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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you have a kid on a top travel team, the game itself demands a certain level of fitness and I don't think you can get around that.  The bar depends on the level of play.

The questions should be more how a kid develops fitness in a safe, healthy way given their developing body, how they learn to do conditioning in a way that prevents injuries and increases fitness, how they learn the mental component to being fit.   There will be variation amongst gender (girls are more susceptible to some injuries) and age  (growth spurts, ages have certain issues).   There are also variations amongst kids - some girls are more prone to ACL injuries, some kids are prone to other injuries - hip, ankle.  We are extremely fortunate to be in an area that has a lot of resources to help parents and kids if you are serious.   There are also some really great on-line resources that really detail safe fitness for high level soccer, some targeted for girls, backed with a lot of science, data, articles, etc.   FitSoccer Queen is a good resource.

We have a coach that wants the team to have high fitness, is naturally evident in the level of play, but realizes you have to ramp up and more slowly ramp up post covid.   He also defers the fitness and conditioning to outside of practice with no set "plan" but some high level outcomes he would like the kids to achieve; I really appreciate that as it allows me to have a greater influence on the "how" my child achieves fitness levels .   [/quote]

I've followed FitSoccerQueen for a long time now.  She's great.  I believe she is the trainer with Baltimore Celtic. Do you subscribe to her year long fitness plan for soccer players? If so, how much did that cost?

I would like the club to have a more active role in the physical and mental development because I don't know what I don't know.  Kids train 3 days a week plus a game in season with the club. How much additional fitness, strength training, etc do I fit in there while still getting the proper rest and recovery?  And the answer to this question is different in season and out of season.  What I would love to see is what the Pittsburgh Riverhounds do (and maybe other clubs...like FitSoccerQueen at Celtic), but follow Houndstrength on Twitter or wherever.  You see these young players doing it all under the guidance of professionals (back squats, single legs squats, plyos, speed, etc).  I'm sure it's not cheap.  I also see a lot of girls from multiple clubs working with Peak Performance in Loudoun.  What I don't know is...do these performance trainers work with the club to provide the right training or do they just have all the kids who randomly sign up do the same exercises and then the kids move along after a week long camp.  My club pays zero attention to this stuff.  It's closer to what OP doesn't want to see but my kid stays fit year round and I have her strength train, etc at home...but I'm not a pro.  I just do what I think is right from what I learn online.  [/quote]

how old is your kid? If they're young, playing sports year round, especially if they play multiple sports should get and keep them in shape. If they're older, they can easily look up and do training plans if they're inclined. If they're not inclined, forcing speed training and strength training on top on normal soccer training seems like a recipe for burnout [/quote]

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