such Osgood Schlatter disease. A combination of strength and flexibility exercises can help to reduce the incidence and severity of these.Soccer Strength for Mature PlayersOnce players have matured fully, soccer strength training can become much more structured and soccer-specific.During the off or closed season, players should follow a general or basic strength plan. This will help to rebalance the body after a tough season.During the later stages of the off-season and the early stages of pre-season, players should switch to a maximal strength program. This can be converted into power and strength endurance during the latter stages of the pre-season, ready for the first competitive game. Part 3 – Soccer Speed Training You may hear many coaches say that modern day soccer is all about speed. Today’s players are faster than ever and the game is played at high tempo from start to finish. But what exactly makes a quick player?In a sport like soccer it’s not simply the ability to run fast…Players rarely, if ever get the chance to reach maximum speed in a game. Far more important is acceleration and speed off the mark. A player may be quick over 30-40 yards but lack the skill and dexterity to run quickly while in possession of the ball. And then there’s speed endurance…Soccer is a high intensity intermittent game. Players must make several strong runs or sprints back-to-back with minimal rest. Their ability to maintain sharpness and power is a measure of their speed endurance.How about quickness of feet? Speed of thought and reaction time? And don’t forget the ability to decelerate and change direction rapidly. All of these attributes combine to make what we would call a quick player. And the good news is that from this list of physical attributes most can be improved through proper training. Don’t let anyone tell you being quick are solely down to the luck of the genetic draw!So how does a player (or a team) become quick? It takes a combined training approach. And the first type of soccer speed training that will make a significant difference is something we’ve already covered…Strength & Power TrainingWhat determines running speed? It’s not just the ability to move your legs rapidly. While this is important, the greater the force you can apply with each ground contact, the quicker you can propel yourself. Of course, it doesn’t matter how much force you can apply if you can’t apply it rapidly. So the ability to run fast is really a combination of strength and speed… also known as explosive power!A phase of maximal strength training will increase the amount of force that a player can apply. That’s the first half of the equation taken care of. A subsequent phase of ply metric training conditions the body to apply that force very rapidly… the result is power development and a faster player!But remember, there are other elements to speed aside from the ability to run quickly…Speed, Agility & Quickness TrainingSpeed or sprint training will further help to improve you speed off the mark, acceleration and power.Agility training allows you to change direction without the loss of balance, strength, and speed or body control.Quickness training will help to improve your foot speed and co-ordination.In reality there is a lot of overlap between these three types of training. From a practical point of view they can all be combined into one session using just a handful of drills.Sample Sprint Training Drill – Hollow Sprints
Sprint for 30 meters/yards, jog for 30 meters/yards, sprint for 30meters/yards, and jog for 30meters/yards. Walk slowly back to the start and repeat. Sample Agility Training Drill – Follow the LeaderMark out an area about 10 meters/yards by 10 meters/yards. In pairs, one player runs randomly within the marked area. The other player must follow maintaining no more the 2 meters/yards distance. The leader should be changing direction and pace constantly. Two sets of pairs can be added to the area so players must be conscious of what’s around them also.Sample Quickness Training Drill – Ladder RunsAgility ladders are excellent for improving foot speed, co-ordination and overall quickness. They can cost anywhere from for shorter ladders to over 0 for more elaborate designs. An alternative is to either make your own with some white parcel string and a few soccer net pegs (make sure the pegs are pushed flush into the ground). There are lots of variations you can use and you can easily make up your own foot combinations. You can see an example to the right.Soccer Speed Training For Junior PlayersIntense strength and power training is not suitable for young soccer players. Neither is intense sprint training. But that doesn’t mean a junior player can’t improve their speed on the pitch…The best way to help a young player become quick is to make use of drills that will improve their ability to co-ordinate their limbs and move them more rapidly. There are a number of drills that will help to do this and they can easily be incorporated into an obstacle course or game situation that will make them both fun and rewarding.Soccer Speed Training For Youth PlayersAs players mature all-out speed and sprint drills can be added to their soccer speed program. It’s impossible to tell how fast or slow a player will be until after puberty. So if a player is very slow as a child that doesn’t necessarily mean they will slow in adulthood.In younger players it’s also important to develop speed and co-ordination in the upper body. While this may not seem specific to soccer, it will help with sprinting