2019 Summer Workouts

 

We need to improve our speed, fitness, strength and soccer skills during the summer so we can

come into the fall season ready to go. When our fitness is good, we can spend more time on

tactics and team play, so we are ready to go right into the fall season.

We will have three components to our summer program.

1.     Running for speed, quickness and endurance

2.     Strength for functional power and to reduce injuries.

3.     Soccer Skills

            

     We will be using the Sugarwod app to log and receive each day’s workouts starting May 20^th we have 11 weeks until fall camp to be Bigger Stronger Faster. Each workout will last around an hour each day 6 days a week. What you will need is a place to run; be it a track or your neighborhood, a decent soccer field with regulation size goal and some access to weights. Our focus in the weight room will be on our core lifts squat, bench press, deadlift and cleans.

     For first year players you will need to download the app for your app store. Search Sugarwod once you have the app in gym name look for WWCC Soccer fill out all the information. This is how we track are progress and see who is putting the work in. The app is free to use, if you don’t have a smart phone let us know and we will get you the workouts.

ALSO WE WILL BASE THE STARTERS FOR OUR FIRST SCRIMMAGE SOLELY ON THE RESULTS OF FITNESS TESTS DURING CAMP.  OUR FIRST SIX FITNESS TESTS ARE #1 - COOPER TEST,  #2 - 15 minute Run,  #3 - BEEP TEST,  #4 - YO-YO TEST,  #5 - CIRCLE OF FUN,   #6 - 40 YARD DASH.

“The only thing you ever have total control over is your fitness”    

The Ultimate Challenge

Soccer is a game that contains much of the drama of real-life in many respects: frustration, joy, uncertainty, pain, and feelings of intense accomplishment are all there. As you participate in competitive sports, you soon realize there is more to it than just mastering physical skills. It is the ability to utilize those skills when it counts that matters the most - when the game is on the line or when you are faced with an opportunity to directly influence the outcome. To that end, the game becomes an ultimate challenge of self-control - of mind over matter. It is that struggle to control our own performance that reveals so much about us - our doubts, our fears, our insecurities - but that also makes athletic competition so rewarding (when you do produce an outstanding performance). Mastering this struggle is a continuous process that involves courage, commitment, and discipline.

The “Self-Coach”

One of the key requirements of a good soccer team is conditioning and the key to any conditioning program is the ATHLETE. No matter how good the program may be, nothing is truly accomplished unless the athlete actually DOES the workouts and develops good personal fitness habits. There is a significant difference between making a decision to get fit today and making a commitment to be a fit person over the entire offseason or even for a lifetime. Any soccer training program should be based on one simple observation: soccer is a game that requires you to run, run a lot, and run and move in many different ways. Any time you are focusing on soccer-specific fitness, you should be doing one of two things - either 1) playing a lot or 2) replicating the physical demands of soccer in your training routine. Since you will not likely be able to play at a high level regularly in the summer, this program is your guide and a resource in preparation for the fall season and throughout the year. You are being challenged to make a personal commitment to being as physically fit as you have ever been in your life, so you can accomplish your individual and our team goals this season with no regrets.

Do you want to be on an average team or a championship team?

The answer will largely be determined by you over the summer!

Coaches

Jeff Atkinson
Head Men's Soccer Coach
Office: 1566
Phone: (307) 382-1878

E-Mail: jatkinson@westernwyoming.edu

Roger Carroll
Assistant Men's Soccer Coach

Phone:(307) 707-3224

E-mail: rcarroll@westernwyoming.edu

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