Learn How To Run Faster When Playing Soccer

If you've been playing soccer for a while you've noticed how important accelerating and running faster is when playing soccer. Sometimes you need to beat a defender and run faster, or you need to keep up with an offense player by matching their speed while running. There are different ways to help you run faster and I'll show you how doing it.

Adding leg weights - You can add legs weights on your ankles. Adding 5 to 10 pound weights should help you run a little faster than before. The famous and very fast Cristiano Ronaldo who plays for the team Real Madrid has done this exercise and it seems to have helped him. Put on your weights when you go out for a run or when you are exercising. It will make you run faster and quicker when you play a game. Do not play a game with them on, you can injure yourself. If you ever feel pain in your ankle do not continue

Resistance Training Exercise - If you have a recumbent bike you should try resistance training by running on the bike and setting the resistance on the bike so it's a little more difficult to cycle. This will help build your calves. Try to do quick sprints on the bike with high resistance so you'll be able to teach your legs to accelerate quickly in short bursts. This will help you defeat the defenders when you're in a tight spot.

Other Resistance Training Exercises - You can also try using parachutes to help you run faster. Exercise parachutes will help you gain that explosiveness you need for being very fast at running in soccer. Parachutes create air resistance that you must overcome. The parachutes will try to keep you from moving so you have to work harder to keep the pressure on the chute to stay open and also help you with resistance when it pulls on you while you run. Doing sprints with parachutes is a good way to run faster.

Dead lifts - If you want to gain muscle in your legs then you should start dead lifting. Find a gym that has a nice set of bars and weights and start small. Dead lifts are good for giving you more muscle and as the more dead lifts you do, the stronger your legs will and you'll be able to accelerate faster.

Supplement all this with sprinting exercises- Find a nice track field to run on and have a friend time you for 5 meters to 10 meter runs. Try to beat your previous records to ensure your own progress as you time your runs. This will be good for you when you want to maintain progress.