Why Teach Running?
Imagine a typical youth soccer game…
The kids are running up and down the field, playing
their hearts out. It’s a close game and one player
has a chance to score the winning goal.
The parents and coaches are going wild. They
yell, “GO! Go! Run, Run, Run”. The kid is doing
her best…
and then is reeled in and caught by the
defenders. The ball is stolen and the visiting team
scores.
The next day at practice, the coach says everyone
has to run faster. The parent’s say everyone needs
to be faster.
The only problem is they don’t know how to
get everyone faster.
Running faster is rarely a matter of effort.
It is a matter of two factors:
1) Technique
2) Training
Of these two factors the most critical is technique.
If the technique is poor all the training in the world
won’t do much good.
The next article will give some tips on how to teach
technique…
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