“Fitness isn't everything. But everything is nothing without fitness” — with these words, shortly before the summer fairy tale of 2006, a certain Joachim Löw — later he was to become a federal yogi and win a world championship title again after a long time — focused on the fitness skills of a soccer player. In addition to endurance, speed, mobility and, above all, strength are also elementary components of the term “fitness.
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Following the very surprising departure of the German World Cup team in Qatar, there was a lot of discussion about virtues such as passion and will - certainly not without justification.
However, “the little ones” show that Loew's basic virtue of strength is of elementary importance, especially in tournament mode. Japan, South Korea or Morocco - they can all still go a step further - just as the fans of the German national team could feel painfully.
Today's blog post is therefore about how important strength and strength training are for your sporting success on the pitch.
When CR7 once again hammers a volley into the goal with the straightness of a dart, he then starts a diabolical cheering jump and garnishes the whole thing with a finger on his thigh, you are amazed again and again.
And his opponent, former Leipzig Hwang Hee-chan, also flexed his muscles after his winning goal against Portugal in the last group game.
But sport — and soccer in particular — is not about the aesthetics of the muscle. It is primarily about protection against injuries. And that's where you can clearly prove that increasing muscle mass can reduce the risk of injury.
Targeted hypertrophy training has the potential to sublimate neuromuscular effects. The increased time spent under tension helps us to strengthen nerve pathways between brain and muscles and thus create high-quality movement patterns.
This has both in Protection against injuries As well as in the Performance increase not insignificant effects.
Players such as Leroy Sané, Moussa Diaby or Marco Reus often trot impassively, sometimes even listlessly over the meticulously maintained Carreé in the Allianz Arena, in the BayArena or in front of the yellow wall in the Westfahlenstadion. But suddenly the mail goes off. Like big cats on a loot tour, such players single-handedly surprise entire lines of defense at their opponents.
In addition to their basic speed, what helps them is their pronounced explosiveness. And this in turn is strongly linked to the player's strength level.
Conversely, this means that with a smart and structured training structure, the Maximizing explosivity of a soccer player can be.
In summary, an improved strength level allows you to boost your speed — the basic qualification of successful soccer players.
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An unevenness in the lawn, an uncontrolled landing after the header, a knee joint that seems to bend away as if by magic — injuries are manifold. And sometimes not ruled out in the high-risk sport soccer.
However, strength training can minimize injuries and the associated downtime.
Properly designed strength training, for example, strengthens and stabilizes the protective musculo-tendon system in the appropriate joints.
In addition to the neuromuscular benefits already mentioned, this is a decisive factor in Injury prophylaxis.
And in the field? The influence of fitness skills on many game situations during those ninety minutes, which are often characterized by the predicate “death or gladioli”, shows how essential the main motor form of strength is for game success.
A remarkable dribble with a feint that lets several defensive players run into the void is worthless in soccer if the final shot on goal is carried out so powerlessly that the goalkeeper can easily pick up the attempt with his cap.
Excellent technique in the header game is just as unprofitable if the jumping power is not available in sufficient way and you therefore have no chance of touching the ball.
Based on these examples, it is possible to argue that the performance of technical skills on the playing field is facilitated with an increasing quality of conditional skills — in particular strength —.
If you compare different teams within a division, you tend to find that a physically strong but technically weak team is better placed in the standings than its counterpart, which is technically shod but shows deficiencies in terms of condition.
To make it clear again:
Anyone who prepares for a season with a specific strength training program or wants to get fit with it not only increases their chances of sporting success. He will also have a positive preventive effect on his health and is more likely to be able to complete a season without an annoying injury.
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