This is probably no shock to many, but soccer players run on average 7 miles per game. Depending on the stadium, a soccer pitch is the largest playing surface among all team sports, and the players are constantly chasing the ball with only three substitutions. ITG Next is you go-to source for high school sports media coverage in Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and across the country.
Read, watch, and listen to the latest news and opinions in the high school sports world. Want to get the content before anyone else? Sign up for our email newsletter. In the competitive sports realm, the ability to react quickly is paramount. In fact, a sudden delay in reaction time can make a difference between whether you win or lose. As a result, athletes are required to respond to situations quickly and effectively to make the right decisions and initiation actions.
Reacting faster than an opponent can also increase your odds of defeating them. But, what sports require the quickest reaction time? Are there certain sports where fast responses are more important than others? Here are 5 sports that definitely require high reaction speeds:. In hockey, a major challenge is that players need to control and follow a puck that moves at incredible speeds.
A hockey goalie, however, has arguably one of the most difficult jobs in the sports world. For instance, a goalie has to stop a frozen, six-ounce puck traveling directly towards him or her, at an excess of mph , all while wearing 50 pounds of equipment. Soccer players have to avoid collisions and dodge some players that run over 20mph!
Similarly, a goalie usually has only 0. Anyone who has put on boxing gloves can attest to the difficulty and stamina it takes to box. The score is recorded and compared with the published tables. This test measures the muscular endurance of the chest and shoulder muscles. As many press-ups as possible are performed in 30 seconds or one minute. The score is recorded and compared with previous scores or other scores on the internet. Definition: The ability to move all or part of the body as quickly as possible.
Examples: Speed is important in sprinting, speed skating, sprint cycling and sports such as tennis when a player has to move forward quickly from the baseline to reach a drop shot close to the net. Run as fast as possible for 30 m from a standing or rolling start. Time is recorded and compared with previous times or other times on the internet.
Definition: The ability of a muscle to apply force and overcome resistance or the amount of force a muscle can exert.
Examples: A weightlifter performing a clean and jerk; putting the shot; a boxer punching a right hook; a rugby player in a scrum, pushing against the opposition pack. The handle is squeezed as hard as possible with one hand. This gives a reading for the strength of hand grip. This is the heaviest weight that can be lifted once. It can be attempted using free weights or multigym equipment and should be worked up to gradually, with rests between lifts.
Basic training. Developing a training base early in a season, during the transition phase between seasons or in the off-season gives an athlete a foundation on which to develop speed and power without getting injured. Stretching, strengthening, skill drills and the development of some endurance should be keys.
Functional strength and power. Developing muscle mass, strength and power in the gym under the guidance of a strength and conditioning specialist should be a priority. The Strength and Power Training section later in this chapter outlines the guidelines for developing these attributes.
Plyometric training. This step focuses on hopping, jumping, bounding, hitting and kicking exercises that must be explosive and sport specific. Brown and Vance A. Ferrigno are excellent resources for sport-specific exercises with great diagrams and descriptions of exercises and drills. Plyometric training should be undertaken only by athletes with a high training age or a well-developed base of strength and power training in the gym.
Sport loading. This step focuses on sport- or event-specific speed and loading the athlete with relatively light resistance that develops speed and power without changing sprinting form. Speeds should be 85 to per cent of maximum. The ways to increase resistance include weighted vests, harnesses, parachutes, uphill sprinting, stairs, sand, weighted sleds and drag suits for running athletes; leg ties, buckets or tethers for swimmers; large gears, slow cadences, headwinds and hills for cyclists; and tyre tubes for rowers.
Sprinting form and speed endurance. This phase develops sprinting technique and the ability to maintain speed by using longer sprint repeats. Overspeed training. This phase involves applying 5 to 10 per cent extra speed through the use of overspeed training techniques such as downhill sprints, harnesses, elastic bands, fins in swimming or low gears in cycling. The aim is to train the nervous system to increase stride rate in runners, stroke rate in swimmers and rowers and cadence in cyclists.
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