Strength Report: Football Specific Conditioning, Part II

E very head coach desires to have traction. While performing speed training, to sprinting because unnecessary tension mechanics can be improved solely by run- team speed; that is, players that in the body will restrict the speed of limb movements. can run fast at every position on the field. Heavy squats are used to increase ning at faster speeds. The knees will lift It is a common understanding that higher and a desirable forefoot strike oc- force output; power cleans are used to in- curs as the brain knows it will be painful to musculoskeletal injuries are a concern in crease power output; medicine ball throws strike the ground with the heel with great the sport of football, especially in train- and plyometrics are used to increase force. With the reinforcement of proper ing camp. Hamstrings seem to be one of the rate at which the muscle contracts. mechanics from coaching, stride