Return to football runs and kicks
Star Run Drill This drill can be adapted to running and soccer-specific training. It can incorporate all aspects of soccer, including forward, backward, or multidirectional drills, and explosive and reactive drills with cutting.
Combined Drills Different activities such as quick-feet, short sprints, cutting and accelerating, and body rotations can be trained in a rapid sequence over a predefined distance (eg, 20 m). Incorporating various skills into a rapid sequence has proven to be an effective specific quickness and dynamic body control training method for soccer players after knee surgery
Readiness for Interval Kicking Progression
- No Pain
- Full ROM
- No effusion (Sturgill 2009, Esterson 1979)
- Adequate muscle strength (Mawdsley 2000, Bohannon 2005, Mulroy 1997)
- Running symmetrically(Ball 2013)
Step 1:
- Warm-up dribbling or juggling (5 min)
- Two touch passing, 5.5 meters (5 min)
- Rest (5 min)
- Warm-up dribbling or juggling, performing opposite activity from start (5 min)
- One touch passing, 5.5 meters (5 min)
Step 2:
- Two touch passing, maximum 16.5m (5 min)
- One touch passing, maximum 16.5 m (5 min)
Step 3:
- Two touch passing, maximum 16.5 meters (5 min)
- One touch passing, maximum 16.5 meters (5 min)
- One or two touch passing with a maximum 16.5 meters (5 min)
Step 4:
- Two touch passing, maximum 36m (5 min)
- One touch passing, maximum 36m (5 min)
Step 5:
- Two touch passing, maximum 36 meters (5 min)
- One touch passing, maximum 36 meters (5 min)
- One or Two touch passing with a maximum 36 meters (5 min)
Step 6:
- One or two touch passing, maximum 36 meters (5 min)
- Shooting (10 shots) and chipped/lofted balls, maximum 11 meters (2-3 min)
- One or two touch passing, maximum 36 meters (5 min)
Step 7:
- One or two touch passing, maximum 36 meters (5 min)
- Shooting (10 shots) and chipped/lofted balls, maximum 11 meters (2-3 min
- Shooting (10 shots) and chipped/lofted balls, maximum 11 meters (2-3 min)
Step 8:
- One or two touch passing, maximum 36 meters (5 min)
- Shooting (10 shots) and chipped/lofted balls, maximum 16.5 meters (2-3 min)
- One or Two touch passing with a maximum 36 meters (5 min)
Step 9:
- One or two touch passing, maximum 36 meters (5 min)
- Shooting (10 shots) and chipped/lofted balls, maximum 16.5 meters (2-3 min
- Shooting (10 shots) and chipped/lofted balls, maximum 16.5 meters (2-3 min)
Step 10*:
- One or two touch passing, maximum 36 meters (5 min)
- Shooting (10 shots) and chipped/lofted balls, maximum 36 meters (2-3 min)
- Shooting (10 shots) and chipped/lofted balls max 16.5m (2-3min) OR One or two touch passing, maximum 36 meters (5 min)
Step 11*:
- One or two touch passing, maximum 36 meters (5 min)
- Shooting (10 shots) and chipped/lofted balls, maximum 36 meters (2-3 min)
- Shooting (10 shots) and chipped/lofted balls, maximum 36 meters (2-3 min)
Step 12*:
- One or two touch passing, maximum 36 meters (5 min)
- Lofted driven balls maximum 45 meters (25 times)
- Shooting (10 shots) and chipped/lofted balls, maximum 36 meters (2-3 min) OR One or two touch passing, maximum 36 meters (5 min)
Step 13:
- At this point goalkeepers should begin work on punting and drop kicking
- Field players may begin to perform >20 min technical portions of practices with their teams as well as shooting and other drills.
Step 14:
- When cleared by medical team player may begin full practices with their team, initially non-contact and progressing to contact.
Step 15:
- Reintroduce game-play first through scrimmages in practice then with gradually increasing periods of game time.