ability and allows players develop overall athleticism. It’s also a good idea at this stage to teach players correct running and sprinting mechanics which will hopefully become habit when they reach full maturity.Soccer Speed Training For Mature PlayersAs mentioned earlier, physically mature players should be following a strength and power training program. This in itself will enhance their speed and agility. Additionally, speed and agility sessions should be added to the overall coaching program towards the end of the pre-season. Speed can easily be maintained with just one session a week during the in-season. Part 4 – Soccer stretching & Warming Up Stretching for soccer has to be the most undervalued of all the components of fitness.Not only can it help to reduce the risk of injury, good flexibility also improves athletic and technical performance. Muscles can apply force over a greater range of motion which in turn increases speed and power. Rebound movements such as kicking and jumping can become more explosive and a greater range of motion helps players reach further for the ball.There are three main types of stretching:1. Dynamic soccer stretching – often used at the beginning of a warm up. Making circles with the arms to loosen the shoulders, twisting from side to side and swing each leg as if to kick a ball is all good examples.2. Ballistic soccer stretching – bouncing or ‘jerky’ movements that use your bodyweight to increase the stretch. Bending over and bouncing to touch your toes is a classic example. Avoid ballistic stretching. There are safer and equally as effective ways to improve range of motion.3. Static soccer stretching – muscles are stretched without moving the limb or joint itself. A good example of a static stretch is the traditional quad stretch where, standing on one leg, you grab your ankle and pull your heel into your backside.From these 3 types of stretching, dynamic stretching is recommended prior to a game or training session. Dynamic stretching helps to reduce tightness which is associated with muscles tears. Avoid static stretching before a game as this may actually reduce strength and power performance and has not been shown to prevent injury.Dynamic stretching, while useful before a game is not particularly effective at increasing a player’s range of motion long term. In order to increase flexibility, static stretching is more useful and static stretches should be completed when fully warm – at the end of a training session or game is ideal.Soccer Stretching GuidelinesEach stretch should be held for 20-30 seconds and should be repeated at least twice (preferably three times). So for example, you wouldn’t perform a calf stretch, then a hamstring stretch then a quad stretch etc., and then repeat the whole routine. Instead you would perform 3 calf stretches, then 3 hamstring stretches and so on.Here are some other general, but important guidelines to bear in mind before you start your soccer stretching routine…Do NOT hold a stretch that is in anyway painful. It should feel tight and that tightness should diminish as you hold the stretch. Breathe! Avoid breathing holding as you stretch as this can raise blood pressure and leave you feeling dizzy. For optimal results try to stretch every day or at least 3-4 times a week Makes sure your body in completely warm before you start. Either do 5-10mins of light aerobic exercise or do your stretches at the end of a training session. Hold each stretch for 20-30 seconds. “Shake out” the limb and joint and repeat for a total of 2 to 3 sets. Don’t expect results overnight. It can take up to 6 weeks to see measurable improvements. Be persistent – they will come. Finally, consider testing yourself prior to starting a soccer stretching program then again after 6 weeks. Soccer Stretching For Junior PlayersWhile young soccer players are naturally flexible, stretching should not be ignored. Stretches can be added as part of a cool down after a game or training session and even between drills during a coaching session. Young children should be watched carefully so that they don’t try to compete with one another to see who can stretch the furthest. Also, they should hold their stretches for a shorter period of time (5 – 10 seconds). Soccer Stretching For Youth PlayersYouth players are prone to overuse injuries and growing pains. Very often these occur because bones grow faster than muscles develop (Osgood Schlatter disease is a case in point).A good soccer stretching program is crucial to help offset these problems and youth players should try to stretch daily if possible. They should hold stretches between 10 and 20 seconds. Soccer Stretching For Mature PlayersOlder players should stretch at least 3 times per week – ideally after training sessions and a game. They can incorporate advanced forms of stretching such as PHF (proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation) which will help to further increase range of motion. Stretches should be held for up to 30 seconds.Warming UpEvery player and coach appreciates the value of warming up. By increasing blood flow to the muscles and raising body temperature it helps to reduce muscle stiffness – which is thought to be directly related to injury such as strains.Here are the key benefits of warming up:Muscles can contract and relax more rapidly when they are warm Muscle tightness can be reduced leading to greater economy of movement At higher body temperatures, muscles are more able to take up and utilize oxygen It can prevent muscle strains that are more