Running Issue?

Question

I play soccer, and im really good at it. I have good dribbling skills and a amazing shot. But my main problem is i dont like to run. I am 115 pounds a sophmore in highschool so weight isnt a factor. I could run fast but for a good 15 sec. I get tired after running 1 lap. Soccer tryouts is in exactly 5 weeks. Any advice on how long or what time of day i should run at? What kind of food i should be eating?

Answer 1

eat a good healthy breakfast, something granola with fruit.  An hour after breakfast run intervals (jog for 2 minutes, sprint for 1), do that for half an hour.  After running drink something with protein and a fast digesting carbohydrate.  You have to train your body and build up your stamina, its not going to come naturally.  In sports you don't have to run/sprint for long times, its all quick sprints, so do exercises that will help you.  Google suicide sprints, and cone drills those will help big time.  Good luck!

Answer 2

I think you are missing the point here.  The time of day will do nothing.  Since weight is not an issue would not worry about foods either.

The problem comes from conditioning.  Soccer requires a lot of stamina both arobic and anarobic.  You need to build you conditioning in a short period of time.

Start week 1 with 1/2 to 1 mile Jogs.  In about two weeks increase b 1/2 mile and start to build on that.

You will need to pace yourself and this will help both your stamina and your recovery rates.  Later you should add sprints to the mix.  You cannot play soccer and not train to run.

Answer 3

hmmm...well you could go running early in the morning everyday when its cool. just be drinkin a lot of water and keep the health factor in mind when it comes to food.  i as well am an athlete, and these are things our coaches stress to us. hope it helps! good luck in tryouts!

Answer 4

I never liked running when I was younger either.  But now at age 26, I regularly run 15-20 miles a week and love it.  (My long run is only up to a 10k at the moment.)  I used the "Couch to 5k" program at the coolrunning/active website.  You start out with 60 seconds of running and 90 seconds of walking, alternated for 25-30 minutes.  Then you just gradually build up.  It's a 9 week program though...not sure how soon you need to fall in love with running.  It definitely worked for me though!

Answer 5

You are in luck.  You may not believe that at first, but you are.  First of all, you are in a sport in which 96% of the runs are less than 50m and over 50% are less than 15m.  This means that you do not need to run miles.  This is a fallacy that many coaches (and their athletes) that don't have athletic education fall into.  A good soccer coach typically knows how to teach soccer skills.  Conditioning is a whole different ballgame.

Since you do not have much time, I would focus on a couple of things.  A couple days per week you should be playing soccer at the highest level of play that you can find in the area.

For endurance training I would go with shuttles 2-3 times a week.  Put 2 cones 25 yards apart.  Then do the following:

Active Dynamic Warmup followed by a 2-3 sets of:

1x400

2x300

3x200

4x100

5x50

or even more difficult:

1x400

2x300

4x200

6-8x100

10x50

You should have a work rest ratio of approximately 1:1 at each distance and then 2 minutes in between each distance.

Then do a cool down and stretch.  Go home, have a snack and then sit in an ice bath.  You may also want a couple days of strength training in there too.  If not, do some crunches and oblique exercises at the end.

You can vary this up a little bit also by creating a 10x10 square where you sprint up one side, lateral movement, backpedal, and lateral movement.

You want to mimic what you do on the field.  You never just run miles on a soccer field.  You are sprinting to a location and you may jog/run back to a position.  Typically you are do a multidirectional movement.  Running is just running in a straight line.  In the work described above you should be working on changing direction efficiently and quickly.  Running for miles will be training your slow twitch muscles.  Soccer should be all fast twitch.

Good Luck!

Answer 6

when you go running, make sure you go for a long distance. i think that ur problem might be that you are pushing yourself too hard at the beggining of the game/run, and that tires you out so that you cant run very well for a long distance.

Try to pace yourself better.