Speed & Agility News

Speed & Agility Winter Training in Lexington. The GFC Speed & Agility winter program offers age-appropriate strength, stabilization, injury-prevention, & coordination training for u9-u15 boys/girls. More.

Speed & Agility Fall Training in Belmont. The GFC Speed & Agility Spring program offers age-appropriate strength, stabilization, injury-prevention, & coordination training for u9-u15 boys/girls. Non-GFC members are permitted to enroll. Rolling admission is allowed. More.

Movement Facilitates Soccer-Specific Skill

"The standard of an athlete's movement facilitates the standard of his or her sports skills, so much so that, often, when skills break down, it can frequently be traced to poor movement, in so much that the athlete's movement and the resultant body position did not allow for successful accomplishment of the skill. In soccer, often the root cause of a poor shot, a poor tackle, of a defender losing his or her opponent etc. is not solely a lack of soccer skill but often a breakdown in the movement patterns and resultant poor position from which the skill was attempted."

Movement Training for Field Sports: Soccer

Strength and Conditioning Journal, Vol 30, August 2008

Ian Jeffreys MSC, CSCS*D; NSCA-CPT*D

University of Glamargon Pontypridd, Wales, United Kingdom

GFC Speed & Agility Training is an age-appropriate strength, stabilization, injury-prevention, and coordination program for aspiring young soccer players. Our Goal is TRUE COMPETENCY in the Fundamentals of Movement. This supplemental training will include elements of speed, agility, quickness, strength, stability, and conditioning at levels appropriate for each age group. Each training session is 1 hour in duration, and will be offered one time per week for 6-8 weeks during each season.

GFC Speed & Agility Training is offered by Grasshopper FC, a premier level soccer club serving metro west Boston area. GFC Speed & Agility is staffed by the licensed & professional coaches of Grasshopper FC. The lead trainer is NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Sarah deBrun.

ALL PLAYERS WELCOME – This program is open to GFC and non-GFC members!!!!!!!!!

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