The winter months give football players valuable time to commit to a full off-season football workout plan. Take advantage of your extra time this winter to get better at your position and get noticed by coaches next year. The key to your off-season workout plan is to have a plan. Yes, any workout is better than no workout at all, but you will severely limit…
Photo Ezekiel Elliott, an Ohio State running back, running against Notre Dame during the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 1.Credit Ross D. Franklin/Associated Press Gretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness. To protect the heads of football players, it might be advisable to have them occasionally practice without head protection, according to a counterintuitive new study…
The Green Bay Packers are fierce and focused on football — when they’re not nerding out about ‘ Dragon Ball Z’ and other anime, that is Jarrett Williams Mike Daniels is a vital part of Green Bay’s defense. He signed a $41 million extension last season, appeared on the NFL Network’s Top 100 players list, and serves as an enforcer for the Packers’ front, destroying…
Tabatas are four-minute intervals of brutal metabolic conditioning. They sound simple, but if you re doing them correctly, you will finish in a state of breathlessness and your lungs will feel like they re on fire. Traditional Tabatas consist of one exercise. Better Tabata options allow you to rotate between multiple exercises. Pick the Tabata option that s right…
The NYSCA Coaching Youth Football section is one of the most comprehensive resources for volunteer coaches involved in youth football programs. During the sport-specific portion of the NYSCA training program football coaches view the Coaching Youth Football training video, which focuses on how to go about teaching many of the key fundamentals of the game to youngsters…
The benefit of strength and strength training for footballers is well supported by research. For example, De Proft and colleagues had one group of Belgian professionals perform extra weight training during the season. Compared to a control group of colleagues who did no extra training, the players improved their kicking power and leg strength. Reilly (1990) showed…