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The British Columbia Soccer has teamed up with Soccer Science International to ensure the good health of players and maximize their fitness. Soccer Science International provides soccer specific education, instruction, and training that promotes injury prevention and maximizes players’ physical potential in the sport of soccer.

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Rick Celebrini is a former Vancouver 86er captain, one of the founding physiotherapists of Soccer Science International, and is the sport science consultant of the British Columbia Soccer Association's technical committee.

The focus of Soccer Science is in the formation of a training program that addresses the prevention of soccer related injuries while enhancing player performance. BC Soccer's Soccer Science program is based on an extensive literature review on the incidences, mechanisms, contributing factors, and present/previous prevention strategies of soccer related injuries, augmented with its own research and its members' clinical and playing experience. This exercise program will be implemented across a broad demographic including players of different ages, sexes and skill levels to determine long-term outcomes and the effectiveness of the program in both the prevention of injuries and the enhancement of performance.

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Playoff Preperation
It’s that time of the year again when the protracted regular season is winding down, and the cup run has begun.  

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Back in August, coaches will have (or should have) worked back from this point in the design of their season training schedule, so that the players and the team mentally and physically peak at the right time.  This systematic planning of training during the soccer season is referred to as “periodization”.  Although it’s too late to change the preparation leading up to this time, here are some useful tips to ensure your players and team are at their best when it counts.  

Decrease volume and duration - of training sessions and fitness drills.  To improve on the fitness of the players at this point in the season may take 4-6 weeks, which means they may not benefit until after the season is over.  The excess work you will be doing will only lead to mental and physical fatigue and depletion of energy stores

 Increase intensity: Demand focus and intensity for shorter durations.  This will maintain fitness and enhance sharpness.

Proper Timing:  Players may be able to maintain peak performance for 1-5 weeks, depending on the individual, so don’t peak too early.

“ To fail to plan is to plan to fail ” – anonymous.




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