Here at ASAP: Athletic Strength And Power, we have a great resource pool to tap into. This helps us educate athletes, coaches and parents on all aspects of preparing for athletic competition. Some of the most respected names in the field are on board…. in fact, they’re on the ASAP Advisory Board.
Michigan State University 
has one of the most knowledgeable strength and conditioning coaches in the business. In today’s post, we’ll examine an article written by Coach Mannie: I have inserted the beginning part of the article…to read further on, just download the pdf file…..Coach C
Football is unquestionably one of the most physically and mentally demanding of all the sports. It requires strength, power, speed, intelligence, toughness, and a generous allotment of courage.
Sprinting around and smacking your body into others – and getting yours smacked in return – for three hours in intense heat or bitter cold requires a high level of specialized conditioning. Over time, this conditioning model should encompass the following constituents of training specificity:
- Energy system specificity — Targeting football’s primary energy source in training procedures.
- Movement specificity — Emphasizing footwork, body posture, and skill patterns ascribed to football’s individual positions.
- Open-based skill specificity — Responding to specific visual and verbal cues before and during the execution of agility or skill pattern drills (e.g., cadence, ball snap, hand signals, and change of direction while “on the run” and reacting to a visual cue).
- Tempo specificity – Administering drills in work: relief sequences that match the pace and intensity of football drives.
The rest of this article is available by downloading the pdf: Download developing_football.pdf
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