Coaches, use this program, broken down day by day to get your players into peak condition before your first game. Players, get a head start by implementing these strategies into your summer workout.
In the upcoming pre-season I hope to try and improve our team’s conditioning by using some drills that I did while I was a player at Marshall University in Huntington, WV. I would like to do a series of conditioning/weightlifting drills on Monday and Friday and another series on Tuesday and Thursday, with Wednesday as a day off.
Strength training is very important in the pre-season as well as during the season as it gets your players stronger in body and allows them to compete at a higher level and not wear down as much physically as teams that have no weight training schedule. During the season the workouts should be “short and sweet” with no max outs, just a “toning” and training of the muscles. Make sure all of your players have time to relax (rest) after weight training, as it allows the muscles time to rest, recover, and grow!!!