Today's drill focuses on preventing a knee injury and is primarily intended to save you from lengthy downtime.
With targeted athletic training, you create an important basis for protecting yourself against a knee injury in the long term. You not only increase your soccer-specific strength, but also improve your Change of direction on the pitch and increases your stability at the same time.
All of this will help you relieve your knees and avoid a knee injury!
Once you start athletic training, you will achieve initial results just by doing exercises with your own body weight.
Drills such as front support, hip abduction or squats are suitable for increasing strength. If the technique is right, slowly increase the intensity.
Start with 3 sets and work with 12 repetitions each time.
The best exercise to prevent knee injuries
Since a stable leg axis protects you from injuries and strong glutes also increase your performance, the next exercise is ideal for you as a soccer player.
You start with a lunge forward. Tighten your buttocks and abs to keep your upper body in an upright and stable position.
Bring the knee of your back leg towards the floor, rotate your upper body first to the right side, then to the left side of your body and move back up to the starting position.
Do not push the knee of the front leg beyond the tips of your feet.
Now do the exercise with the other leg.
Start with 12 reps per side and work with 3 sets.
Start now with these exercises or directly with our B42 soccer app — You'll quickly notice how your dynamism and stability improve on the soccer field!
You will feel more stable in the duels and make it even harder for your opponent to get past you in the future. At the same time, our drills increase protection against future knee injuries and reduce the risk of missing several months.
Let's fight knee injuries together.
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