It is players like Kylian Mbappé, Leroy Sané or Jadon Sancho who have particularly impressed us in recent months. With their incredible starts, their speed of thought and their technical finesse, they are primarily something of a promise against the sadness of midfield push and possession of the ball.
What is your speed on the pitch? With the Speed Zone, B42 is now establishing speed training for soccer players.
Whenever the ball is captured in midfield in Paris, Mbappé is ready. 3... 2... 1... ignition. With a powerful start and even more powerful seven-mile steps, the Frenchman sprints forward, exactly where he will receive the ball a few moments later.
When he garnishes this sprint with a deliberate swagger, we stand in front of the television with our mouths open and secretly ask ourselves whether this youngster is still from this world. One mouse click away, it is Leroy Sané, Jadon Sancho or Serge Gnabry who practice a highly dynamic soccer game.
They too leave us consterned: yes, they are therefore from this planet. And what's more: there are more and more. In fact, soccer has changed. From a steady-moving midfield engine to a steady-jumping rocketman?
The average Bundesliga professional runs 10 to 14 kilometers, depending on their playing position. When Beckenbauer and Co. won the second World Championship title in 1974, it was still their 6th. Of course, the measurement technology in the mid-seventies was contrary to all test quality criteria, especially not reliable.
It is obvious that running distances have virtually and in fact doubled within 40 years. Anyone who is already impressed by these statistics should consider the speed sector.
Starting, stopping, jumping, physical exertion — soccer players now travel significantly more than 1,000 meters per game at top speed. The trend is rising. And the player who, firstly, is fast and secondly can maintain this speed over the entire playing distance, will now be really successful.
Werde die schnellste Version deiner selbst!
In order to still be able to do justice to the ambitious soccer player in this development, it is therefore necessary to incorporate speed-based training approaches into athletic training. For this purpose, special workouts have been built into B42's SPEED ZONE, which address the topic of speed training for soccer players over a period of 6 weeks. You can train without weight — wherever and whenever you want.
One thing is still a mystery for Jguwon Hogges, the 32-year-old American and speed training performance coach.
“How can some 'coaches' in gaming sports claim that speed is purely genetic and that you simply have to accept being slow?
Football is about reaction speed, speed of action with and without the ball, speed, running technique and agility — all of this is trainable! “Hogges is probably right about his execution. While the number of sprints in the game is constantly increasing, the sprint length has now shrunk to an average of just under 6 meters. The first steps, the reaction and the ability to maintain this sprint quality over a long period of time are therefore becoming increasingly important.
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