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Share This article is guest blogged by Jonas Forsberg of YouthSoccerSpeed.com Last year, I was sitting in front of the TV watching the Netherlands against Denmark in the World Cup. What comes to mind is the way the players move on the soccer field. Both of these two teams have a lot in common, and [...]
Share This article is guest blogged by Jonas Forsberg of YouthSoccerSpeed.com Quite often I get emails from readers regarding the whole concept on when to perform speed training, and how often it should be implemented in the season schedule. A rather common phrase I get from readers is something like "we are planning on starting [...]
Share Global football star Cristiano Ronaldo today with Nike launched the CR Mercurial Vapor SuperFly II boot. Inspired by Ronaldo’s lightning speed and effortless style off the pitch, the CR Mercurial Vapor SuperFly II combines high-performance innovation and heritage of the Nike Safari print. Nike originally introduced the print on the Air Safari running shoe [...]
Share My good friend Clay Parker asked me if a runner’s top speed can be extrapolated to a 100 meter time. It’s a good question as we constantly have endless running calculators or converters. Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay recorded 0.805 second splits for 10 meters (based on 20 meters) which calculates to 44.72 kph [...]
Share 50,000 athletes in Torino for the 2013 World Masters Games… just 3 YEARS away! TORINO-TURIN — Torino will be hosting the eighth edition of the World Masters Games, the summer games for sportspeople aged from 35 to 100+ years in August 2013. The event – called by Regione Piemonte, Provincia di Torino and Comune [...]
Share BEAVERTON, Ore. – NIKE, Inc. unveiled its supercharged Nike Elite Series football boots providing new levels of performance. Nike’s Mercurial Vapor SuperFly II, CTR360 Maestri, Total90 Laser III and Tiempo Legend III all feature new performance upper to improve on-field visibility and a re-engineered outsole to deliver lightweight performance for every style of player. [...]
Share This article is guest blogged by Patrick Beith of Athletes Acceleration. With soccer season coming up and the agility conditioning of your athletes is unknown, are you looking for new exercises to have your team explode onto the scene? Fortunately, there are 10 tried-and-true exercises that are guaranteed to get your players ready and [...]
Share At a global media event featuring footballer Cristiano Ronaldo in London, NIKE, Inc. today unveiled the Mercurial Vapor SuperFly II, a lightweight boot featuring a new, unique adaptive traction system designed for explosive acceleration. The Mercurial Vapor SuperFly II features a reengineered upper for enhanced fit and ball control for fast feet. The vibrant [...]
Share This article is guest blogged by Patrick Beith of Athletes Acceleration. The ability to stop, start, cut and sprint are extremely crucial skills needed to be successful in soccer. Here are 6 of our top soccer agility drills for players that can be used and are great in a team setting. 1. Ground Marker [...]
Share Here in Italy, we love our football or CALCIO. After attending a few games, I started to see some patterns. On the clothing side, a lot of spectators wear Italian made KAPPA. You can’t miss their logo. But for footwear among the players, it’s a toss up between the Nike Mercurial Vapor Superfly versus [...]
Share Nike and Kobe Bryant today announced the debut of the Nike Zoom Kobe V, the brand’s lowest-profile and lightest basketball shoe to date. Bryant challenged Nike to make his signature shoe even lighter and lower than the Nike Zoom Kobe IV he debuted during his 2008-2009 championship season. Nike responded with the Nike Zoom [...]
Share London, UK – On the day before World Aids day some of the world’s best footballers joined Bono at announcement of partnership between NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE) and (RED). Didier Drogba (Chelsea), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Andrei Arshavin (Arsenal), Marco Materazzi (Inter Milan), Denilson (Arsenal), Lucas Neill (Everton), Clint Dempsey (Fulham) and Seol Ki-Hyeon (Fulham), came [...]
Share I’m in a bit of a rut. I am currently north of Rome where half my friends are AC Roma (or just Roma) and the other half are S.S. Lazio (or just Lazio) fans of the Italian Football (Soccer) league. Roma has gained a lot of popularity because in the past 3 years, as [...]
Share Low Level Laser Therapy is also known as Cold Laser Light Therapy, or Low Intensity Laser Therapy. This is not to be confused with the Far Infrared Radiation “heating healing” pads which treats another set of ailments. I’ll cover that in another article. Last year, I was fortunate and unfortunate to experience this alternative [...]
Share Wired For Speed – Introducing the Mercurial Vapor Superfly Imagine a paper-thin boot, where the support comes from threads. This is the Mercurial Vapor Superfly – an industry-defining boot, incorporating Nike Flywire technology and redefining how footwear is made. Nike Flywire technology utilizes high-strength threads that act like cables on a suspension bridge, delivering [...]
Share LA84foundation.org is the web site for the Legacy of The 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games that has several excellent Free Track and Cross Country Coaching Books. There is a web-based lesson for athletes, coaches, trainers and parents on how to prevent ACL injuries. While it may appear to focus on soccer, it applies to [...]
Share From NIKE Press release: Nike Considered Design is Nike’s latest products which combine sustainability principles with the newest innovations for sport. While Nike has delivered consumers Considered products for several years, for the first time, Nike Considered Design will be featured in all of Nike’s six key categories: basketball, running, football (soccer), women’s training, [...]
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