Anonymous
11/05/2020 16:03
Subject: How much does your player practice/workout a week?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Coach here -
Have kids in college now so don't recall the exact amount of hours per week, needless to say it varied as they aged with more time as they got older.
I don't hear much about over training, but I'd certainly caution about over USE and mental burnout. Kids in general, need time to be kids.
What I mean by over USE is repetitive training that stresses a specific muscle group or joint. Your training, whether with a team, private training, or on your own should vary in the movements made and in intensity.
If you player does other sports, such as track, cross country, swimming, etc. that require repetitive movement in addition to soccer, I would definitely pay closer attention to any muscle or join pain.
Can you provide a scenario in the average kid's weekly soccer practices that may lead to an over use injury? My kid's practices seem to be very varied with lots of running, jumping, change of direction, back pedaling, failing, getting up, etc.
In my experience boys get over-use injuries when they are going through a growth spurt and are therefore especially vulnerable. And in this case they will likely get them just from the 3-4 organized club trainings per week even if they are doing nothing more. Otherwise they typically don't - although of course it's not impossible.
Girls don't have that specific problem but do seem to get a lot of ACL injuries when they are 16-18.