likely to occur in cold, rigid muscles A specific warm up can help the body to recruit motor units more rapidly for all-out activity like sprinting and jumping As mentioned above, stretching plays an important part of the warm up – but only dynamic stretches are recommended. Static stretching prior to a game or training session can hinder performance and is not as likely to reduce the risk of injury.A good warm up routine is limited only by the coach or player’s imagination. However, there are a few general guidelines that will help to make the warm up more effectiveThe routine should start light and gradually increase to near-competitive intensity at the end. Start with general activities that involve large muscle groups. Examples include light jogging (with or without a ball) or skipping followed by some dynamic stretches. It’s important you avoid sharp, explosive movements like kicking or sprinting or any activities that might cause over-stretching.Towards the end of the routine, drills that replicate the time pressures in a game will help to increase reaction time and speed of thought. It’s often a good idea to end the warm up with conditioned games in restricted spaces. The intensity should be similar to a competitive match (apart from tackling!) with players focusing on sharp, quick movements. Part 5 – Soccer Nutrition In soccer, or any sport for that matter, proper nutrition is always undervalued.Players and coaches alike assume that diet only becomes a factor at the highest level of the game — that extra edge where the tiniest advantage can mean the difference between winning and losing.Not so!Nutrition makes a significant difference — at all levels and ages!Eating and drinking incorrectly before a game for example, can cause a sudden rise in insulin, followed by a sharp drop in blood sugar. The result is lethargy and jelly-like legs. Another example…Eat too close to kick off and it can leave feeling sick and nauseous. Why? When food is in your stomach, it becomes your body’s highest priority…Blood is directed to the digestive system in order to process the meal quickly before the food has chance to spoil and ferment. When you exercise heavily, blood is shunted away from major organs (and the digestive system) in order to supply working muscles with their increased demand for oxygen. A feeling nausea is the body’s way of limiting exercise so that blood can be directed once again to the digestive system. Ignore it, or push too hard and the only option left are to physically expel the food from your system!Ideally then, you should eat a suitable meal 3 hours before kick off. More than 3 hours and you could go into the game feeling famished and weak from low blood sugar. Any sooner and you run the risk of feeling sick.Following a game is a different story however. You want to eat as soon as possible to replenish carbohydrate stores. Having snacks to hand is a useful strategy rather than waiting until you get home for a big meal. You have a “window” — a period of time after exercise when it’s best to replenish your energy stores. Beyond this window it becomes much more difficult to replace carbohydrate stores and can take up to 2-3 days. No good if you are playing or training a day or two later.What about drinking and optimal hydrationThere are several different types of sports drinks: Hypotonic - Isotonic - Hypertonic - For now, isotonic drinks are best before a game (but not to close to kick off) and hypertonic drinks are best after a game. Hypotonic drinks are useful during hot weather conditions when the most important factor is dehydration.Of course eating before and after a game is only one aspect of nutrition. What you eat on a day-to-day, meal-to-meal basis is equally as important.If you play soccer competitively you may be training and playing 3-4 times a week or more. This increases your demand for energy and possibly some vitamins and minerals, so it’s important you eat more to meet these increased demands. But eating anything and everything is not a wise move…Soccer players tend to be quite lean because the sport is so physically demanding. Sometimes players and coaches believe that this allows them to eat all manner of junk food without consequence.While weight gain may not become a problem, your overall health and performance will be adversely affected. Too often, health and fitness is judged by weight. But the old adage “you are what you eat” is as true for soccer players as it is for everyone else. With proper nutrition every system, organ and cell can function more effectively. The net result is greater athletic potential.Sports supplements are becoming more and more popular amongst soccer players. They promise the world and often deliver very little. Manufacturers have been quick to expand from the bodybuilding market, paying well-known sports stars millions to endorse their products. But celebrity endorsement does nothing to prove their effectiveness.A few supplements do have a measurable, proven effect and can enhance performance. However, substances like anabolic steroids (which is a drug not a supplement), while effective are also dangerous and illegal.Coaches and players should be aware of what supplements are safe and effective and which aren’t. Beware of researching the internet however. You’ll quickly discover one-sided, subjective reviews designed only to part you from your hard-earned money. Correct nutrition and proper fitness training can have such a dramatic effect on performance that NO supplement can come close to matching its effect!
