Injury Prevention
Nutrition
Good nutrition is very likely to be an area that your players are lacking in. With some simple guidance and advice, you as the coach, can encourage dietary change and possibly reap the reward of improved team performance.
Injuries & Nutrition
A recent FA study has concluded that footballers are at a far greater risk of lowe leg injuries, especially Achilles injuries during Pre-Season training. The Study oncluded that 17% of the injuries recorded were sustained in Pre-Season Training.
Suggested reasons for therelatively high number of injuries incurred in the early part of the Season include hard playing surfaces, high training intensity, sudden changes in training intensity of exercise and short Pre-Season peparation
Among the possible solutions are the use of running shoes instead of boots for Pre-Season running drills and other forms of conditioning such as aquatic training and proper hydration and nutrition.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT - Young footballers can have all the skills in the world but without the proper nutritional support, they will not be as fit as they could be and their performance will suffer.
Without nutritional support, players will not be able to train as hard or as long, so will not improve their play and during games run the risk of getting tired.
How players perform during games depends on what they eat and drink before, during and after each match or session
