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Improve Your Core Strength and Balance With Abby Wambach
Soccer is a dynamic game. Players are constantly on the move, quickly changing direction and absorbing opponents’ defensive attacks—often while controlling the ball and maintaining balance. The game requires tremendous [...]
How U.S. Women's Soccer Goalie Hope Solo Trains to Block the High Ones
U. S. Women’s Soccer goalie Hope Solo uses the Depth Jump With Ball to help improve her explosiveness so she can block shots aimed just below the cross bar. With [...]
Block More Shots on Goal
To be a great goalkeeper, you need to be able to block shots aimed just below the cross bar—a favorite target of talented scorers. To master the art of blocking [...]
Explode Off the Ground With Hope Solo’s Depth Box Jump With Ball
Hope Solo, star goalkeeper of the United States Women's National Soccer Team, has captured the hearts and minds of sports fans across the world with her electrifying play. But Solo’s [...]
U.S. Goalkeeper Hope Solo Develops Strength and Power for the World Cup
United States Women’s Soccer goalkeeper Hope Solo has made headlines and wowed fans since joining the national team in 2000. But success hasn’t come easy. It’s taken hard work and [...]
Simple Tips to Swim a Smarter Freestyle
Swimmers have different freestyle strokes, but a few fundamentals will help any swimmer move through the water more efficiently. Below, six-time Ironman World Champion and triathlon fitness coach Dave Scott, [...]
Build World-Class Speed for the Pitch
The U.S National Soccer Team’s impressive showing at the 2010 World Cup was largely powered by their leader’s superior speed, power and explosion. Landon Donovan demonstrated these weapons on the [...]
Train Like Landon Donovan and the U.S. National Team With EA Sports
The U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team recently teamed up with EA Sports to create a video training series designed to help pitch players bring their games up to world-class status. [...]
Soccer Strength and Speed
For the past three seasons, the New York Red Bulls have used their speed and quickness to advance to the MLS playoffs, including a spot in the MLS Cup in [...]
Lateral Speed with Kansas City Wizards
Soccer is a game that’s played in multiple directions, yet players often forget to focus on their lateral speed. Big mistake. “You can get caught up in doing too much [...]
