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Health & Fitness for Young Footballers Health Issues Staying healthy involves eating properly, taking regular exercise and getting enough sleep. A sportsman’s body acts like an engine – it needs the right fuel to keep the muscles working and plenty of rest to allow it to recover from periods of hard exercise. A well tuned engine runs better and more smoothly than an out of condition one and so does an athlete in peak condition. The well trained footballer breathes easier, takes in more oxygen, pumps that oxygen around the body and recovers more quickly than a player who is out of condition. The better conditioned sportsman also recovers more quickly from injury and we only need to read the newspapers to see how many top class sportsmen are prevented from playing because of niggling little injuries such as groin strains, hamstring pulls and the like. So, what can you do to ensure that you remain in the best of health? |
Training A fit footballer can run faster, for longer periods and is less prone to injury than an unfit player. Your fitness is your responsibility. Club training sessions will always include an element of fitness but their purpose is to concentrate on skills and team play. As you get older and take your sport more seriously, you need to do more fitness training using your own initiative. So what activities can help to improve your fitness? There are 6 components to a balanced fitness programme. We call them the “6 S’s” strength, stamina, suppleness, speed, skill and p(s)ychology. Let’s look at them individually. Strength | Stamina | Suppleness | Speed | Skill | (P)sychology
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