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Why are your youth soccer players running laps?
This is a question that all coaches, at all levels, should ask themselves and reflect on their soccer training sessions. For many years soccer coaches have used laps to "warm up" soccer players or increase their endurance. We should all reexamine this thinking.
Last month a friend of mine, Coach Mike, called me and he sounded a little upset. He knew my philosophy on soccer players running laps and we had a long discussion about it earlier in the year. Coach Mike is successful high school coach that holds a USSF "C" license and in years past has coached many youth academy teams. He is well respected and liked by players, parents and the soccer community. While developing both www.BlastTheBall.com and our new www.SoccerU.com series I would often sit in the bleachers watching his players practice and play.
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