Fitness Requirements?

Started by Ejay, July 12, 2017, 02:58:01 PM

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truenorth

Agreed.  As an aging distance runner, I can tell you that soccer is much more comparable to an interval workout than a steady state distance workout.  At the professional level, outside backs and box-to-box midfielders can cover up to 10K during the course of a 90 minute game...but they are doing that in 40-80 meter sprints... 

Having the aerobic fitness to run 5 miles in 32 minutes does not directly translate into the stop/start nature of soccer on the pitch.  If I were a soccer coach, I'd be more interested in seeing 400M, 800M and 1,500 M times...with a 2 to 2.5 mile timed run being the max I would want to see...

Goldenrj

Quote from: franklyspeaking on August 02, 2017, 01:15:40 PM
Why would any coach require 5 miles in 32 minutes.  Soccer is a series of sprints and clearly you need to know how to pace yourself properly but this does not seem to be the right way to go about it.

5 miles in 32 minutes makes as much sense as 1 mile in 4:30.  Both aren't related to the type of fitness required for soccer.