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Blocking and tackling equals Football success. Period, end of story. This holds true at every level of football, but especially the youth level. The most successful teams are the teams that block and tackle better than their opponent. Blocking is 99% attitude at the pee wee football level. Any player who listens, and has the desire, can become an effective blocker at the youth football level. All players will need this skill since at some point during a game, they will need to perform an effective block against the opposition. It may come on a special team or an interception return, but all players will need to know how to block.
I know in my heart, that each child that wears a football helmet and straps on a pair of shoulder pads can be taught how to successfully block. Each player may not succeed at executing every different style, or type of block, but each player can execute at the minimum, the really introductory blocks. Each kid can be coached on how to properly assist during a double team block.
Only players who do not want to be on the team and put in no effort, have a problem learning how to block. Get used to it at the pee wee level as many kids are forced to play by their parents and have no desire to play football. If you are coaching a “B” level team this may be the case with many of the players on your team. It is common for me to ask certain parents why they have registered their son to play football when the child clearly has no desire to play. The players tell me straight to my face that they do not want to play and their parents are making them. I usually talk to the parents and try to put it in perspective explaining that basketball is a contact sport, while football is a collision sport.
In over 20 years of youth football coaching, I have yet to hear even one valid reason from a parent on why they make their son participate in a sport the child has no desire to play. The standard, or canned, response is they do not want their kid sitting around the house watching TV or playing video games. That is what soccer is for. Let them run crazy with no chance of collision contact.
In any case, off my soapbox, let me correct my statement to all willing players can be coached to block. The most satisfying part of coaching blocking, at the pee wee football level, is that with proper form and using their brains any player can have success. These two factors are most important for a player to learn how to block.
It does not matter how potent or mighty the block is at the pop warner level. The strength and power of the block matter more at the high school level. At the youth football level, blocking is basically running interference on the defenders. Usually you need your line to just slow down the defenders by getting in their way while the backs get running. The quicker your ball carrier is, the less time your offensive linemen will have to run interference (block).
In conclusion, your job as a teacher, is to instruct the correct blocking techniques and provide the participants the suitable schemes to have success.
The world of finance tends to be one of the elite and privileged, in which those with the best pedigrees from the most impressive universities often dominate the landscape and culture. The road to investment banking remains a reasonably consistent, predictable trek: expensive private school to Ivy League to Wall Street. Growing up in Southern California, Andrew Kline knew little about this precedent. Moreover, he endured several hardships that complicated the journey to his long-term goals. Not to be deterred, though, Kline carved his own path to a prestigious position in finance, and he did it with persistence and fortitude.
Born to an insurance company owner and a stay-at-home mother, Andrew grew up comfortably with a well-to-do family in West Los Angeles. However, fortunes eventually turned amidst a recession in the state’s insurance industry. As insurance firms began to go under one by one, the Klines’ company soon suffered a similar fate. With what they had worked so hard to build gone so suddenly, they were faced with the reality of starting over from scratch. The fallout led to friction in the family and uncertainty about the future: “We went from being a wealthy family to having very little. All of a sudden I went, ‘Wow, I don’t have that company to take over anymore, we don’t have money anymore, and what are we going to do?’”
Because of the resulting difficulties at home, Andrew left and spent most of high school living with friends. One day early in his freshman year, he stumbled upon a new interest, telling his mother and brother, “I found football, and I love it. I’m going to get a college scholarship and I’m going to play in the NFL.” Not only did he love it, he was great at it gifted with the rare combination of size, speed, athleticism and motivation that is so rare at such a young age. With all of the problems surrounding his life, Andrew poured all of his energy into football. It became the most important part of his life. Within a few years, scouts and college coaches took notice, contacting Andrew and his coaches about playing at the next level.
Though he had been let down many times during his adolescence, Andrew refused to let himself down. He backed up his confidence by earning a full athletic scholarship to play football at San Diego State University. His play at the guard position was impressive enough to get him drafted in 2000 by the St. Louis Rams, the defending Super Bowl champions.
Andrew continued to ride the high of accomplishing his goals and immediately impressed the Rams’ coaching staff with his ability and determination. The team’s head coach, Mike Martz, told the media that Andrew was the most impressive rookie on the squad. Assistant coaches praised his knowledge of the game and labeled him a future force on the Rams’ offensive line. Sure enough, he earned a starting spot as he inched closer and closer to fulfilling his considerable potential. Just when everything seemed to be working out, another tremendous obstacle emerged.
