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Moderated by: soccertr   New Topic Reply Print Author Post b.reknas Member   Joined:  Wed Jul 16th, 2008 Location:    Posts:  2 Status:  Offline Mana:   Posted: Wed Jul 16th, 2008 10:19 pm Quote Reply I am wondering about the pros and cons of double session training.  My daughter's team is meeting for 1 1/2 hours for exercises and running in the AM and 2 hours of skills training and scrimmage in the PM.   She's always seems tired and is cautious about doing anything that would make her too tired for the PM session. She is a very athletic girl and is not easily worn out.  Is this excessive or good for them? soccertr Administrator Joined:  Tue Oct 2nd, 2007 Location:  Georgia USA Posts:  116 Status:  Offline Mana:   Posted: Mon Jul 21st, 2008 02:07 pm Quote Reply b.reknas wrote: I am wondering about the pros and cons of double session training.  My daughter's team is meeting for 1 1/2 hours for exercises and running in the AM and 2 hours of skills training and scrimmage in the PM.   She's always seems tired and is cautious about doing anything that would make her too tired for the PM session. She is a very athletic girl and is not easily worn out.  Is this excessive or good for them? First I would need to know the age before I made comments. Thanks soccertr Administrator Joined:  Tue Oct 2nd, 2007 Location:  Georgia USA Posts:  116 Status:  Offline Mana:   Posted: Thu Jul 24th, 2008 11:18 pm Quote Reply b.reknas wrote: I am wondering about the pros and cons of double session training.  My daughter's team is meeting for 1 1/2 hours for exercises and running in the AM and 2 hours of skills training and scrimmage in the PM.   She's always seems tired and is cautious about doing anything that would make her too tired for the PM session. She is a very athletic girl and is not easily worn out.  Is this excessive or good for them? I will give you some general guidelines. Youth Players should NOT do "two a days", conditioning is for competitive levels and only lasts as long as it continues. If you have a youth coach "conditioning" players at young ages, he is not concerned about long term technical development. (Which lasts a lifetime.) Young players should be conditioned by the game and high tempo drills and technical sessions. Making 9 year olds run laps is the sign of a coach that is WAY off base. Conditioning should start at the competitive school level. (ie: middle school and beyond.) Players at this level must understand that along with being a TEAM member comes the responsibility of hard work, not just fun.  Current time is 01:19 pm

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