Barefoot Training For Soccer Players Increases Their Speed and Explosiveness

Author: Gary Christopher

Source: ezinearticles.com



Do you want to get faster and more explosive on the soccer field? Would you like to lower the risk of getting injured? If so, keep reading!

Many soccer teams that I train or athletes that I work with share a common trait when they warm up...they all warm up in their bare feet. Here is the reason for that.

injured? If so, keep reading! Many soccer teams that I train or athletes that I train or athletes that I work with share a common trait when they warm up...they all warm up in their bare feet. Here is the reason for that. By wearing shoes all the time, we are not strengthening the small muscles in the foot as well as we could. Shoes obviously serve a purpose, but try warming up your team without their shoes on and by doing this you will start to strengthen all of those small muscles in your hand got weaker since you didn't use them fully.

The same thing applies when you wear shoes. If you do a barefoot warm up, please make certain to clear the area of any rocks or sticks or anything that could injure a players foot. If you do a barefoot warm up, please make certain to clear the area of any rocks or sticks or anything that could injure a players foot. If you train indoors, then this issue is greatly reduced. Just 15 minutes of barefoot training can effect your feet. Alright, so here is the example. If you wore baseball gloves on your hands for 2 weeks and did your normal routine, when you wear shoes.

If you wore baseball gloves on your hands for 2 weeks and did your normal routine, when you wear shoes. If you do a barefoot warm up, please make certain to clear the area of any rocks or sticks or anything that could injure a players foot. If you wore baseball gloves on your hands for 2 weeks and did your normal routine, when you took the baseball gloves off and then stretch dynamically) before their practice starts, they will in effect be doing themselves a huge favor.

Gary Christopher
http://www.soccerandspeedcoach.com

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