One day during practice, Andrew suffered a devastating hit that left him with a severe concussion, which gave him fits of seizures and vomiting. Ever the competitor, he did his best to play on in spite of the injury in hopes of holding his starting position. But when he found himself unable to remember even the simplest of plays, he saw the team psychiatrist for tests. The results came in as he was preparing for what would have been one of the biggest games of his life: Monday Night Football against the Oakland Raiders. His brain had endured too much trauma, and the next hit could have been his last: “The doctor said that if I had played in that game and taken another hit, I could have had permanent brain damage or even died, because my brain was in such a fragile state.” Andrew would never play football again.
Everything his life had revolved around for the past ten years was taken away in a heartbeat. The concussion left him a shell of the man he was just months before. He had taken an IQ test before the NFL draft in 2000 and scored in the 90th percentile; after the injury, he was in the 40th percentile and remained there for more than 18 months. It would be over a year before he felt normal again.
Again facing a crossroads in his life, Andrew was forced to consider his next step. Damaged and defeated, Andrew returned to San Diego and spent the next 18 months rehabilitating his traumatic head injuries. Eventually, he went to work for a real estate developer, earning only 0 a month. Depressed with the monotonous work, frustrated by the recurring side effects of the concussions, and seeking a change, he took a trip to Indonesia hoping to come to some sort of realization. There, he met a group of professional surfers and spent the next month getting to know them. He wondered to himself, “What if I started a surf school with these guys?” The Australian Surf Academy became an instant success, and Andrew was able to add some money to what he had saved from his time in the NFL.
Having lost over ,000 a year earlier in the stock market when his broker made risky investments with his money, Andrew had become inspired to learn about an alternative real estate investing. With some cash to comfortably invest for the first time in years, he decided to enter the real estate business himself and started buying property in San Diego and Arizona. His timing and ability to find a deal could not have been better. He showed a natural skill for flipping properties—buying houses or tracts of land, fixing them up, and reselling the properties for substantial profit. Timing the market perfectly, Andrew founded a land-investment private equity group that returned over 700% in three years: “I was buying hundreds of acres of useless land for ,500 per acre and selling it back to large developers for ,000 acre. It was such an amazing time.”
Following his success in real estate, a young and confident Andrew Kline joined up with a team of high net worth investors and attempted to buy a professional hockey franchise. As the deal fell apart, Andrew recognized a clear need in the marketplace to effectively value sports franchises and handle the ensuing transactions: “Even the most sophisticated investment banks on Wall Street were unable to properly value a professional sports team or lead the acquisition process for potential owners.” As a result of this experience, Andrew founded Park Lane, a sports investment bank that has worked on transactions with teams from all of the major sports, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL and MLS. Park Lane typically concentrates on deals of values between 0 million and billion.
With relevant experience, specialized knowledge, and a propensity for capital raising and deal closing, Park Lane has built an impressive reputation in the narrowly defined market of sports finance. The boutique investment bank provides corporate finance services, mergers and acquisitions advisory, valuations and restructuring to its clients—leagues, franchises, sports businesses and wealthy sports investors. The firm additionally offers financial advisory, research, consulting and business development.
Having settled down in Los Angeles with his wife and young son, Andrew Kline now runs a thriving sports investment bank worth millions. Only 32 years old, he believes he still has much to accomplish. Though the odds were stacked against him for much of his life, Andrew has overcome the obstacles thanks to humility, a relentless work ethic, and a strong business vision. He has made a few mistakes and wrong turns along the way, but he has learned from them and moved on as a more well-rounded individual. Andrew Kline’s underdog success story of courage and perseverance not only explains his inevitable rise to the top, but it also should serve as inspiration for those who have fallen on hard times and see no end to the adversity in sight.
Florida State defender announces his plan to drop school to enter de NFL draft. NCAA Linebacker Ernie Sims has given up his senior year after 93 solo tackles in his three seasons, two as a starter. He also finished fourth at Florida State with 20 solo stops for 2005 including two during the College Football Orange Bowl. The Orange Bowl was won last week by Penn State 26 to 23.
This 6 feet and 220 pounds NCAA player has also been having problems with concussions. For this reason Sims wasn’t able to participate on Florida State’s game at Duke last October.
Sims is the second Florida State’s player that makes the decision of leaving school to follow his dream playing at the National Football League. Cornerback Antonio Cromartie finds himself on top of this list. Cromartie missed 2005 season due to a knee injury.