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Originally Posted by Pestilence
So I know there are a couple of guys in here that play soccer.....Silock and penguinz if I remember right.
I'm going to be taking my 10 year old daughter out this summer to run and get prepared for the upcoming soccer season. She normally plays defense but they tried her out on offense last year. I want to be able to work with her on building up her endurance but also her speed. I know the old adage....you can't teach speed but I want to see if I can work with her on improving it a little bit.
Any type of running activities that will help with that?
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If there's a speed coach in the area and you are willing to pay a bit, having a kid learn the correct way to run is going to pay off in all sports. I just listened to a Tim Ferriss podcast with Ryan Flaherty who is a badass speed trainer for Nike (and works with a lot of NFL people), and he was talking about this... basically said that people just throw their kids into sports without actually teaching them how to run.
As kids get older, speed/power is all about force/weight ratio which Flaherty develops with hex bar deadlifts (you probably don't want your 10 year old doing those, though). Here's a pretty great article, though:
http://www.8weeksout.com/2015/07/08/...-for-football/